idea-coach

⚠Review·Scanned 2/18/2026

Idea Coach manages and reviews user ideas with GitHub integration and stores data in ~/.openclaw/idea-coach/ideas.json. The skill invokes the gh CLI via subprocess.run, contacts github.com, and expects users to run gh auth login for authentication.

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💡 Idea Coach

AI-powered idea/problem/challenge manager with GitHub integration.

An OpenClaw skill that helps you capture, categorize, review, and ship your ideas.

Features

  • ✅ Capture ideas, problems, and challenges
  • ✅ Categorize by type, domain, energy, urgency, importance
  • ✅ Review cycles based on importance (daily → quarterly)
  • ✅ GitHub integration — link or create repos
  • ✅ Issue sync — turn ideas into trackable GitHub issues
  • ✅ Critical feedback — suggests dropping stale ideas

Installation

As OpenClaw Skill

# Coming soon to ClawHub
clawhub install idea-coach

Manual Installation

git clone https://github.com/moinsen-dev/idea-coach.git
# Copy to your OpenClaw skills directory

Requirements

  • Python 3.8+
  • gh CLI (for GitHub integration) 
    # macOS
brew install gh

# Linux
sudo apt install gh

# Then authenticate
gh auth login

Quick Start

# Capture an idea
python scripts/coach.py add "Build a CLI for X" --type idea --importance important

# List your ideas
python scripts/coach.py list

# Check what's due for review
python scripts/coach.py due

# Ship an idea to GitHub
python scripts/coach.py ship <id>

# Link to existing repo
python scripts/coach.py link <id> owner/repo

# Get repo status
python scripts/coach.py repo-status <id>

OpenClaw Commands

CommandDescription
/idea <text>Capture new idea
/idea_listList active ideas
/idea_dueShow due for review
/idea_ship <id>Create GitHub repo
/idea_link <id> <repo>Link to existing repo
/idea_repo <id>Show repo status
/idea_sync <id>Sync as GitHub issue

Philosophy

Be critical, not just supportive.

  • Ideas that sit too long get flagged
  • Review prompts ask hard questions
  • Dropping an idea is a valid decision
  • Shipped > Perfect

Status Flow

captured → exploring → developing → shipped/done
                ↓           ↓
             parked      blocked
                ↓
             dropped

Data

Ideas stored in ~/.openclaw/idea-coach/ideas.json

License

MIT

Built for OpenClaw 🦞