Who is this skill intended for?

While built for Claude Code, it is ideal for Product Managers, UX Designers, and Developers who want to ensure their technical efforts align with real user needs and business objectives.

Can I use this for user interviews?

Yes, it includes a detailed User Interview Guide template that helps you structure conversations to uncover deep insights rather than just surface-level feature requests.

How does this skill help with product discovery?

It provides a structured 4-step framework (Understand, Explore, Validate, Define) along with standardized templates to ensure you are building the right solution for the right problem.

What are discovery anti-patterns?

These are common mistakes like skipping discovery entirely, building features just because they were requested (Feature Factory), or letting 'analysis paralysis' prevent shipping. This skill helps you identify and avoid them.

Product Discovery Specialist

Name: Product Discovery Specialist
Author: violetio

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Productivity & Workflow

Guides teams through the product discovery and validation process to ensure solutions solve real user problems.

This Claude Code skill provides a structured framework for the product discovery lifecycle, helping product managers and developers move from initial problem identification to a defined, validated solution. It includes specialized templates for problem statements, hypotheses, and user interview guides, while enforcing best practices to avoid common pitfalls like 'feature factory' mentalities or skipping discovery. By utilizing this skill within Claude Code, teams can minimize development risk and maximize impact by ensuring all technical builds are grounded in verified user needs, technical feasibility, and business goals.

Key Features

01Structured discovery workflow (Understand, Explore, Validate, Define)

02Comprehensive User Interview Guides for qualitative research

03Standardized templates for Problem Statements and Hypotheses

04Anti-pattern detection to avoid 'solution-first' development

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06Technical feasibility and success criteria assessment

Use Cases

01Analyzing user pain points from support tickets and interviews

02Aligning stakeholders on project scope and success metrics

03Validating a new product idea before starting technical implementation

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add violetio/violet-ai-plugins product-discovery

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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