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Prioritize Features skill

Prioritize a backlog of feature ideas based on impact, effort, risk, and strategic alignment with top 5 recommendations. Use when prioritizing a feature backlog, making scope decisions, or ranking product ideas.

$npx skills add phuryn/pm-skills --skill prioritize-features
View this skill on GitHubphuryn/pm-skills/pm-product-discovery/skills/prioritize-features/SKILL.md
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License
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Install Prioritize Features

Pick your agent. Every command is ready to paste.

$npx skills add phuryn/pm-skills --skill prioritize-features

The open skills CLI detects your agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ more) and installs to the right folder. Add -g to install globally.

01

Install it

Run the command above, or upload the folder in Claude.

02

Ask naturally

Describe the task. Your agent loads prioritize-features when the request matches its description.

03

Name it if needed

If it does not trigger, say “use the prioritize-features skill”. In Codex, type $prioritize-features.

The skill itself

SKILL.md

FolderGitHub

Prioritize Feature Backlog

Evaluate and rank a backlog of feature ideas to identify the top 5 to pursue.

Context

You are helping prioritize features for $ARGUMENTS.

If the user provides files (spreadsheets, backlogs, opportunity assessments), read and analyze them directly.

Domain Context

For framework selection guidance, see the prioritization-frameworks skill. Key recommendations:

Opportunity Score (Dan Olsen, The Lean Product Playbook) is recommended for evaluating customer problems: Opportunity Score = Importance × (1 − Satisfaction), normalized to 0–1. High Importance + low Satisfaction = best opportunities. Prioritize problems (opportunities), not solutions.

ICE is recommended for quick scoring of initiatives: Impact (Opportunity Score × # Customers) × Confidence × Ease. RICE adds Reach as a separate factor for larger teams.

Instructions

The user will describe their product objective, desired outcomes, and provide feature ideas. Work through these steps:

  1. Understand priorities: Confirm the product objective and success metrics.

  2. Evaluate each feature against:

    • Impact: How much does it move the needle on desired outcomes? Consider Opportunity Score if customer data is available.
    • Effort: How much development, design, and coordination is required?
    • Risk: How much uncertainty exists? What assumptions need testing?
    • Strategic alignment: How well does it fit the product vision and current goals?
  3. Recommend the top 5 features with:

    • Clear ranking (1-5)
    • Brief rationale for each selection
    • Key trade-offs considered
    • What was deprioritized and why
  4. Present as a prioritization table if helpful.

Think step by step. Save as markdown if the output is substantial.


Further Reading

Tips for Prioritize Features

  • • Start a fresh session after installing so your agent picks up the new skill.
  • • It is part of a pack with 72 skills. Install only the ones you need with --skill to keep triggers precise.
  • • If two skills overlap, mention the one you want by name.

Questions about Prioritize Features

What does the Prioritize Features skill do?

Prioritize a backlog of feature ideas based on impact, effort, risk, and strategic alignment with top 5 recommendations. Use when prioritizing a feature backlog, making scope decisions, or ranking product ideas.

How do I install Prioritize Features?

Run "npx skills add phuryn/pm-skills --skill prioritize-features" in your project. The skills CLI installs it for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ other agents. In Claude on the web, upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Customize > Skills.

Does Prioritize Features work in Cursor and Codex?

Yes. Prioritize Features uses the open SKILL.md format, so it works in Claude Code, Claude, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and other agents that support agent skills.

Is Prioritize Features free?

Prioritize Features is open source on GitHub under the MIT license. It is free to install; check the license before commercial use.

Who made Prioritize Features?

Prioritize Features is published by phuryn in the phuryn/pm-skills repository, together with 71 other skills.

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