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What problem does it solve?

This Skill helps product teams and engineers determine whether an idea has already been built, preventing wasted effort by surfacing prior art and clearly stating the verdict.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Idea restatement and framing: restates the idea in one sentence to confirm the search target.
• Vocabulary generation and framing: creates multiple perspectives to guide diverse search queries.
• Landscape search and clustering: queries code repositories, products, and literature, then groups findings into Direct matches, Adjacent solutions, Partial solutions, and Abandoned.
• Pattern extraction and verdict: identifies standard design patterns and delivers a verdict with concrete next steps.

Quick Start

Describe your idea in one sentence and start the prior-art search.