before-you-build
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Use before starting a product, feature, MVP, agent, automation, or integration build to identify the main pre-build risk and choose the smallest validation step. Trigger when the user asks whether to build, scope, validate, prioritize, or sanity-check an idea before implementation.
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npx skills add OneWave-AI/claude-skills --skill before-you-build -a claude-code
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