A web application that generates and analyzes startup ideas using Google's Gemini AI, featuring a daily "bad idea" generator, an AI-powered idea roaster, and a cynical business consultant chatbot.

Every day at midnight UTC, a new "trap" startup idea is generated and stored. These ideas sound revolutionary on the surface but have catastrophic flaws that make them terrible businesses. View the history of ideas over time.

Submit your startup idea and watch it get brutally analyzed by a ruthless venture capitalist AI. Get harsh, witty, and deeply analytical feedback on why your idea will fail.

Chat with a cynical AI business consultant who assumes every idea is doomed to fail. Get dry, sarcastic, and technically precise feedback on your business plans.

• React 18 + TypeScript
• Vite - Build tool
• TailwindCSS - Styling
• Heroicons - Icons
• react-markdown - Markdown rendering

• Supabase - PostgreSQL database & edge functions
• Google Gemini 3 Pro - AI model (via edge functions)
• Deno - Runtime for edge functions

This app uses a serverless architecture with Supabase:

1. Daily Idea Generation: A cron job runs at midnight UTC to generate and store ideas
2. Database Caching: All ideas are stored in PostgreSQL for fast retrieval
3. Edge Functions: API logic runs in Supabase edge functions (Deno)
4. Secure API Keys: Gemini API key is stored server-side, never exposed to clients

See SETUP.md for detailed migration and deployment instructions.

1. Install dependencies:

   npm install

2. Configure environment variables (.env):

   VITE_SUPABASE_URL=your_supabase_url
   VITE_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=your_anon_key

3. Run development server:

   npm run dev

4. Build for production:

   npm run build

This project requires:

1. Database Table: ideas table for storing daily ideas
2. Edge Functions: 4 functions (generate-daily-idea, get-idea, roast-idea, chat)
3. Cron Job: Daily task at midnight UTC
4. Secrets: GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable

See supabase/README.md for backend setup instructions.

ideascower/
├── components/           # React components
│   ├── DailyBadIdea.tsx # Daily idea display
│   ├── IdeaRoaster.tsx  # The Incinerator
│   └── ChatBot.tsx      # The Liquidator
├── services/            # API services
│   └── supabaseService.ts
├── lib/                 # Utilities
│   └── supabaseClient.ts
├── supabase/           # Backend code
│   ├── functions/      # Edge functions
│   ├── migrations/     # Database schema
│   └── cron/          # Cron job setup
├── SETUP.md           # Setup guide
├── CLAUDE.md          # Project documentation
└── DEPLOYMENT_CHECKLIST.md

• Model: Gemini 3 Pro Preview (gemini-3-pro-preview)
• Thinking Budget: 32,768 tokens
• Deterministic Ideas: Each date generates the same idea using date-based seeds
• Temperature: 0 for daily ideas (deterministic), default for roasting/chat

npm run dev

npx tsc --noEmit

npm run build

Deploy to any static hosting service:

• Vercel (recommended)
• Netlify
• Cloudflare Pages
• GitHub Pages

Managed by Supabase:

• Edge functions auto-scale
• Database backups included
• Cron jobs run automatically

See DEPLOYMENT_CHECKLIST.md for full deployment guide.

This project was migrated from Google AI Studio to Supabase for:

✅ Security: API keys now stored server-side ✅ Performance: Ideas cached in database ✅ History: Permanent storage of all ideas ✅ Scalability: Edge functions handle rate limiting

See CLAUDE.md for full migration details.

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