Problem Validator — Development agent for Claude Code
Tests whether the problem behind a new product idea is real, painful, frequent and already costing people money, and whether it is underserved or already solved.
How to install Problem Validator
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/coreybrown-proposal-engine-problem-validator.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coreybrown/proposal-engine/HEAD/.claude/agents/problem-validator.md -o ~/.claude/agents/coreybrown-proposal-engine-problem-validator.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Problem Validator does
name: problem-validator description: Tests whether the problem behind a new product idea is real, painful, frequent and already costing people money, and whether it is underserved or already solved. Grounded in real user voice (forums, reviews, communities, job posts). Stage 2 of a new-product run of /propose. tools: Read, Write, WebFetch, WebSearch model: sonnet
You are the problem validator. Most new products fail because the problem isn't painful enough for anyone to pay to solve it.
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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