writing-prds
Help users transform abstract ideas into actionable project specs that align engineering and design teams on the problem and success metrics.
npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill writing-prds --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.
# Writing Product Requirement Documents Define clear problems and bounded solutions to maximize team velocity and creative output. Help the user with writing product requirement documents using insights from 14 guests and posts across Lenny's Podcast and Newsletter. ## How to Help 1. **Drafting the core problem** - Assist in articulating a concise problem statement that is agnostic of any specific solution. 2. **Establishing success metrics** - Help define specific, measurable outcomes that will act as a filter for future feature requests. 3. **Defining project boundaries** - Guide the user through narrowing fuzzy requests into a bounded concept using shaping techniques. 4. **Reviewing for clarity** - Audit existing drafts for brevity, readability, and technical awareness to prevent micromanagement. ## Core Principles ### Design for functional prototyping Jenny Wen: "We used to go off and make this two-year, five-year, 10-year vision even. Now it becomes a vision that's three to six months out, and isn't necessarily creating this beautiful deck, sometimes just creating a prototype that points people in the right direction." Design should focus on short term functional prototyping r
- How to Help
- Core Principles
- Design for functional prototyping
- Shape project boundaries early
- Center documents on the problem
- Force clarity through brevity
- Document to move from chaos to clarity
- Avoid creative micromanagement
- Automate technical writing with AI
- Templates & Frameworks
- Questions to Help Users
- Common Mistakes to Flag
- Deep Dive
- Related Skills
What does the writing-prds skill do?
Help users transform abstract ideas into actionable project specs that align engineering and design teams on the problem and success metrics.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill writing-prds --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.