Identify risky assumptions for a new product idea across 8 risk categories including Go-to-Market, Strategy, and Team. Use when evaluating startup risks, assessing a new product concept, or mapping assumptions for a new venture.
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.
You are evaluating assumptions for a new product: $ARGUMENTS.
If the user provides files (business plans, research), read them first.
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.
The user will describe the product concept, target segment, and feature idea. Work through these steps:
Think from three perspectives about why this product might fail:
Identify assumptions across 8 risk categories:
For each assumption, rate confidence and suggest a test.
Think step by step. Save as markdown.
Copy a source-pinned command for your client. You run it yourself.
Destination: .claude/skills/identify-assumptions-new · pinned to the source commit
# Run from your project root
git clone https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills.git .skillboard-tmp
git -C .skillboard-tmp checkout 18468a95b427e70e258b51389796367c6f684e7d
mkdir -p ".claude/skills"
cp -r ".skillboard-tmp/pm-product-discovery/skills/identify-assumptions-new" ".claude/skills/"
rm -rf .skillboard-tmpReview the source before running. This copies files into your project; it is not a one-click install and does not verify runtime safety.
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y gitnpm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code# Run from your project root
git clone https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills.git .skillboard-tmp
git -C .skillboard-tmp checkout 18468a95b427e70e258b51389796367c6f684e7d
mkdir -p ".claude/skills"
cp -r ".skillboard-tmp/pm-product-discovery/skills/identify-assumptions-new" ".claude/skills/"
rm -rf .skillboard-tmpDestination: .claude/skills/identify-assumptions-new
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