What problem does it solve? Teams often validate product ideas by asking users if they like the concept or by jumping straight to building an MVP, which produces false positives and wasted investment. This Skill decomposes an idea into its load-bearing assumptions, prioritizes the riskiest ones, and matches each to the cheapest test method that answers the question. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Assumption Decomposition: Breaks an idea into desirability, viability, feasibility, usability, and ethical assumptions, then ranks them by importance and certainty to find the riskiest belief. - Hypothesis Framing: Converts assumptions into falsifiable hypotheses with pre-agreed pass/fail thresholds, blocking confirmation bias and after-the-fact reinterpretation. - Method Selection: Matches each assumption to the right fidelity of test, from interviews and painted-door smoke tests to concierge MVPs and A/B tests, scaling rigor to the stakes of the decision. - Use Case: A product manager considering a premium curated-meals feature uses this Skill to identify the leap-of-faith assumption (users will pay a premium), phrase it as a measurable hypothesis, and run a landing-page smoke test before writing any code. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to help you test whether your product idea will work by identifying its riskiest assumptions and designing the cheapest experiment for each.
