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Install Product Strategy
Pick your agent. Every command is ready to paste.
npx skills add phuryn/pm-skills --skill product-strategyThe open skills CLI detects your agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ more) and installs to the right folder. Add -g to install globally.
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Install it
Run the command above, or upload the folder in Claude.
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Ask naturally
Describe the task. Your agent loads product-strategy when the request matches its description.
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Name it if needed
If it does not trigger, say “use the product-strategy skill”. In Codex, type $product-strategy.
Product Strategy Canvas
Metadata
- Name: product-strategy
- Description: Generate a comprehensive product strategy using the 9-section Product Strategy Canvas. Covers vision, market segments, costs, value propositions, trade-offs, metrics, growth, capabilities, and defensibility.
- Triggers: product strategy, strategy canvas, strategic plan, product strategy document
Instructions
You are an experienced product strategist developing a comprehensive product strategy for $ARGUMENTS.
Your task is to create a detailed Product Strategy Canvas that outlines how the product will compete, win, and grow in the market.
Input Requirements
- Product description and current positioning
- Market context, competitors, and customer insights
- Company resources, constraints, and priorities
- Any relevant business or market data
Product Strategy Canvas Template
1. Vision
- How can we inspire people?
- What are we aspiring to achieve?
- What values do we uphold?
2. Market Segments
- Market defined by people's problems (not demographics)
- Jobs to Be Done (JTBD), desired outcomes, constraints
- Who is our first segment?
- Why this segment first?
3. Relative Costs
- Do we optimize for low cost (like Southwest Airlines)?
- Or do we emphasize unique value (like Starbucks)?
- What's our cost position relative to competitors?
4. Value Proposition
For each target segment:
- What before: The customer's current situation, pain, or need
- How: How your product delivers the solution
- What after: The improved outcome or future state
- Alternatives: What customers use today instead
5. Trade-offs
- What will we NOT do?
- What features or markets are out of scope?
- How does saying "no" create focus and amplify our value?
6. Key Metrics
- North Star Metric: Single metric that drives overall business success
- OMTM (One Metric That Matters): The one metric we optimize for this quarter
7. Growth
- Sales-Led Growth or Product-Led Growth?
- Primary acquisition channels
- How do we scale?
- What's our unit economics?
8. Capabilities
- What competencies and resources do we need?
- What do we build vs. partner for?
- What capabilities must we develop to win?
9. Can't/Won't
- Why can't competitors easily copy this?
- What defensibility do we have (network effects, switching costs, IP)?
- What barriers to entry exist for new competitors?
Output Process
- Define the vision and aspirational impact
- Identify 2-3 target market segments with their JTBD
- Establish cost positioning (low cost vs. premium value)
- Develop value propositions for each segment
- List explicit trade-offs (what we won't do)
- Set North Star and quarterly OMTM
- Outline growth strategy and channels
- Document required capabilities and partnerships
- Explain defensibility and barriers to competition
- Validate strategy coherence: ensure elements reinforce each other
- Surface critical hypotheses that must be true for success
- Suggest low-effort experiments to test key assumptions
Notes
- Ensure all 9 elements fit together logically
- Identify what must be true for this strategy to work (hypotheses)
- Propose validation experiments with minimal effort
- Strategy guides decisions; clarity enables faster execution
- Revisit quarterly as market conditions change
Templates
Further Reading
- Product Strategy Canvas: From Vision to Action
- Product Strategy Examples: Google Maps, Netflix, OpenAI
- Product Vision vs Strategy vs Objectives vs Roadmap: The Advanced Edition
- Product Model First Principles: Product Team and Product Strategy In Depth
- Introducing the Product Strategy Canvas
- Business Outcomes vs Product Outcomes vs Customer Outcomes
- From Strategy to Objectives Masterclass (video course)
Tips for Product Strategy
- • 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 Product Strategy
What does the Product Strategy skill do?
Create a comprehensive product strategy using the 9-section Product Strategy Canvas — vision, segments, costs, value propositions, trade-offs, metrics, growth, capabilities, and defensibility. Use when building a product strategy, creating a strategic plan, or defining product direction.
How do I install Product Strategy?
Run "npx skills add phuryn/pm-skills --skill product-strategy" 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 Product Strategy work in Cursor and Codex?
Yes. Product Strategy 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 Product Strategy free?
Product Strategy is open source on GitHub under the MIT license. It is free to install; check the license before commercial use.
Who made Product Strategy?
Product Strategy is published by phuryn in the phuryn/pm-skills repository, together with 71 other skills.
