Agent skill

Desire Evaluator

by MaxKmet in MaxKmet/idea-validation-agents

Scores the strength of core human desire motivations (survival, status, belonging, control, curiosity) for a given app idea to predict user pull and retention potential.

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Install Desire Evaluator

skills CLI
$ npx skills add MaxKmet/idea-validation-agents --skill desire-evaluator -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install MaxKmet/idea-validation-agents desire-evaluator --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MaxKmet/idea-validation-agents.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/desire-evaluator .claude/skills/desire-evaluator && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
desire-evaluator
GitHub stars
478
Token cost
~551 tokens
SKILL.md length
159 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
15
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Scores the strength of core human desire motivations (survival, status, belonging, control, curiosity) for a given app idea to predict user pull and retention potential.

  • Works in 4 steps: Score each dimension 1–5 based on how… → Identify the primary and secondary… → Compute overall desire strength… → …
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, Input, Desire Dimensions and Process, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Desire Evaluator is an agent skill from MaxKmet/idea-validation-agents. Scores the strength of core human desire motivations (survival, status, belonging, control, curiosity) for a given app idea to predict user pull and retention potential.

Its SKILL.md is about 550 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: AI agents that act as your personal venture analyst - from startup idea brainstorming to full validation and go-to-market strategy. Built for developers who'd rather validate in… The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “Use the desire-evaluator skill to score the strength of core human desire motivations (survival, status, belonging, control, curiosity) for a given…”
  • “/desire-evaluator”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Score each dimension 1–5 based on how directly the app taps into it.
  2. Identify the primary and secondary desire drivers.
  3. Compute overall desire strength (weighted average).
  4. Flag if no dimension scores ≥ 3 (weak desire signal → high churn risk).

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3a4c800. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are json).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Desire Evaluator loads about 551 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 47 tokens; SKILL.md has 159 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~47
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~551

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from MaxKmet/idea-validation-agents at commit 3a4c800, republished under its MIT licence (© MaxKmet). 159 words, ~551 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/desire-evaluator/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
desire-evaluator
description
Scores the strength of core human desire motivations (survival, status, belonging, control, curiosity) for a given app idea to predict user pull and retention potential.
<!-- version: 0.1.0 | outputs: memory/ideas/<slug>/desire_scores.json -->

Skill: desire-evaluator

Purpose

Apps that tap into primal human desires outperform apps that only solve functional problems. This skill scores how strongly an app idea connects to core motivational drivers, which predicts organic virality, retention, and pricing power.

Input

  • Idea slug
  • App concept description
  • Optional: memory/ideas/<slug>/user_extraction.json (identity driver)
  • Use this file as reference of what drives core human desires memory/extra-context/core-human-desires.md

Desire Dimensions

DimensionDescriptionExample App
SurvivalHealth, safety, financial securityCalorie tracker, budgeting app
StatusLooking good, achieving, winningFitness leaderboard, portfolio tracker
BelongingCommunity, connection, not being aloneGroup savings, running clubs
ControlMastery, autonomy, reducing chaosTask manager, habit tracker
CuriosityLearning, discovery, noveltyLanguage app, quiz game

Process

<!-- TODO: Add scoring rubric with question bank per dimension -->
<!-- TODO: Define what score justifies proceeding (e.g., at least one dimension ≥ 4) -->
  1. Score each dimension 1–5 based on how directly the app taps into it.
  2. Identify the primary and secondary desire drivers.
  3. Compute overall desire strength (weighted average).
  4. Flag if no dimension scores ≥ 3 (weak desire signal → high churn risk).

Output

Write to memory/ideas/<slug>/desire_scores.json:

json
{
  "scores": {
    "survival": 0,
    "status": 0,
    "belonging": 0,
    "control": 0,
    "curiosity": 0
  },
  "primary_driver": "",
  "secondary_driver": "",
  "desire_strength": 0,
  "desire_strength_label": "strong | moderate | weak",
  "virality_potential": "high | medium | low",
  "notes": ""
}

Notes

<!-- TODO: Add cross-reference with retention-predictor — desire strength should inform habit score -->

© MaxKmet, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/desire-evaluator of MaxKmet/idea-validation-agents.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3a4c800

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Questions about Desire Evaluator

What does Desire Evaluator do?

Scores the strength of core human desire motivations (survival, status, belonging, control, curiosity) for a given app idea to predict user pull and retention potential. Desire Evaluator is an agent skill from MaxKmet/idea-validation-agents. Scores the strength of core human desire motivations (survival, status, belonging, control, curiosity) for a given app idea to predict user pull and retention potential.

How do I install Desire Evaluator in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add MaxKmet/idea-validation-agents --skill desire-evaluator -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/desire-evaluator in MaxKmet/idea-validation-agents) into .claude/skills/desire-evaluator in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Desire Evaluator in Codex?

Run `npx skills add MaxKmet/idea-validation-agents --skill desire-evaluator -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/desire-evaluator in MaxKmet/idea-validation-agents) into .agents/skills/desire-evaluator in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Desire Evaluator in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add MaxKmet/idea-validation-agents --skill desire-evaluator -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/desire-evaluator, .gemini/skills/desire-evaluator, .github/skills/desire-evaluator and .opencode/skills/desire-evaluator in your project.

What does Desire Evaluator need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Desire Evaluator is instructions for the agent only.

Does Desire Evaluator access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Desire Evaluator safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Desire Evaluator use?

Desire Evaluator is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Desire Evaluator use?

About 551 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Desire Evaluator?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Desire Evaluator: Arize Evaluator (github/awesome-copilot, 40k stars), scikit-survival Time-to-Event Modeling (davila7/claude-code-templates, 33k stars), Evaluators (Arize-ai/phoenix, 12k stars) and LLM Evaluation (davila7/claude-code-templates, 33k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Desire Evaluator?

MaxKmet (a GitHub user) maintains it in MaxKmet/idea-validation-agents, which has 478 GitHub stars. The repository holds 15 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 16, 2026.

Source: MaxKmet/idea-validation-agents on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.