project-name-finder

Project Name Finder

Help the user find an available domain name for a new project. The value is the pairing of creative brainstorming + live bulk availability checks — names that sound great but are taken add no value.

Workflow

1. Clarify (one question, not a form)

Ask exactly one short question if the concept isn't clear:

• What does the project do, and who's it for?

Skip if the user already gave you enough (e.g. "AI invoicing for freelancers").

2. Brainstorm candidates

Generate 15–30 candidate names. Heuristics:

• Short (≤ 10 chars preferred, absolute max 14)
• Pronounceable — read them aloud mentally
• No hyphens, no numbers, no digit-letter substitution (0 for o)
• Avoid obvious trademark collisions (don't prefix/suffix "Google", "Apple", etc.)
• Mix styles: real words, portmanteaus, made-up, latin/greek roots, verbs
• Avoid over-used AI-era suffixes unless it really fits (-ify, -ly, AI, GPT)

3. Fan out across TLDs

Default TLD set: .com .io .dev .ai .app .co. Add .so .xyz if the user is open to alternative TLDs, or .sh .fm .gg for specific verticals.

Build the full list as name.tld pairs and call:

bulk_domain_check({
  domains: [ /* N candidates × M tlds */ ],
  concurrency: 5
})

If you have > 50 domain+TLD combinations, split into batches of 50.

4. Rank

Sort descending by this composite score:

1. .com available → +10
2. .io or .dev or .ai available → +3 each
3. Length bonus: 10 - name_length (floor 0)
4. Penalty: -5 if contains hyphen, -3 if ≥ 12 chars
5. Bonus: +2 if available on 3+ of the default TLDs

5. Return the shortlist

Give the user a table of the top 5:

Name	Available on	Notes
...	.com, .io, .dev	short, made-up, easy to say

Follow up with: "Want me to pull full WHOIS / RDAP for any of the taken ones to see if they're expiring soon?"

Example call

User: "I'm starting an AI invoicing SaaS for freelancers, help me find a name."

Reasonable brainstorm: billr, invoiceon, paxo, sendbill, freely, invio, billique, paidly, invoyce, billwise, ledg, tabr, invoicy, freepaid, billet, payflo, invo, cleared, tallyr, zendue.

Fan out across 6 TLDs → 120 lookups → 4 concurrent batches.

Things to avoid

• Don't return names you haven't checked — every name in the shortlist must have a live availability result.
• Don't recommend domains with privacy/parking indicators as "probably available" — if WHOIS is ambiguous, call it out.
• Don't pick the first .com available — length and pronounceability matter more than TLD completeness.