# amazon-working-backwards

This skill guides an idea through Amazon’s five questions to a PR-FAQ, with review and challenge steps along the way.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 519 installs · ★ 4
- Author: robdefeo
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/robdefeo/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/amazon-working-backwards/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-06-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/amazon-working-backwards

## What it does

The skill follows a two-stage process. It first helps answer Amazon’s five questions about the customer, the problem, the main benefit, the evidence behind the need, and the customer experience. If the idea is vague, it asks for clarification one question at a time.

Once the answers are ready, it builds a PR-FAQ with a press release, external customer questions, and internal stakeholder questions. Drafts go into `YYYY-MM-DD - [Product Name] 5Q.md` or `YYYY-MM-DD - [Product Name] PR-FAQ.md`; existing documents can be checked for structure and consistency. The skill keeps the 5Q stage before PR-FAQ work.

It runs with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, and OpenCode. Claude Code installation uses `npx` and the `robdefeo/agent-skills` repository.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add robdefeo/agent-skills --skill amazon-working-backwards -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/amazon-working-backwards/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/amazon-working-backwards/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add robdefeo/agent-skills --skill amazon-working-backwards -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/amazon-working-backwards/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add robdefeo/agent-skills --skill amazon-working-backwards -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/amazon-working-backwards/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install robdefeo/agent-skills amazon-working-backwards
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/amazon-working-backwards/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add robdefeo/agent-skills --skill amazon-working-backwards -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/robdefeo/agent-skills --path skills/amazon-working-backwards
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/amazon-working-backwards/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add robdefeo/agent-skills --skill amazon-working-backwards -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/robdefeo/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/amazon-working-backwards/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- shape an idea with Amazon’s five questions
- challenge weak or vague 5Q answers
- turn 5Q answers into a PR-FAQ
- review an existing PR-FAQ for gaps
- prepare customer and stakeholder FAQs

## Example prompts
- Work through this idea with Amazon’s five questions and save the answers to a file.
- Review these 5Q answers, identify weak points, and ask your follow-up questions one at a time.
- Create a PR-FAQ from these answers with external customer questions and internal stakeholder questions.

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