Product Skill

Router skill for product management workflows. Detects task type and routes to appropriate workflow.

When This Skill Activates

You're working on:

• Competitive analysis or market positioning
• Product requirements documentation
• Goal setting and metrics definition
• User research synthesis
• Cohort and retention analysis
• PRD quality evaluation
• Technical debt prioritization
• Game-changing feature ideation

Workflow Selection

Announce which workflow you're using:

Task Type	Workflow	Reference
Competitive analysis, market gaps, win/loss	Competitive Analysis	references/compete.md
Feature specs, requirements, MVP scoping	PRD Generation	references/prd.md
Goals, OKRs, KPIs, tracking systems	Metrics & Goals	references/metrics.md
User interviews, qualitative data, insights	Research Synthesis	references/research.md
Retention, LTV, churn, cohort data	Cohort Analysis	references/cohort.md
PRD review, completeness check, scoring	PRD Evaluation	references/prd-eval.md
Tech debt triage, remediation planning	Debt Prioritization	references/debt.md
Breakthrough features, innovation ideation	Game-Changing Features	references/game-changing-features.md

Related Thinking Tools

From hope/skills/soul/references/tools/:

Tool	When to Use
Second-Order Thinking	Predict consequences of product decisions
Pre-Mortem	Anticipate launch failures
Impact-Effort	Focus on high-impact, low-effort features

From this skill's references/:

Tool	When to Use
Jobs To Be Done	Understand what customers hire products for
Systems Archetypes	Recognize "limits to growth", "shifting burden" patterns

Usage

1. Detect which workflow applies based on user's task
2. Announce: "I'm using the product skill for [workflow]"
3. Load the appropriate reference file
4. Execute the workflow with confirmation gates (see below)

Confirmation Gates

Multi-step workflows pause at checkpoints to prevent wasted work when intent drifts.

Gate Points:

Phase	Gate
After research/discovery	⚠️ CHECKPOINT: "Does this understanding match your intent?"
After approach selection	⚠️ CHECKPOINT: "Here's my proposed approach. Should I proceed?"
Before final artifact	⚠️ CHECKPOINT: "Ready to generate final output. Confirm?"

Skip gates: Say "proceed without confirmation" to run uninterrupted.

In workflows: Each reference file should pause at these points:

### Phase 2: Analysis

[... phase content ...]

⚠️ **CHECKPOINT**: Present findings summary. Ask: "Does this capture the key insights? Any adjustments before I continue?"

Rules

• Use Ask tool to gather input before proceeding
• Ground recommendations in evidence
• Use story points, never time estimates
• Challenge assumptions and cut scope by default