Sales Idea Validation

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Sales Idea Validation skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Sales Idea Validation is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Sales category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Sales · Sub-category: sales-misc · Last updated: 2026-07-24

Validating a startup or product idea before you build it — the methodology plus the AI-validator tool landscape for first-time founders, makers, and vibe coders. Covers the validate-before-you-code workflow (problem and demand research, customer interviews, market sizing, willingness-to-pay), the crucial gap between an AI \"idea score\" and real demand, and how to run a fake-door / smoke test, a pre-sale, and a waitlist to get evidence real people want it. Use when you want to validate a startup idea, decide whether an idea is worth building, get a build-or-don't-build verdict, avoid building something nobody wants, interpret an AI validation score, run a smoke test or fake-door test, pre-sell before building, or choose between AI idea-validation tools (Validator AI, DimeADozen, IdeaProof, Trend Seeker, and similar). Do NOT use for growing a pre-launch waitlist audience (use /sales-audience-growth) or building the landing page itself (use /sales-funnel).

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From the source SKILL.md

Help the user find out whether real people want their idea before they spend weeks building it. Tool-agnostic: covers the evidence ladder (problem → demand → willingness-to-pay), how to read an AI "idea score" without being fooled by it, and how to run cheap real-world tests (smoke test, pre-sale, waitlist). The core message: an AI validator is a gut check, not proof — proof is a stranger taking an action (an email, a click on "buy", a pre-order).

What this skill does

Sales Idea Validation is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the sales-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/sales-idea-validation/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when you want to validate a startup idea, decide whether an idea is worth building, get a build-or-don't-build verdict, avoid building something nobody wants, interpret an AI validation score, run a smoke test or fake-door test, pre-sell before building, or choose between AI idea-validation tools (Validator AI, DimeADozen, IdeaProof, Trend Seeker, and similar). Do NOT use for growing a pre-launch waitlist audience (use /sales-audience-growth) or building the landing page itself (use /sales-funnel).

Who uses this skill

The Sales Idea Validation Claude Code skill is built for sales development reps, account executives, revenue operations teams, and customer success managers. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 196,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/sales-idea-validation
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/sales-idea-validation/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/sales-idea-validation/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/sales-idea-validation/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/sales-idea-validation/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\sales-idea-validation\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Sales Idea Validation Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/sales-idea-validation/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Sales Idea Validation skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Sales Idea Validation skill?

Use Sales Idea Validation when your Claude Code task falls under the Sales category — specifically in the sales misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Sales Idea Validation" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/sales/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Sales Idea Validation skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Sales Idea Validation is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Sales category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/sales-skills/sales/blob/HEAD/skills/sales-idea-validation/SKILL.md
Author: sales-skills

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APA

sales-skills. (2026). Sales Idea Validation [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/sales-idea-validation/

BibTeX

@misc{sales-idea-validation-2026,
  author    = {sales-skills},
  title     = {Sales Idea Validation [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/sales-idea-validation/}
}

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