Write the problem hypothesis
For [specific user], completing [job] is difficult because [missing capability], causing [measurable consequence].
You can name one user, one situation and one measurable consequence without proposing a feature.Proposal: sheet-metal unfolding (cadgen.unfold) — flat patterns of bent parts
Evidence observed in earthtojake/text-to-cad, a Design project.
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REPEATED ACROSS 11 PROJECTS
Related friction appears in 11 independent repositories. This is stronger than one backlog item, but still requires direct user validation.
Project strength and demand confidence are measured separately.SOURCE EVIDENCE
Read original GitHub Issue ↗Start with what users actually said
Reporter context: What is missing lays the planar faces of a flat plate into XY, fuses them and offsets for kerf. It cannot unfold a bent part: the skill's "flat pattern of a generated/imported STEP" workflows only work when the part is already flat, and 's sheet-metal reference says so in as many words — "A projection of a bent solid…Excerpted from the public Issue. Read the complete thread before interpreting it.
Recruit: Recruit practitioners with a current brief, asset handoff or revision cycle that can be observed end to end.
Guardrail: Keep a human quality review and measure accepted output, revision count and cycle time.
Interview five designers or creative leads
- When did you last need this?
- What outcome were you trying to reach?
- What did you use instead?
- How often does this occur?
- What commitment would prove it matters?
Run the smallest experiment
Deliver the outcome manually or with a narrow prototype before building a reusable feature.
A user completes the real workflow and commits time, data, distribution or budget to repeat it.Keep a human quality review and measure accepted output, revision count and cycle time.Make a build decision
- Build: repeated pain and active commitment
- Narrow: pain is real but the audience or job differs
- Stop: weak frequency or no behavioral proof
Why this brief exists
Information has value only when it changes action. This page turns one public signal into a bounded validation exercise. It is a research aid, not proof of demand, investment advice or a product recommendation.