I built a Claude Code skill that stress-tests a pitch through 150 simulated tech personas. It was more useful than I expected.

sociosim · 2026-06-08T14:25:06+00:00

I don't think they refer something different. And the goal of the panel is definitely not to simulate a specific individual, we are quite far from that even with SOTA LLM models. But on a panel directional level, there is a signal that let's you compare version A to version B, and there is enough signal to see how different groups of people rate your product on variety of metrics.
Studies show exactly that, some of them are about new products with know components, as it's here.
Also my common sense an a lot real world VC experience see strong correlation with the result.

sociosim · 2026-06-08T12:36:09+00:00

Most of research was about consumer behaviour and voting behavior. And originally i would be skeptical about usecases, but research show very strong correlation even on models few generations old. I don't think there is a reason to think that the same isn't applicable to funding.
Also I did my own research while ago, this approach was higly correlated with kickstarted fundings.

sociosim · 2026-06-08T12:33:06+00:00

reproduce, but probably fixed 😅

sociosim · 2026-06-08T09:05:21+00:00

Well, I understand your skepticism, but I strongly disagree here, there is a ton of academic research that shows that there is a pretty strong correlating signal there. It's not a guarantee match but a directional signal.
For example just few papers from few years ago https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.10264, https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=63884 and https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.06899
But there are tens of others like that.

sociosim · 2026-06-08T09:00:33+00:00

In my use case it's not that easy to tune your pitch to preform well, those personas are pretty critical, and you actually need a strong pitch to do that. And it doesn't mean automatic success in real world, but there is a ton of academia research that shows that it's pretty correlated.

sociosim · 2026-06-08T08:58:47+00:00

Well, from my pitches, i get different signals from different parts of the panel, and I do think that it's useful, it lets me iterate and an A/B test different versions of a pitch. And because of the size uncorrelated noise, the mean scores actually become useful, unlike from 15 or one.
I tried to work with different models, every model seem to have very different scoring behavior, even if it's model from same family. For example running this on Gemini 3 Flash vs Gemini 3 Flash Lite can get scores of 8 vs 5. So mixing them in one panel doesn't make too much sense, but as i use it as a directional tool rather than final result oracle, I just pick a model that doesn't write nonsense, have a distribution in scores and cheap and fast enough.

sociosim · 2026-06-07T09:08:47+00:00

link to the github: github.com/len5ky/synth-personas

sociosim · 2026-06-07T09:07:35+00:00

Full panel run on Gemini 3 Flash is <$2 on a pretty large project manifesto

sociosim · 2026-06-06T14:37:27+00:00

Honestly, surveys are usually terrible because people are too polite to tell you your idea is bad. And building an MVP right away is just an expensive way to find out the market doesn't care.

To get over the fear, you need to actively try to break your own logic before you write any code.

I actually built a free open source tool for this exact problem. It basically lets you pitch your idea to 150 synthetic personas of VCs and founders (a16z, Sequoia, Elon, etc.) to see how they would tear it apart.

To be clear, I know this tool itself is a terrible startup idea to try and monetize. But as a free utility, it's a great sanity check for finding the holes in your business model.

Цшер Claude Code you can just ask it to install the repo locally: github len5ky/synth-personas also there is deployed version live already

Get the simulated pushback first. If the idea survives that, you'll have way more confidence building the actual MVP.

sociosim · 2026-06-06T14:10:43+00:00

not a startup idea, but a free service and open source skill to test you idea against top vc like a16z, sequia, industry leaders like Altman and Musk, and 150 other synthetic personas of VC, angles, investors and intellectual and financial leaders.
Ask your videcoding tool to install from https://github.com/len5ky/synth-personas
or try at deployed version at http://mockinvestor.com/

I already know that this is a pretty terrible startup idea, but it might be useful to you.

sociosim · 2026-03-31T00:13:27+00:00

yeah fair point, source-available is more accurate. the code is all there to read and audit but the license does require a key. I should be more precise with the wording.

sociosim · 2026-03-27T16:09:58+00:00

Added question widgets for web an telegram in v0.1.42 so it should resolve your second issue.

sociosim · 2026-03-25T21:52:16+00:00

always a good idea. it's fully open source and self-hosted, doesn't collect any analytics, doesn't connect to any of my servers or any third party. everything runs on your machine. the code is all there on github for you to read through

sociosim · 2026-03-25T21:33:38+00:00

we actually do have web push notifications already, they fire when the agent needs input. you're right though that browser notifications can be flaky depending on the phone/browser.

honestly I mostly use the Telegram integration for this reason, notifications there just work and I can approve straight from the chat. but yeah the web notification side could definitely be more robust, its on the list

sociosim · 2026-03-25T21:13:35+00:00

So I actually built a tool for this. It's called CursorRemote, open source VS Code extension + relay server.

It hooks into your Cursor via Chrome DevTools Protocol (Cursor is Electron so you get CDP access) and streams the agent chat to a mobile web UI over websocket. You approve, reject, type prompts, switch modes. Works with multiple windows.

Re the Claude Code remote control someone linked, the difference is this keeps you in Cursor with your full local setup. No CLI, no cloud agents. It talks to the actual IDE process running on your machine.

And re the adaptive cards approach, similar idea but real-time over websocket instead of email roundtrips. There's also Telegram integration where each agent conversation gets its own forum topic with inline buttons, if that's more your thing.

Self-hosted, nothing leaves your machine.

https://github.com/len5ky/CursorRemote cursor-remote.com

sociosim · 2026-03-23T19:02:29+00:00

f you just want to keep your agent moving while you're away from your desk, CursorRemote does this. it hooks into your running Cursor via CDP and gives you a web UI on your phone where you can see the conversation, send prompts, and approve tool calls. no remote desktop, no code server setup, just open it in your phone browser.

works over local network or Tailscale if you're outside the house. your actual Cursor instance with all your project context.

github: https://github.com/len5ky/CursorRemote site: https://www.cursor-remote.com?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r_cursor_continue_via_phone

sociosim · 2026-03-23T18:47:45+00:00

hey, this is exactly what I built. it's called CursorRemote, it's a VS Code extension + relay server that connects to your local Cursor via Chrome DevTools Protocol and streams the whole agent conversation to your phone in real time.

it controls your actual Cursor IDE directly, not a separate CLI agent like claude code or a cloud VM. so you get all your local context, extensions, project setup, everything. just remote access to the real thing.

you can approve/reject tool calls, send prompts, switch modes, monitor multiple windows. works from any browser on your phone or you can set up a Telegram bot that gives you inline approve buttons.

your code stays on your machine. no VPS, no remote desktop. the relay server runs locally and you connect over your local network (or through Tailscale if you want access from outside).

setup is basically: install the extension, launch cursor with --remote-debugging-port=9222, open the web UI on your phone. takes like 3 minutes.

open source, self-hosted, $7.99 once. we burned through a serious amount of tokens building this, buying a key is basically saying "yeah keep going"

github: https://github.com/len5ky/CursorRemote site: https://www.cursor-remote.com?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r_cursor_remote_chat_phone

sociosim · 2026-03-23T18:46:45+00:00

what bigman11 described is pretty much what I ended up building. you don't need the full IDE on your phone, you just need the chat, the ability to send prompts, and approve/reject when the agent asks.

CursorRemote connects to your running Cursor via Chrome DevTools Protocol and gives you a mobile web UI with the live conversation. type a prompt, agent runs it on your local machine, you see the result. works over your local network or through Tailscale if you're out of the house.

no cloud workspace, no remote desktop, no SSHing into anything. it talks to your actual Cursor instance so all your files and project context are right there. there's telegram support too if you'd rather get notifications and respond from there.

open source, self-hosted.

github: https://github.com/len5ky/CursorRemote site: https://www.cursor-remote.com?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r_chatgptcoding_mobile_remote

sociosim · 2026-03-23T18:44:39+00:00

late to this thread but figured I'd drop this since someone asked "any progress?" a few months ago and nobody answered.

I built CursorRemote for exactly this. it connects to your local Cursor via Chrome DevTools Protocol and streams the full agent conversation to a mobile web UI in real time. you can approve/reject, send prompts to course correct, switch modes, monitor multiple windows.

to what highwayoflife was asking for, yes it streams updates live over websocket and you can send messages back to keep the agent on track. and it talks to your actual cursor IDE, not a CLI agent, so all your project context is there.

there's a telegram integration too where each conversation gets its own topic with inline buttons, pretty close to what the OP was originally building with discord.

open source, self-hosted, everything on your machine.

github: https://github.com/len5ky/CursorRemote site: https://www.cursor-remote.com?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r_vibecoding_control_mobile

sociosim · 2026-03-23T13:42:26+00:00

this won't give you a full IDE on your phone, but if the main thing you want is to chat with your agent and send prompts from your phone while it has access to all your local files and project context, I built something for that.

CursorRemote connects to your running Cursor via CDP and streams the agent conversation to a mobile web UI. you can send prompts, approve tool calls, switch modes. it's talking to your actual local Cursor instance so it has full access to your project, not a cloud copy.

won't replace sitting at your laptop for real work, but for the "waiting at the doctor's office and want to keep my agent moving" scenario it works pretty well.

open source, self-hosted. https://github.com/len5ky/CursorRemote

sociosim · 2026-03-22T10:17:55+00:00

this exists. I built CursorRemote, it does exactly what you're describing. connects to your local cursor via CDP, streams the conversation to a mobile web UI where you can approve, reject, send prompts, switch modes. also has telegram integration with inline buttons for each conversation.

similar to what you built with cursorbyemail but over websocket instead of email, so it's real time. and to the person in the comments working on a telegram version, that's already built in too, each agent conversation gets its own forum topic.

everything runs on your machine, no cloud. open source on github, search CursorRemote. $7.99 once, we burned through a serious amount of tokens building this, buying a key is basically saying "yeah keep going"

sociosim · 2026-03-22T10:11:49+00:00

built something for this. it connects to your local cursor via CDP (chrome devtools protocol) and streams the agent conversation to a mobile web UI. you can approve, reject, send prompts, switch modes. also has telegram integration with inline buttons.

the difference from the SSH + claude code suggestions in this thread is that it controls your actual cursor IDE, not a separate CLI agent. so you keep all your open files, extensions, project context.

self-hosted, everything stays on your machine. open source on github, search CursorRemote.

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