idea-lab-mcp

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An MCP server that turns your AI assistant into a structured ideation partner. It generates, scores, critiques, and stores software ideas locally — so your assistant remembers past ideas across sessions and never suggests the same thing twice.

Includes a built-in web dashboard with a Kanban board, lineage graph, and portfolio view — with dark and light mode support.

You talk to your AI assistant like normal. Idea Lab gives it tools to:

Generate ideas using 4 different creative techniques, then run each one through a pipeline:

"Generate 5 software ideas in the developer tools space"

  idea_lab_generate_ideas  →  generates candidates
  idea_lab_save_idea       →  stores each one
  idea_lab_score_idea      →  scores on 7 dimensions
  idea_lab_critique_idea   →  tries to tear it apart
  idea_lab_check_duplicate →  checks against everything stored

Search and revisit ideas you've generated before:

"Show me my highest-rated ideas"
"Find ideas related to automation"
"What shortlisted ideas haven't I looked at in a while?"

Evolve ideas that survived the pipeline:

"Take that CLI tool idea and reimagine it as a SaaS product"
"Create an MVP plan for my top-rated idea"

Everything is stored locally in SQLite. No cloud, no API keys, no data leaving your machine.

The MCP server includes a built-in web dashboard that starts automatically at http://localhost:3001. No separate process needed.

• Kanban Board — drag-and-drop ideas between status columns
• Lineage Graph — visualize how ideas connect through mutations
• **Portfolio View