https://github.com/heurema/genesis
Evolve startup ideas through AI-powered natural selection — Claude Code plugin
https://github.com/heurema/genesis
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Evolve startup ideas through AI-powered natural selection — Claude Code plugin
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/heurema/genesis
- Owner: heurema
- License: mit
- Created: 2026-02-27T16:42:28.000Z (4 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2026-03-25T13:40:03.000Z (3 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-26T16:42:13.738Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: brainstorming, claude-code, claude-code-plugin, ideation, startup
- Size: 33.2 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
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**Evolve startup ideas through memetic natural selection.**
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> A Visionary generates candidates, an Analyst scores them, a CTO refines survivors into execution blueprints.
---
## What it does
Generating startup ideas is easy; generating ones that actually fit your constraints is not. Genesis runs a memetic algorithm over your direction: a Startup Visionary generates candidates, a Bootstrapper Analyst scores them across 8 dimensions, and a Pragmatic CTO refines the survivors into execution blueprints. Ideas that violate your constraints are eliminated before refinement runs. After the configured number of rounds, you get a winner and runner-up — each with a problem statement, monetization model, MVP scope, validation experiments, week-1 task list, and tech stack.
## Install
```bash
claude plugin marketplace add heurema/emporium
claude plugin install genesis@emporium
```
Manual install from source
```bash
git clone https://github.com/heurema/genesis
cd genesis
claude plugin install .
```
## Quick start
Pick a direction and let the defaults handle the rest:
```bash
/genesis "developer productivity tools"
```
Use discovery mode for guided constraint setup:
```bash
/genesis "SaaS ideas" --discover
```
## Commands
| Command | Flag | Description |
|---------|------|-------------|
| `/genesis ""` | | Run evolution with defaults |
| | `--preset ` | Control generation depth and round count |
| | `--strategy ` | Shift scoring weights to match your stage |
| | `--discover` | Answer 5 questions to set constraints interactively |
| | `--budget ` | Max launch budget in USD |
| | `--timeline ` | Max weeks to first revenue |
| | `--skills ""` | Required tech skills (e.g. `"python,react"`) |
| | `--solo` | Enforce single-founder constraints |
## Features
- **Memetic evolution loop**: ideas go through GENERATE → CRITIQUE → ARBITER → REFINE → RE-SCORE, with fresh VARIATE injections on round 2+ to prevent convergence
- **8-dimension scoring with strategy weights**: four strategies (bootstrapper, growth, moat, uniform) shift the emphasis to what matters for your stage and goals
- **Hard constraint enforcement**: budget, timeline, required skills, solo-founder mode, must-have and must-not elements are enforced by a deterministic arbiter before any refinement compute runs
- **Actionable winner output**: every surviving idea includes a tech stack, a week-1 execution plan, validation experiments, and the most likely failure modes
- **Discovery mode**: five guided questions translate your situation into the correct constraint flags without memorizing CLI syntax
## Requirements
- Claude Code CLI
- No external dependencies
## Privacy
Genesis makes no network calls. All agent dispatches stay inside Claude Code. Run artifacts are written to `.genesis/runs//` on your local filesystem (config.json, state.json, final.json, summary.md). Nothing leaves your machine.
## See also
- [skill7.dev listing](https://skill7.dev/creative/genesis)
- [heurema/emporium](https://github.com/heurema/emporium) — plugin registry
- [How it works](docs/how-it-works.md) — architecture, agents, evolution loop, algorithm details
- [Reference](docs/reference.md) — all flags, preset tables, output format, troubleshooting
- [GitHub](https://github.com/heurema/genesis)
## License
[MIT](LICENSE)