@kianilab/domain-checker

Brand name research and domain availability checker for Claude Code.

Generates brand name candidates across 8 languages, applies a rigorous brand review, and checks .com domain availability via DNS + WHOIS — all from inside Claude Code.

Install

npx @kianilab/domain-checker@latest

Choose global (~/.claude/) or local (./.claude/) installation. Claude Code auto-discovers the commands.

Flags

npx @kianilab/domain-checker --global      # Install to ~/.claude/
npx @kianilab/domain-checker --local       # Install to ./.claude/
npx @kianilab/domain-checker --uninstall   # Remove from both locations
npx @kianilab/domain-checker --help        # Show help

Commands

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | /domain:research | Full workflow — discovery, multi-language name generation, brand review, domain checking | | /domain:check | Check specific domain names for availability | | /domain:review | Brand review gate — evaluate names against quality criteria | | /domain:help | Show all commands and usage |

Usage

Full Research Workflow

/domain:research

This walks you through:

1. Describe your project — what are you building?
2. Set your themes — what feelings should the name evoke?
3. Choose languages — which languages to draw from (default: 8 languages)
4. Pick a mentor — who sets the quality bar? (default: Steve Jobs)
5. Set constraints — max length, industry, specific sounds

Then it automatically:

• Launches 8 parallel language agents to brainstorm names
• Applies the brand review to filter weak candidates
• Checks domain availability via DNS + WHOIS
• Runs a final quality review on available domains
• Delivers a curated shortlist with scores and stories

Quick Domain Check

/domain:check trouvon hamnava kinnate

Checks if specific .com domains are available. Automatically skips names already in your tracking files.

Brand Review Only

/domain:review trouvon matchfolk pertavi

Evaluates names against branding criteria without checking domains. Choose a mentor persona to set the quality bar.

Tracking Files

Results are stored in your project's tasks/ directory:

| File | Contents | |------|----------| | tasks/domains-available.md | WHOIS-confirmed available domains with scores | | tasks/domains-taken.md | Confirmed taken domains | | tasks/domains-rejected.md | Names that failed brand review |

These files persist across sessions and the dedup filter automatically skips previously checked names.

Requirements

• Node.js >= 16.7.0 (for the installer)
• host command — DNS lookups (included on macOS and most Linux)
• whois command — domain registration checks (included on macOS; on Linux: apt install whois or yum install whois)

How It Works

Name Generation

8 parallel agents, each a native speaker of a different language (Arabic, Farsi, English, Latin, Spanish, Italian, French, Japanese), brainstorm names that evoke your themes. They romanize everything to ASCII and score candidates on memorability, pronounceability, distinctiveness, and cross-language safety.

Brand Review

A configurable mentor persona (Steve Jobs by default) reviews every candidate. Names that feel like "feature descriptions" rather than brands get rejected. The bar is high — a strong "maybe" is a "no."

Domain Checking

A 2-stage pipeline: DNS first (fast, no rate limit), then WHOIS only for unresolved names (slow, rate-limited). Available domains get a final brand review at the higher bar of "would I actually register this?"

Uninstall

npx @kianilab/domain-checker --uninstall

This removes the commands/domain/ and domain-checker/ directories from both ~/.claude/ and ./.claude/.

License

MIT