Product discovery / runnable skill

Run discovery on a decision—not an idea.

Five days. Six real conversations. One source-linked demand memo. One honest next move.

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Timebox: 5 working days
Minimum: 5 qualified interviews
Decision: Go · Narrow · Kill

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Day 1 / 60 minutes

Frame

Leave with / Discovery brief

Name the decision and pre-register what evidence would change it.

What decision must this research change?Write it as: Should we…?Decision owner + dateA person and a real deadlineTarget segmentSpecific enough to recruit fromExplicitly excludeNearby users who would muddy the evidenceRecent triggerThe event that starts the workflowRecency windowUsually the last 30 or 90 daysRiskiest assumptionThe one belief most likely to kill the betPre-register go / narrow / killSet the evidence gates before seeing the results

Ready whenWrite one build decision, owner, and date.Bound the segment, trigger, and exclusions.Set go, narrow, and kill gates before research.

Day 5 / decision gate

Pre-register the standard. Then make the call.

These are small-sample decision heuristics, not market proof. GO means fund the next bounded test.

Current callNot ready

Demand memo

Keep the live decision in your workspace; use Markdown when you need a portable record.

Reusable agent skill

Give the preparation and evidence ops to an agent. Keep the judgment human.

The skill asks one question at a time, prepares the artifacts, structures real notes, cites participant IDs, and refuses to fabricate validation.

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Agent

Prepare the screener and script.

Structure supplied notes.

Count patterns and contradictions.

Draft the decision options.

Human

Choose the decision and gates.

Recruit, consent, and interview.

Judge materiality and nuance.

Own go, narrow, or kill.