Interactive tool

AI Product Idea Scorecard

Score your idea on the signals that actually decide whether it's worth building, and get a commit / shape / park / pass verdict. Two signals are must-haves — a real recurring problem and something you can actually build — so a high score can't rescue a missing fundamental. It's the product operating system as a quick gut-check.

Pass0%

Say no on purpose — the signals are thin or a fundamental is missing.

Missing must-haves: A real, recurring problem you've hit, You can ship a small MVP.

A real, recurring problem you've hit must-have

You've personally hit this repeatedly — not a hypothetical someone-might-want.

You can ship a small MVP must-have

A real first version fits a bounded amount of your time and skill.

A concrete path to the first users

A specific way to reach them — not 'we'll do marketing later'.

Narrow — one problem, one person

It solves one specific problem for one specific person, not a platform.

Someone would pay (or it drives real value)

There's a willingness to pay, or value you can clearly monetise.

A first-hand angle, not a commodity demo

You bring insight others don't — it isn't the generic AI-wrapper build.

You can define when to kill it

You can state up front the condition under which you'd stop.

A scorecard is a prompt for judgement, not a prediction. It structures the call the way the go/no-go decision should be made — on purpose — but the decision is still yours. Nothing you enter leaves your browser.

How this works

Methodology

Each signal scores 0–3 and is weighted; the weighted total becomes a fraction, banded into commit (≥75%), shape (≥55%), park (≥35%) or pass. Two signals are gates — a real recurring problem and buildability — and scoring either 0 caps the verdict at 'pass', because a missing fundamental can't be outscored.

Assumptions

  • The signals reflect a first-hand, build-in-public operating system — real problem, narrow scope, distribution, willingness to pay, a genuine edge, and clear kill criteria.
  • Scores are your honest self-assessment; the tool only arithmetically combines them.
  • The two must-haves gate the verdict, mirroring how critical items gate a cutover.

Limitations

  • It is a decision aid, not a prediction of success — no scorecard can tell you a product will work.
  • The weights and thresholds are an opinionated default, not a law; a strong idea can score oddly and a weak one can flatter itself.
  • It does not size the market, cost or effort — it structures the go/no-go, nothing more.