eol-readiness-advisor
Run a go/no-go assessment for retiring a product or feature, then right-size the effort. Use when someone says \"we should probably kill this\" and nobody has made the call.
Profile →npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill eol-readiness-advisor --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.
# EOL Readiness Advisor ## Purpose Decide whether a product or feature should actually be retired — and if so, how much machinery the retirement deserves. This skill produces a go/no-go verdict with named evidence, an **intensity level** you choose, and a short list of the obligations that will bite you if ignored. Most EOL guidance assumes the decision is already made and jumps to the plan. This skill sits earlier: it is the conversation where "we should probably kill this" becomes a decision someone will defend in a room. It is equally willing to tell you **not** to retire. A "hold" or "harvest" verdict is a real outcome here, not a consolation prize. ## Input **Works best with:** The product or feature under consideration and what triggered the conversation (a declining number, a strategy shift, a support-cost complaint, an exec offhand remark). **Also useful:** Revenue and customer counts, whether a replacement exists, contract or regulatory commitments, and any political sensitivities you already know about. Anything supplied with the invocation itself — text after the skill name, a pasted context dump, or an appended `ARGUMENTS:` line — counts as answers already given. Use it
- Purpose
- Input
- Key Concepts
- The Right-Sizing Dial
- Lifecycle Gates (shared vocabulary)
- The Four Retire Signals
- The Four Hold Signals
- Anti-Patterns (what this is NOT)
- Application
- Question 1 of 4 — What's under review, and what triggered this?
- Question 2 of 4 — What's the blast radius?
- Question 3 of 4 — Set the intensity
- Question 4 of 4 — Where do customers land?
- Final Step: Deliver the assessment
What does the eol-readiness-advisor skill do?
Run a go/no-go assessment for retiring a product or feature, then right-size the effort. Use when someone says \"we should probably kill this\" and nobody has made the call.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill eol-readiness-advisor --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 deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, a repository with 6,444 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.