What problem does it solve? Teams handed a raw idea often jump straight to a polished PRD built on an unvalidated problem and untested willingness to pay. This Skill sequences the full product management ladder — problem framing, discovery, users, riskiest-assumption testing, prioritization, spec, and metrics — so evidence comes before the spec and the plan rests on a de-risked product bet. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Gated PM ladder: Walks seven rungs in order (problem → discovery → personas/JTBD → assumption test → prioritization → spec → metrics), classifying each as core, offer, or skip based on context. - Context profiling: Establishes stakes, reversibility, stage, market maturity, and existing evidence once, then calibrates discovery and testing rigor accordingly. - Validation handoff: Passes the finished plan to a product-review step that runs assumption-rigor and artifact-specific audits, returning one prioritized report. - Use Case: A founder says "I have an app idea, where do I start?" The Skill frames the problem, runs proportionate discovery, designs a painted-door test for the riskiest adoption assumption, and only then produces a proportionate spec. ## Quick Start Take me from my raw product idea to a build-ready plan, starting with the problem and ending with a validated spec.
