Founder Research
Solo-founder market research workflow: ICP discovery, problem validation, alternatives mapping, and channel hypotheses.
About
Step-by-step research pattern for solo founders evaluating a new product idea. Produces a structured research brief with ICP, problem hypotheses, current alternatives, channel hypotheses, and a list of operator-gated decisions. Read-only research; no purchases or external sends.
Native install
For environments with file or shell access (Codex, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, local CLI). v0.1: the apai CLI is a scaffold; real install behavior lands in Phase 1.
The apai CLI is a TypeScript scaffold at v0.1. See /honest-status for the full shipped vs stubbed list.
Prompt install
Hosted chat apps (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok) cannot silently install software. Paste the snippet below into the chat to load the package protocol for the current conversation only.
Paste this into any LLM that does not have shell access to your machine - chatgpt.com, claude.ai, gemini.google.com, grok.com - and the model will load the Capability Passport and apply the package protocol. If you are using Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or another tool-enabled agent, use apai install instead - it produces a durable install receipt.
Install https://apai.run/packages/founder-research for this chat. Apply the structured founder-research workflow to the operator's stated product idea. Surface assumptions explicitly. Do not browse external sites without approval.
Install card source: https://apai.run/packages/founder-research/llms.txt
Capability Passport
Reads
- ·Operator-supplied product idea and constraints
Writes
- ·Research brief output
Accesses
- ·Web browsing only with explicit operator approval per step
Spends
- ·No spend
Exposes
- ·Research brief is local
Approvals required
- ·Approval required for any web fetch
- ·Approval required to send the brief externally
Rollback
Delete generated brief file.
Scanner
heuristic-stub-v0 means the v0.1 scanner (13 suspicious-pattern regex checks + Unicode format-character detection) found nothing. It does NOT mean the package is certified safe. Real prompt-injection, OAuth-scope, and dependency scanning lands in Phase 5. See honest status.