Generate and validate project and product names with availability checks.
npx skills add https://github.com/howells/skills --skill nomen
Please help me install this Agent Skill. Skill: nomen Source: https://github.com/howells/skills/tree/main/nomen Command: npx skills add https://github.com/howells/skills --skill nomen
Nomen helps you avoid weak or conflicting project and product names by generating strong options and validating them against real-world availability signals.
Tell the agent: generate and validate 10 product name candidates for a developer tool called “Howells Sync”, using a professional and slightly editorial tone, and prefer names that are easy to spell and pronounce, then recommend a best choice with risks and next validation steps.
High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.
Product name generation and validation produces a ranked shortlist using multiple naming strategies like metaphors and compounds, then checks GitHub namespaces, package registries, and domain availability signals to identify conflicts and evidence-based risks.
Package conflict checks scan developer ecosystem registries and GitHub org/repo namespaces for existing identifiers, returning evidence-based availability signals with careful uncertainty language rather than definitive legal clearance.
CLI renaming support guides safe rename discovery across public surfaces like package identifiers, docs, and env prefixes, identifying affected areas while avoiding implementation changes unless explicitly requested.
Domain availability checking provides evidence-based DNS and web signals with careful uncertainty language, clearly caveating results as evidence rather than legal advice for brand strategy decisions.
Name generation applies multiple distinct strategies including verbs, metaphors, compounds, portmanteaus, sound/rhythm patterns, and domain references to produce structurally diverse candidates rather than minor variants.
Brand name validation requires gathering codebase and product context, asking only for materially missing constraints, then running targeted web, GitHub, package, and domain checks to produce ranked recommendations with risks.
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