identify-assumptions-new
Identifies risky assumptions for a new product idea across eight risk categories, including go-to-market, strategy and team.
- Kind
- Skill
- Works with
- Claude Code, Cursor
- Source
- PM Skills (Pawel Huryn) @ 2a12295a7717
- Path
- pm-product-discovery/skills/identify-assumptions-new/SKILL.md
- Jobs
- Planning, Review
- Topics
- Product management
Credit
- Made by
- phuryn
- Original
- github.com/phuryn/pm-skills/blob/2a12295a7717569baa7be181b4cf…
- License
- MIT
Listed by Skill Manifest; not made by us.
InstallInstall it from a plugin marketplace.
claude plugin install pm-product-discovery@pm-skills
Install factsScanned 2 Nov 2026
- Adds
- .claude/skills/identify-assumptions-new/ (the skill folder)
- Runs scripts
- None found
- Uses the network
- None found
- Needs secrets
- None found
- Source revision
- 2a12295a7717
- Licence
- MIT
- Last activity
- 29 Oct 2026
- Review
- Reviewed
Found by a static scan of the stored text; nothing is run. “None found” is not a guarantee, so read what you install before you run it.
- Only the main file is read; other files in the folder are not scanned
## 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**: …