Research Idea Validator

Purpose

Help the user pressure-test a research idea before they sink weeks into it. The workflow is grounded in the New Researcher Handbook section on Research Idea Generation: ideas come from connections, should be evaluated with the FIVE+C framework, and should be validated through fast feedback rather than private overthinking.

The goal is not to declare an idea "good" or "bad." The goal is to produce a concrete decision: prototype, revise, park, or kill.

When to Use

• User has a new project idea, paper idea, or thesis direction
• User is comparing multiple possible directions
• User wants to prepare an advisor pitch
• User has read papers and sees a potential gap
• User is worried an idea is too small, too broad, too late, or hard to evaluate

Workflow

Stage 1: Capture the Idea in One Sentence