Vibe Patenting by Nik McFly is a step-by-step protocol for founders who want to file a US Provisional Patent Application for about $65, in one weekend, without hiring a patent attorney. The method replaces the $10,000–$15,000 lawyer fee with a swarm of AI agents that stress-test every claim adversarially — the Kill Chain — until only defensible ideas survive.
The book is 90 pages of protocol, not a 600-page legal textbook. It covers the full workflow: ideation, adversarial validation with Gemini and Perplexity, drafting claims with Claude, prior art search, USPTO Patent Center walkthrough, micro-entity filing, and the 7-Strike Rule. It is built for technical founders, indie hackers, and engineers with software, SaaS, AI/ML, or fintech ideas. Not for chemistry or pharma.
Companion open-source tool: VibePatent on GitHub (github.com/nikmcfly/vibepatent), which runs the entire protocol automatically via Claude Agent SDK in about 18 minutes per run.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Vibe Patenting about?
Vibe Patenting is a protocol for filing a US Provisional Patent Application without a lawyer, using AI agents to adversarially stress-test your invention before filing. The total cost is about $65 in USPTO fees instead of $10,000–$15,000 for an attorney.
Who is this book for?
Technical founders, indie hackers, and engineers with patentable software, SaaS, AI/ML, or fintech ideas. The method works for domains where prior art is digitally searchable. It is not suitable for chemistry, pharmaceuticals, or biotech.
What is the Kill Chain method?
The Kill Chain is an adversarial validation loop where multiple AI agents play the role of hostile patent examiners. They search for prior art, raise obviousness rejections, and attack every claim. Only claims that survive the full attack cycle make it into the final draft.
What tools do I need?
Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, and Genspark for the manual workflow. The book explains exactly which tool to use at each step, with copy-paste prompts. Total tool budget is around $65–80 per month during active use.
Who wrote Vibe Patenting?
Nik McFly, an AI practitioner, community builder, and author based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He filed his own first US Provisional Patent Application using this exact protocol and shipped the companion automation tool as open source.
Is Vibe Patenting available on Amazon yet?
The book is currently in review on Amazon KDP. This page will be updated with direct Amazon links as soon as the listing goes live.
