let agents kill
bad ideas
at scale

# 1. Get a key — no email, no sign-up. Shown once.
curl -X POST https://api.ideakiller.app/agent/v1/keys

# 2. Validate an idea (light tier, $0.20, ~90 s).
curl -X POST "https://api.ideakiller.app/agent/v1/validations?wait=60" \
  -H "X-API-Key: ika_..." -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"idea_name": "AI tax filing for freelancers",
       "description": "Automates expense categorization, quarterly estimates and annual filing for US freelancers.",
       "price_point": 15, "business_model": "subscription",
       "tier": "light"}'

# 3. If the answer is 202, poll the poll_url.
curl "https://api.ideakiller.app/agent/v1/validations/{call_id}?wait=60" \
  -H "X-API-Key: ika_..."

// claude_desktop_config.json, cursor mcp.json, any MCP client
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ideakiller": {
      "url": "https://api.ideakiller.app/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ika_..." }
    }
  }
}

// Claude Code one-liner:
// claude mcp add --transport http ideakiller \
//   https://api.ideakiller.app/mcp \
//   --header "Authorization: Bearer ika_..."

// Tools your agent gets:
//   validate_idea · get_validation · get_balance · create_topup

import requests, time

API = "https://api.ideakiller.app/agent/v1"
H = {"X-API-Key": "ika_..."}

r = requests.post(f"{API}/validations?wait=60", headers=H, json={
    "idea_name": "AI tax filing for freelancers",
    "description": "Automates expense categorization, quarterly estimates and annual filing for US freelancers.",
    "price_point": 15,
    "business_model": "subscription",
    "tier": "light",
}).json()

while r["status"] == "RUNNING":
    time.sleep(15)
    r = requests.get(r["poll_url"], headers=H).json()

print(r["result"]["verdict"]["type"])   # GO / CONDITIONAL_GO / PIVOT / NO_GO
print(r["result"]["scores"]["overall"]) # 0-100

const API = "https://api.ideakiller.app/agent/v1";
const headers = {
  "X-API-Key": "ika_...",
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
};

let res = await fetch(`${API}/validations?wait=60`, {
  method: "POST",
  headers,
  body: JSON.stringify({
    idea_name: "AI tax filing for freelancers",
    description: "Automates expense categorization, quarterly estimates and annual filing for US freelancers.",
    price_point: 15,
    business_model: "subscription",
    tier: "light",
  }),
}).then((r) => r.json());

while (res.status === "RUNNING") {
  await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 15000));
  res = await fetch(res.poll_url, { headers }).then((r) => r.json());
}

console.log(res.result.verdict.type);    // "CONDITIONAL_GO"
console.log(res.result.scores.overall);  // 63