Naming Fork — AI skill for Claude Code

naming

A [Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code) skill for naming products, SaaS tools, brands, and projects.

Metaphor-driven naming that produces memorable, meaningful names — and avoids AI slop.

What this does

When invoked, this skill guides Claude through a structured naming process:

1. Naming brief — establish what the product does, who it's for, what it should feel like
2. Metaphor exploration — map conceptual territories before brainstorming names
3. Candidate generation — produce names grounded in metaphor, not thesaurus surfing
4. Filtering — kill AI slop and anti-patterns
5. Evaluation — score and compare finalists with a weighted rubric
6. Availability checking — verify domains, handles, and package names
7. Decision — present top candidates with origin stories and trade-offs

Install

As a project skill (this project only)

Clone or copy the repo contents into your project's `.claude/skills/naming/` directory:

# From your project root
mkdir -p .claude/skills
git clone https://github.com/glacierphonk/naming.git .claude/skills/naming

As a personal skill (all projects)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
git clone https://github.com/glacierphonk/naming.git ~/.claude/skills/naming

Usage

In Claude Code:

/naming

Then describe what you need a name for. Claude will walk you through the full process.

You can also reference the skill naturally in conversation — describe your naming challenge and Claude will pull in the relevant reference files.

Quick start

You don't need to read any of the reference files before using the skill. Just:

1. Type /naming
2. Describe what you're building in one sentence
3. Claude handles the rest — it loads the right references at each step

The 7-step process and 14 reference files are the depth layer. For a quick naming session, Claude compresses the process automatically. The reference files exist so you can dive deepe