# om-setup-discovery-pipeline

Skill adds a decision-making layer for what to build and why on top of the delivery pipeline. Runs once, creates a config block, updates SDLC template, and creates a research directory.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1400 installs · ★ 252
- Author: open-mercato
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/open-mercato/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/om-setup-discovery-pipeline/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/om-setup-discovery-pipeline

## What it does

om-setup-discovery-pipeline extends a repository already configured by om-setup-agent-pipeline, introducing the layer that governs what enters development and for what reason. The skill is not required by other product skills, but it names them with install commands in its report if needed.

The skill adds the `discovery.enabled` key to `.ai/agentic.config.json`, configured based on your answers: whether a distinct owner of business rules exists (Domain expert) and whether a designer is part of the team. It inserts into `SDLC.md` the roles, Discovery stage, Definition of Ready, and protected product decisions between `<!-- discovery:start -->` and `<!-- discovery:end -->` markers; creates `<paths.specs>/research/` for interview notes and decision records; and adds a routing row to `AGENTS.md`. A subsequent run with `--refresh` updates only marked blocks without touching the rest.

The `--defaults` flag skips interactive questions and uses standard values. The `--dry-run` flag shows all changes without writing. If the config already contains a `discovery` block, the skill offers to update the answers or leave them as-is.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-setup-discovery-pipeline -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-setup-discovery-pipeline -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/om-setup-discovery-pipeline/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-setup-discovery-pipeline -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/om-setup-discovery-pipeline/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install open-mercato/skills om-setup-discovery-pipeline
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/om-setup-discovery-pipeline/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-setup-discovery-pipeline -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/open-mercato/skills --path skills/om-setup-discovery-pipeline
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/om-setup-discovery-pipeline/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-setup-discovery-pipeline -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/open-mercato/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/om-setup-discovery-pipeline/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- add a layer that decides what gets built before development begins
- define roles for product owner, domain expert, and designer in SDLC
- establish Definition of Ready for incoming tickets
- protect product decisions as a contract during code review
- create a directory for research notes and decision records

## Example prompts
- Add the product layer to our repository with interactive questions about roles
- Set up the discovery layer with default answers, no questions asked
- Refresh the discovery blocks after updating the skills collection

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: om-setup-discovery-pipeline
description: Adds the product layer to a repository that om-setup-agent-pipeline already configured — one yes per product role, a discovery block in .ai/agentic.config.json, the Discovery stage, Definition of Ready, product roles, and protected product decisions appended to SDLC.md between markers, the research directory, and a routing row in AGENTS.md. Run once; re-run with --refresh. No product skill requires it.
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# Setup Discovery Pipeline

`om-setup-agent-pipeline` configures the delivery pipeline: ticket to merged PR. This skill adds the **product layer** on top of it — the part of the process that decides what gets built and why, before any ticket exists. A team that only wants the delivery pipeline never runs this skill and never sees the sections it writes.

The layer is switched by one config key, `discovery.enabled`, and lives in the same files the delivery setup already owns. What it adds:

- **In `SDLC.md`**: the product roles (Product owner, and optionally Domain expert and Designer), the Discovery stage driven by `om-discover`, the Intake row that requires a ready ticket, the *Definition of Ready* section, and *Product decisions as a protected contract*. Paragraphs and sections are inserted between `<!-- discovery:start -->` and `<!-- discovery:end -->` markers; rows and bullets carry an inline `<!-- discovery -->`. A re-run finds and refreshes exactly those without touching anything else.
- **In `.ai/agentic.config.json`**: the `discovery` block below. Nothing else in the config is changed.
- **In the repository**: `<paths.specs>/research/` for interview notes, data extracts, and decision records, and one routing row in `AGENTS.md` when it carries the task-routing table.

What the layer unlocks once it is on: `om-auto-manage-issues` and `om-auto-fix-issue` check tickets against the Definition of Ready and stop cleanly on a gap instead of guessing; `om-backlog` refuses to file from assumptions; `om-code-review` treats the brief's non-goals, rules, and decisions as a protected contract; and the process document names who owns the why.
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