my-idea

A MyThingsLab tool that turns a rough idea into an explored idea. File a one-liner as a GitHub issue labeled my-idea (or let the CLI do it), then myidea explore auto-cross-references it against what already exists — org repos and their descriptions, the design-plan index, sibling ideas, and prior art on PyPI / npm (discovered via my-librarian) — makes exactly one Engine call, and posts a structured brief back on the issue: restatement, fleet overlaps, web prior art, contract fit, risks, the smallest buildable slice, a verdict (build / park / fold / merge), and probing questions to explore next.

When several open ideas cluster on shared themes, the brief proposes a consolidation — a single more general, more useful tool — and, on the merge verdict, files that consolidated my-idea issue (through Policy), cross-linking the ideas it absorbs.

Design plan: my-things-core/docs/tools/my-idea.md (historical at first ship).

Usage

myidea new "a tool that turns voice memos into backlog issues"
myidea list
myidea explore --issue 3 --engine claude-cli
myidea explore --issue 3 --engine claude-cli --local-only        # full preview, no writes
myidea explore --issue 3 --engine claude-cli --no-web            # fleet-only, skip web prior art
myidea explore --issue 3 --engine noop --local-only --no-web     # deterministic, network-free

• new files a my-idea-labeled issue (through Policy).
• list prints the open ideas.
• explore posts the brief as an issue comment (through Policy), and on the merge verdict files one consolidated idea. --local-only performs no writes — it prints the brief instead (still reading the web unless --no-web is given, so it doubles as a full-fidelity preview). --no-web skips the my-librarian web cross-reference (fleet-only). Against --engine noop the brief carries only the deterministic grounding — fleet/description overlaps, the similar-idea cluster, and web candidates — with no fabricated judgment.

Ideas live as issues in this repo by default; point --repo owner/name anywhere else.

Install (development)

python -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e ../my-things-core -e ../my-guard -e ../my-librarian -e ".[dev]"
pytest

License

MIT — see LICENSE.