identify-assumptions-new
Identify risky assumptions for a new product idea across 8 risk categories including Go-to-Market, Strategy, and Team. Use when evaluating startup risks, assessing a new product concept, or mapping assumptions for a new venture.
Profile →npx skills add phuryn/pm-skills --skill identify-assumptions-new --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.
## Identify Assumptions (New Product) Comprehensive risk identification across 8 categories — extending the 4 core product risks (Teresa Torres, *Continuous Discovery Habits*) with Ethics, Go-to-Market, Strategy & Objectives, and Team risks that are critical for new products. ### Context You are evaluating assumptions for a new product: **$ARGUMENTS**. If the user provides files (business plans, research), read them first. ### Domain Context **The 4 core product risks** (Teresa Torres, *Continuous Discovery Habits*): Value, Usability, Viability, Feasibility. **For new products, extend to 8 risk categories.** Good teams assume at least three-quarters of their ideas won't perform as they hope. ### Instructions The user will describe the product concept, target segment, and feature idea. Work through these steps: 1. **Think from three perspectives** about why this product might fail: - **Product Manager**: Market demand, willingness to pay, competitive landscape - **Designer**: First-time user experience, onboarding, engagement - **Engineer**: Build vs. buy decisions, scalability, technical debt 2. **Identify assumptions across 8 risk categories**: - **Value**: Will it create value fo
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What does the identify-assumptions-new skill do?
Identify risky assumptions for a new product idea across 8 risk categories including Go-to-Market, Strategy, and Team. Use when evaluating startup risks, assessing a new product concept, or mapping assumptions for a new venture.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add phuryn/pm-skills --skill identify-assumptions-new --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 phuryn/pm-skills, a repository with 24,843 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.