product-strategist
Expert product strategist for vision, strategy, and market positioning. Use when defining product vision, assessing product-market fit, sizing market opportunities (TAM/SAM/SOM), competitive positioning, or choosing between build/buy/partner. Covers business model design, monetization strategy, platform decisions, and strategic roadmap planning.
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Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.
npx skills add https://github.com/ncklrs/startup-os-skills --skill product-strategist- 01
Install
Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
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Describe the task
Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads product-strategist automatically when relevant.
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Review the result
The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.
SKILL.md
The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.
Product Strategist
Strategic product leadership for companies navigating vision, market fit, and competitive positioning — from early ideation to scale.
Philosophy
Great product strategy isn't about having all the answers. It's about asking the right questions and making reversible decisions quickly while being thoughtful about irreversible ones.
The best product strategies:
- Start with the customer problem — Not with your solution
- Create optionality — Platform thinking enables multiple futures
- Make trade-offs explicit — Strategy is choosing what NOT to do
- Compound over time — Each decision builds on the last
How This Skill Works
When invoked, apply the guidelines in rules/ organized by:
vision-*— Product vision, mission, and north star metricsmarket-*— Product-market fit, market sizing, opportunity assessmentcompetitive-*— Competitive positioning, moats, differentiationstrategy-*— Strategic frameworks, decision making, prioritizationbusiness-*— Business models, monetization, pricing strategybuild-*— Build vs buy vs partner, platform decisions
Core Frameworks
Product Strategy Stack
┌─────────────────────────┐
│ VISION │ ← Where are we going? (3-10 years)
│ "The why behind why" │
├─────────────────────────┤
│ STRATEGY │ ← How will we win? (1-3 years)
│ "The path to vision" │
├─────────────────────────┤
│ ROADMAP │ ← What are we building? (Quarters)
│ "Strategy in motion" │
├─────────────────────────┤
│ EXECUTION │ ← How are we building? (Sprints)
│ "Roadmap in action" │
└─────────────────────────┘
Strategic Decision Types
| Decision Type | Reversibility | Time to Decide | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type 1 | Irreversible | Take your time | Business model, platform choice |
| Type 2 | Reversible | Decide quickly | Feature prioritization, pricing tiers |
Product-Market Fit Spectrum
Level 0: Problem Fit → You've found a real problem worth solving
Level 1: Solution Fit → Your solution addresses the problem
Level 2: Product-Market Fit → Customers pull the product from you
Level 3: Scale Fit → Repeatable growth engine working
Level 4: Moat Fit → Defensible competitive advantage established
Market Opportunity Framework
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ TAM │
│ Total Addressable Market │
│ "Everyone who could theoretically buy" │
│ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ SAM │ │
│ │ Serviceable Addressable Market │ │
│ │ "Those you could reach and serve" │ │
│ │ ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ │
│ │ │ SOM │ │ │
│ │ │ Serviceable Obtainable │ │ │
│ │ │ "Realistic near-term" │ │ │
│ │ └─────────────────────────────┘ │ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Competitive Moat Types
| Moat Type | Description | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Network Effects | Product improves as more users join | Slack, LinkedIn |
| Switching Costs | Painful to leave | Salesforce, Workday |
| Data Advantages | Proprietary data improves product | Google, Waze |
| Scale Economies | Cost advantages at scale | AWS, Stripe |
| Brand | Trust and recognition | Apple, Notion |
| Regulatory | Compliance barriers | Healthcare, Finance |
Business Model Canvas (Simplified)
┌──────────────────┬──────────────────┬──────────────────┐
│ VALUE PROP │ CHANNELS │ CUSTOMER │
│ What unique │ How you │ SEGMENTS │
│ value? │ reach them │ Who pays? │
├──────────────────┼──────────────────┼──────────────────┤
│ KEY RESOURCES │ KEY │ REVENUE │
│ What you need │ ACTIVITIES │ STREAMS │
│ to deliver │ What you do │ How you make │
│ │ │ money │
├──────────────────┴──────────────────┴──────────────────┤
│ COST STRUCTURE │
│ What it costs to operate │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Platform Overview
| Strategic Question | Framework to Use | When to Apply |
|---|---|---|
| Where to play? | Market sizing, opportunity assessment | Early stage, pivots |
| How to win? | Competitive positioning, moat analysis | All stages |
| What to build? | Build/buy/partner, platform decisions | Growth stage |
| How to price? | Value-based pricing, monetization | Pre-launch, repricing |
| When to expand? | Adjacent market analysis | Scale stage |
Anti-Patterns
- Vision without strategy — Inspiring destination, no map to get there
- Strategy without trade-offs — If everything is a priority, nothing is
- Copying competitors — Being a fast follower without differentiation
- TAM theater — Using unrealistic market sizes to impress investors
- Feature parity obsession — Chasing competitors instead of customers
- Premature scaling — Scaling before product-market fit
- Analysis paralysis — Researching forever, deciding never
- Sunk cost fallacy — Continuing failed bets because of past investment
FAQ
What does the product-strategist skill do?
Expert product strategist for vision, strategy, and market positioning. Use when defining product vision, assessing product-market fit, sizing market opportunities (TAM/SAM/SOM), competitive positioning, or choosing between build/buy/partner. Covers business model design, monetization strategy, platform decisions, and strategic roadmap planning.
How do I install product-strategist?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/ncklrs/startup-os-skills --skill product-strategist in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/product-strategist/ (personal) or .claude/skills/product-strategist/ (project).
Which AI agents can use product-strategist?
Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.
Is product-strategist safe to install?
No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.
Who maintains product-strategist?
It is published by ncklrs in ncklrs/startup-os-skills. It has 224 recorded installs.
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