moki
Hybrid engine · the model argues, the math decides

Should you build it?

Paste your idea. Watch it run a knockout gate, get scored in confidence-weighted ranges, survive its own strongest kill case, and reach a make / hold / kill verdict — live.

The problem

Averaging lets fatal flaws pass.

A strong score on one axis quietly cancels a disqualifying one on another. MakeOrKillIt separates fatal from merely weak — instead of summing them.

Naïve scorecard

Average, then trust.

One number per dimension, collapsed to a mean. A 9 on market hides a 1 on legality.

MakeOrKillIt

Gate, then band.

The fatal flaw is caught first. Survivors are scored in confidence-weighted ranges.

The method

Text in. A defensible call out.

01 — Gate

Knockout first

Five must-meet criteria. Any clear failure kills the idea before it's ever scored.

02 — Score

Bands, not points

Each dimension gets a range whose width is set by confidence. You review low-confidence calls.

03 — Decide

Two thresholds

Where the aggregate band sits — and how wide it is — maps to make, hold, or kill.

Banded scoring

Never a single number.

Guess a market size instead of reading it, and confidence drops — so the band widens and the verdict leans toward hold. Uncertainty is priced in, not hidden.

  • Wide — high uncertainty → gather cheap evidence.
  • Narrow & low — confidently mediocre → reshape or drop.
High confidence[62, 71]
Medium confidence[48, 74]
Low confidence[31, 79]
Six dimensions

What gets weighed.

Weights sum to one — a starting point the calibration loop retunes over time.

Market attractiveness0.22
Differentiation0.20
Financial reward0.18
Strategic leverage0.15
Risk (inverse)0.13
Team & resource fit0.12
The knockout gate

Five ways an idea dies early.

Any clear failure is an instant kill. Genuinely unclear? The gate asks you.

Legal & ethical

Buildable lawfully and ethically at all.

Minimum market

A meaningful floor of users to serve.

Technical feasibility

The core build is reasonably possible.

Strategic alignment

Fits the stated mission and strategy.

Resource access

You can reach the minimum resources.

Adversarial by design

It builds the strongest case for killing your idea.

For each dimension the model names the single strongest disconfirming evidence; for the whole idea it writes the most convincing kill case it can — whether it believes it or not. Your best defense against your own optimism.

The verdict

Two thresholds and a band width.

Make

Even the floor clears it.

low ≥ 65 — the worst realistic case is still good enough.

Hold

The band straddles the line.

Wide → reduce uncertainty. Narrow but middling → reshape.

Kill

Even the ceiling is weak.

high ≤ 40 — the best realistic case still isn't worth it.

Find out if you should build it.

Paste the problem, the user, and how it earns. Watch the verdict resolve live.