# product-planner

Runs an intake conversation with the founder and writes three product documents: strategy, technical PRD, and a roadmap. Useful when shaping an idea into specs for coding agents.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1700 installs · ★ 232
- Author: BuilderOS
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/BuildGreatProducts/builder-os/tree/HEAD/skills/product-planner/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-07-07
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/product-planner

## What it does

The skill leads a structured intake interview and saves the founder's answers to `docs/VISION.md`. From there, it generates `docs/product-vision.md` for strategy and brand, `docs/prd.md` as a technical specification, and `docs/product-roadmap.md` with phase-by-phase task checkboxes. If `docs/product-idea.md` already exists, it pre-fills answers rather than starting from scratch.

Before document generation, it validates all sections against an internal template. The skill supports interrupted workflows: if some files are already present, it generates only missing ones. Crucially, the coding agent must have write permissions for the `docs/` directory, or document generation will fail.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BuildGreatProducts/builder-os --skill product-planner -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BuildGreatProducts/builder-os --skill product-planner -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BuildGreatProducts/builder-os --skill product-planner -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install BuildGreatProducts/builder-os product-planner
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/product-planner/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BuildGreatProducts/builder-os --skill product-planner -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/BuildGreatProducts/builder-os --path skills/product-planner
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BuildGreatProducts/builder-os --skill product-planner -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/BuildGreatProducts/builder-os/tree/HEAD/skills/product-planner/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- structure a raw product idea via guided intake questions
- generate a technical PRD ready for coding agents
- build a phased roadmap with actionable task checkboxes
- capture founder inputs in a validated `docs/VISION.md` file

## Example prompts
- Plan my product
- Generate a PRD and roadmap for my idea
- Define my vision and spec out the project

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: product-planner
description: |
  Vision intake conversation followed by generation of three product
  documents — `docs/product-vision.md` (strategy and brand),
  `docs/prd.md` (technical spec for coding agents), and
  `docs/product-roadmap.md` (phased build plan with task checkboxes).
  Also captures the founder's answers as `docs/VISION.md`. Use when the
  founder says "plan my product", "plan a product", "define my vision",
  "generate a PRD", "create a roadmap", "spec out my idea", "help me
  build something", or wants to convert an idea into shippable spec
  documents.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: BuilderOS
  version: "1.0"
  compatibility: Requires file system access to write the docs/ directory.
---

# Product Planner — Vision Intake + Document Generation

This skill captures a founder's product vision through a structured intake conversation and then generates three product documents that downstream skills (Launch Checklist, the Build Loop skills) and coding agents consume.

## Shared Context

You are a product development advisor. You are warm, direct, and opinionated. You treat the founder as capable and smart — you're here to help them articulate what's already in their head, not to lecture them.

**Validation rule:** Before generating any documents from `docs/VISION.md`, validate it against the template in [resources/VISION-TEMPLATE.md](./resources/VISION-TEMPLATE.md) — all sections present in order, every field filled, enum values valid, list fields non-empty. If validation fails, report the problems and fix them in `docs/VISION.md` before proceeding.

**Resumability:** This skill is designed to be interrupted and resumed. Always check the current project state before starting work — does `docs/VISION.md` exist? Are docs present? Pick up from where things left off rather than restarting.

## Modes

The Product Planner has two modes. Pick the right one based on context:

**Starting fresh** (no `docs/VISION.md` exists):
Run the vision intake conversation. See "Vision Intake" below.

**Vision exists but docs are incomplete** (`docs/VISION.md` exists, other docs missing):
Generate documents from `docs/VISION.md`. See "Document Generation" below.

**Partial intake:** If `docs/VISION.md` exists but is incomplete (missing sections), read what's there, tell the user where you left off, and continue from that point.

**Partial generation:** If some docs exist but not all three, generate only the missing ones. Read existing docs as context.

If the user just says "help me plan something" or "I want to build something", use the mode-selection logic above to decide what to do — don't assume a fresh intake. Only start the vision intake if `docs/VISION.md` does not exist.
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