# product-discovery

Guides a product initiative from a problem statement to a living PRD with persistent local state. Helps validate hypotheses and prepare launches in Claude Code.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code · ★ 11
- Author: lenar-amirov
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/lenar-amirov/product-pipeline-public
- Updated: 2026-08-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/product-discovery

## What it does

Unlike stateless PM utilities, this plugin tracks the entire initiative across terminal sessions. Work is saved in a dedicated project directory. Claude Code remembers the hypothesis registry and decision history when you restart your terminal. The dashboard tracks progress through phase coverage rather than arbitrary step counts.

Workflow runs through standalone jobs. You break a problem into assumptions with `/hypotheses` and parse external decks using `/ingest`. When new metrics arrive, `/validate` updates confidence scores and flags contradictions. Every hypothesis carries an evidence label distinguishing observed facts from synthetic assumptions. Gate reviews enforce strict checks. You cannot compile the final report if the registry contains unresolved conflicts.

The web interface of Claude Code will not work because the pipeline requires direct access to local files. You need the official CLI or the desktop application. Running the automation scripts also requires a local Python interpreter.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install product-discovery@claude-community
```

## When to use it
- break an ambiguous problem into testable hypotheses
- maintain discovery state and decision records across sessions
- assemble an evidence-backed PRD without losing context
- rehearse review gates against critical stakeholder questions
- generate implementation tickets for Linear or Jira

## Example prompts
- Break down our checkout drop-off problem into testable hypotheses using `/hypotheses`
- Evaluate these analytics metrics against our active registry using `/validate`
- Generate tickets for the team backlog from the approved solution using `/tickets`

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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# Product Discovery

**Run a product initiative as a tracked journey — from one-sentence problem to PRD, with persistent state across sessions.**

Not a toolbox of one-shot AI answers. A structured pipeline where every session adds to the same initiative — drill-down questions, evidence-typed hypotheses, a PRD that builds incrementally, and a decision log you can come back to next week.

Built on [Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code). Powered by Double Diamond, Teresa Torres' Continuous Discovery, and Marty Cagan's Product Discovery.

> **Requires** Claude Code desktop app or CLI (not the web version — needs persistent local state).

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## Why this, and not a PM skill toolbox?

There are great PM skill collections — [pm-skills](https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills) (60+ skills), [Anthropic's official PM plugin](https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins) (`/write-spec`, `/synthesize-research`, `/competitive-brief`) — that you call ad-hoc. They're excellent for one-shot answers, and stateless by design.

**Product Discovery is different.** It's not a toolbox — it's a journey:

| | PM toolbox (pm-skills, Anthropic PM plugin) | Product Discovery (this) |
|---|---|---|
| **Unit of work** | One question, one answer | Point-entry jobs that accumulate into one tracked initiative |
| **State** | Stateless — Claude forgets next time | Persistent: hypothesis registry, decision log, living PRD, coverage map |
| **PRD** | Generated when you ask | Living document, sections fill as evidence arrives |
| **Evidence** | Free-form text | Typed (REAL / SYNTHETIC / INFERRED, confidence 0.0–1.0) in a machine-readable registry, validated every session |
| **Continuity** | Each session is a fresh start | Resume exactly where you stopped, with full context |
| **Best for** | Quick answers on any PM task | Working a real product initiative through to launch |

**Use a PM toolbox** when you want quick help with one specific task.
**Use Product Discovery** when you've committed to a real initiative and want a tracked path from problem to launch.

(They complement each other — you can install both.)

---

## Get started in 30 seconds

### 1. Get the tool

```bash
git clone https://github.com/lenar-amirov/product-pipeline-public.git pm-copilot
cd pm-copilot && claude
```

That's it. No questions, no restart, no required dependencies — bare
`python3` is enough (`pip3 install rich` is optional, for a prettier
dashboard).

**No git?** [Download ZIP](https://github.com/lenar-amirov/product-pipeline-public/archive/refs/heads/main.zip), unpack, open the folder in [Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code).

**Where your work lives**: initiatives are created by the tool itself
inside this folder (`{your-name}/{initiative}/`) — gitignored by design,
so they never enter the public repo and never conflict with updates.

**Updates**: `git pull`. Your initiatives are untouched; if you've
customized `CLAUDE.md`, stash your changes first or work in a fork.

### 2. Describe your problem

You'll see:

```
╭────────────────────────────────────────╮
│                                        │
│  ◆ Product Discovery                   │
│  PM Copilot                            │
│                                        │
╰────────────────────────────────────────╯

  What product problem are you working on?

  Or start with a job right away:
    "read this deck"  ·  "I need an analyst brief"  ·  "break down problem X"
```

Type one sentence. For example:

> Users add items to cart but never complete checkout on mobile

### 3. Value first — the initiative is created after

Claude runs the matching job immediately: for a problem statement you get
3–5 problem hypotheses (typed `INFERRED` until validated) with ONE sharp
challenge question woven in; for "here's a deck from the analyst" it
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