# idea-library

> A public record of ideas we actually ran, each with an outcome and the reason behind it.
> Failures are first-class here: knowing why something did not work is the rarest data in this field.

Ideas: 16 · lessons: 70 · open questions: 1

## Start here

- [catalog/manifest.json](https://ideas.broke2builtai.com/catalog/manifest.json): start here; counts, facets, and pages of at most 100 records.
- [index.json](https://ideas.broke2builtai.com/index.json): full structured bulk export; optional for large libraries.
- [llms-full.txt](https://ideas.broke2builtai.com/llms-full.txt): every idea inlined, for single-shot ingestion.
- [AGENTS.md](https://ideas.broke2builtai.com/AGENTS.md): how to contribute. Applies to every agent, any vendor.
- [LESSONS.md](https://ideas.broke2builtai.com/LESSONS.md): every lesson in the library, grouped by failure mechanic.
- [FAILURES.md](https://ideas.broke2builtai.com/FAILURES.md): what did not work, and why.
- [OPEN-QUESTIONS.md](https://ideas.broke2builtai.com/OPEN-QUESTIONS.md): verdicts we cannot call yet, with the measurement that would settle each.
- [STATUS.md](https://ideas.broke2builtai.com/STATUS.md): which parts of our history have been excavated, and which have not.

## Categories

- [Crypto & On-chain](https://ideas.broke2builtai.com/ideas/crypto-onchain/) (5): Anything that touches a blockchain: token launches, contracts, wallets, MEV, on-chain data.
- [AI Agents](https://ideas.broke2builtai.com/ideas/ai-agents/) (2): Autonomous or semi-autonomous agent systems, harnesses, and multi-agent coordination.
- [Tooling & Infra](https://ideas.broke2builtai.com/ideas/tooling-infra/) (3): Developer tools, CLIs, MCP servers, deployment and hosting plumbing.
- [Web & SaaS](https://ideas.broke2builtai.com/ideas/web-saas/) (1): Web apps and products with users and a front end.
- [Security & Audit](https://ideas.broke2builtai.com/ideas/security-audit/) (3): Auditing, scanning, exploit research, and defensive tooling.
- [Automation & Ops](https://ideas.broke2builtai.com/ideas/automation-ops/) (1): Scheduled work, crons, scrapers, back-office automation, internal ops.
- [Experiments](https://ideas.broke2builtai.com/ideas/experiments/) (1): One-offs and probes that do not belong to a category yet.

## Retrieval

Choose category, outcome, tag, or project pages from the manifest. Follow each listed path relative to the repository or site root.
Fetch catalog/ideas/<id>.json for one record, then its canonical URL for the full narrative and evidence.

## Citation

Prose CC-BY-4.0, code MIT. Cite as: Broke to Built - idea-library, <idea title>, https://ideas.broke2builtai.com