defining-product-strategy
Help users move beyond ambitious goal-setting to create a rigorous diagnosis of challenges and a clear, actionable plan for winning in their specific market.
npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill defining-product-strategy --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Defining Product Strategy Transform vision into a concrete plan of action by making hard choices that drive customer behavior. Help the user with defining product strategy using insights from 27 guests and posts across Lenny's Podcast and Newsletter. ## How to Help 1. **Diagnose the crux** - Help the user identify the primary obstacle or high-stakes challenge that is currently holding the product back. 2. **Guide the choice cascade** - Walk the user through defining where they will compete and how they will uniquely win in that space. 3. **Structure the narrative** - Assist in distilling complex directions into a simple 'why' and a set of memorable strategic pillars. 4. **Stress-test the plan** - Use AI or external critiques to identify blind spots, common consensus thinking, or lack of defensibility. ## Core Principles ### Distill to a simple 'why' Anneka Gupta: "When people say, 'I want someone that's strategic,' what they're really saying is, 'I want someone that can come up with and articulate a compelling and simple why behind the decisions and the direction of the company and product.' So that's number one. And the second piece is, 'I want someone that's going to champion a
- How to Help
- Core Principles
- Distill to a simple 'why'
- Strategy as an integrated set of choices
- Challenge conventional wisdom
- Prioritize clarity over perfection
- Diagnosis, policy, and action
- Questions to Help Users
- Common Mistakes to Flag
- Deep Dive
- Related Skills
What does the defining-product-strategy skill do?
Help users move beyond ambitious goal-setting to create a rigorous diagnosis of challenges and a clear, actionable plan for winning in their specific market.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill defining-product-strategy --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From RefoundAI/lenny-skills, a repository with 1,215 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.