# data-driven-feature

Orchestrates feature delivery through behavioral data insights, hypothesis ranking, and A/B test setup. Halts at mandatory review checkpoints.

- command · `type=command` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor · ★ 41729
- Author: Seth Hobson
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/HEAD/plugins/data-engineering/commands/data-driven-feature.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/commands/data-driven-feature

## What it does

This orchestrator moves feature ideas through a strict sequence of analytical checks. It writes state and deliverables straight to `.data-driven-feature/` instead of depending on transient conversation memory. Supported experiment types include `ab`, `multivariate`, and `bandit`, alongside confidence settings of 0.90, 0.95, or 0.99.

Work is handled through specialized subagent prompts. A `general-purpose` agent writes an exploratory data analysis report to `01-eda-report.md`, ranks product hypotheses via ICE or RICE in `02-hypotheses.md`, and specifies sample sizing in `03-experiment-design.md`. Architecture planning then switches to `data-engineering-backend-architect`.

Progress halts completely at phase checkpoints until you approve the written markdown files. If any subagent task fails, the process stops immediately.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add wshobson/agents
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install data-engineering@claude-code-workflows
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.claude/commands/data-driven-feature.md` — Call it with /data-driven-feature. For all projects use ~/.claude/commands/

### Codex

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.codex/prompts/data-driven-feature.md` — Call it with /prompts:data-driven-feature. Codex marks this format deprecated in favour of skills

### GitHub Copilot

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/prompts/data-driven-feature.prompt.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.gemini/commands/data-driven-feature.toml` — Gemini stores commands as TOML: the prompt text goes into the prompt field

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/HEAD/plugins/data-engineering/commands/data-driven-feature.md

## When to use it
- calculate required sample sizes and statistical stopping rules
- score product hypotheses using ICE or RICE frameworks
- design data-driven architecture before writing product code
- store structured experiment documents inside project repositories

## Example prompts
- /data-driven-feature "New onboarding tooltips" --experiment-type ab --confidence 0.95
- /data-driven-feature "Personalized checkout recommendations" --experiment-type bandit
- /data-driven-feature "Product page redesign" --experiment-type multivariate --confidence 0.99

## Source text · data-driven-feature.md · MIT

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---
description: "Build features guided by data insights, A/B testing, and continuous measurement"
argument-hint: "<feature description> [--experiment-type ab|multivariate|bandit] [--confidence 0.90|0.95|0.99]"
---

# Data-Driven Feature Development Orchestrator

## CRITICAL BEHAVIORAL RULES

You MUST follow these rules exactly. Violating any of them is a failure.

1. **Execute steps in order.** Do NOT skip ahead, reorder, or merge steps.
2. **Write output files.** Each step MUST produce its output file in `.data-driven-feature/` before the next step begins. Read from prior step files — do NOT rely on context window memory.
3. **Stop at checkpoints.** When you reach a `PHASE CHECKPOINT`, you MUST stop and wait for explicit user approval before continuing. Use the AskUserQuestion tool with clear options.
4. **Halt on failure.** If any step fails (agent error, test failure, missing dependency), STOP immediately. Present the error and ask the user how to proceed. Do NOT silently continue.
5. **Use only local agents.** All `subagent_type` references use agents bundled with this plugin or `general-purpose`. No cross-plugin dependencies.
6. **Never enter plan mode autonomously.** Do NOT use EnterPlanMode. This command IS the plan — execute it.

## Pre-flight Checks

Before starting, perform these checks:

### 1. Check for existing session

Check if `.data-driven-feature/state.json` exists:

- If it exists and `status` is `"in_progress"`: Read it, display the current step, and ask the user:

  ```
  Found an in-progress data-driven feature session:
  Feature: [name from state]
  Current step: [step from state]

  1. Resume from where we left off
  2. Start fresh (archives existing session)
  ```

- If it exists and `status` is `"complete"`: Ask whether to archive and start fresh.

### 2. Initialize state

Create `.data-driven-feature/` directory and `state.json`:

```json
{
  "feature": "$ARGUMENTS",
  "status": "in_progress",
  "experiment_type": "ab",
  "confidence_level": 0.95,
  "current_step": 1,
  "current_phase": 1,
  "completed_steps": [],
  "files_created": [],
  "started_at": "ISO_TIMESTAMP",
  "last_updated": "ISO_TIMESTAMP"
}
```

Parse `$ARGUMENTS` for `--experiment-type` and `--confidence` flags. Use defaults if not specified.

### 3. Parse feature description

Extract the feature description from `$ARGUMENTS` (everything before the flags). This is referenced as `$FEATURE` in prompts below.

---

## Phase 1: Data Analysis & Hypothesis (Steps 1–3) — Interactive

### Step 1: Exploratory Data Analysis

Use the Task tool:

```
Task:
  subagent_type: "general-purpose"
  description: "Perform exploratory data analysis for $FEATURE"
  prompt: |
    You are a data scientist specializing in product analytics. Perform exploratory data analysis for feature: $FEATURE.

    ## Instructions
    1. Analyze existing user behavior data, identify patterns and opportunities
    2. Segment users by behavior and engagement patterns
    3. Calculate baseline metrics for key indicators
    4. Use modern analytics tools (Amplitude, Mixpanel, Segment) to understand current user journeys, conversion funnels, and engagement patterns
    5. Identify data quality issues or gaps that need addressing

    Provide an EDA report with user segments, behavioral patterns, and baseline metrics.
```

Save the agent's output to `.data-driven-feature/01-eda-report.md`.

Update `state.json`: set `current_step` to 2, add `"01-eda-report.md"` to `files_created`, add step 1 to `completed_steps`.

### Step 2: Business Hypothesis Development

Read `.data-driven-feature/01-eda-report.md` to load EDA context.
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