Coming up with a name for a new app, product, or brand takes 10 minutes. Finding one you can actually use can eat your whole afternoon. You come up with ideas, check the domain and social handles, and right when you think you are done, you find an existing company already using it.
I do a lot of vibe coding, so I got tired of repeating the same checks every time I started a new project. I made Name Validator because I was already doing this stuff by hand anyway. It checks app names, brand names, domains, socials, and obvious conflict risk before launch.
Ask naturally (“Is Velaro safe?”, “Check these three names”, “Pre-launch name audit”) and the agent:
- Brand conflict — well-known companies/products and close variants
- Trademark risk — US/EU/WIPO-style signals (not legal advice)
- Domains —
.com,.ai,.app,.io,.cowith parked vs active notes - Social — X, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, GitHub, Facebook, Reddit + handle variants
- People — celebrities, public figures, awkward word collisions
Multiple names get a comparison table at the top.
Copy the name-validator folder into your Cursor skills directory (create skills if it does not exist):
git clone https://github.com/jojototh/name-validator.git
cd name-validator
cp -r name-validator ~/.cursor/skills/Restart Cursor or reload skills so name-validator is picked up. The skill’s frontmatter description controls when it auto-triggers; you can also paste prompts from Usage.
Same skill folder, Claude’s skills path:
git clone https://github.com/jojototh/name-validator.git
cd name-validator
cp -r name-validator ~/.claude/skills/If your Claude Code build supports installing from GitHub:
claude install-skill github.com/jojototh/name-validatorExample prompts:
- “Validate the name Zoetra for a B2B SaaS product.”
- “Is Frameva taken? Check domains and socials.”
- “Compare A, B, C for a consumer app — full report for each.”
The skill instructs the model to run all five checks in order and to end with a clear recommendation plus the caveats in SKILL.md.
| Path | Purpose |
|---|---|
name-validator/SKILL.md |
Full workflow, report template, multi-name handling, caveats |
This skill drives research-style checks, not legal or registrar truth:
- Trademark hits are preliminary; use a qualified IP attorney before filing or spending heavily.
- Domain status from web/search can lag real-time availability; confirm at a registrar before buying.
- Social handles change; verify on each platform before you lock branding.
MIT — see LICENSE.