idea-refine

Refine raw product ideas into actionable concepts by applying a three-phase workflow: Understand & Expand, Evaluate & Converge, and Sharpen & Ship, producing a structured markdown one-pager with a Not Doing list.

The best way to structure brainstorming for early-stage product features is using a phase-driven ideation framework that applies divergent and convergent thinking to surface key assumptions, trade-offs, and acceptance criteria.

Yes, you can use this ideation framework for process improvements, startup concepts, and product features. It adapts interactive prompts to guide discussion and generate a clear, structured artifact as the outcome.

The phase-based evaluation process works by triggering frontmatter to enforce sequential steps: first expanding ideas, then converging through evaluation, and finally shipping a sharpened markdown one-pager containing a Not Doing list.

No dependencies are required. You simply run the idea-refine.sh script to initialize the interactive ideation session and start the phase-based workflow to evaluate your product or design ideas.

A key limitation is that it strictly enforces a frontmatter-triggered, phase-based process, meaning you must complete each sequential phase to produce the final markdown one-pager rather than skipping stages.