Agent skill

Diagnose Retention

by amplitude in amplitude/builder-skills

Diagnose where and why users churn, identify natural usage frequency, build cohort retention curves, and find the behaviors that drive long-term retention.

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Install Diagnose Retention

skills CLI
$ npx skills add amplitude/builder-skills --skill diagnose-retention -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install amplitude/builder-skills diagnose-retention --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/amplitude/builder-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/growth-skills/skills/diagnose-retention .claude/skills/diagnose-retention && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
diagnose-retention
GitHub stars
159
Token cost
~2.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
225 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
61
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Diagnose where and why users churn, identify natural usage frequency, build cohort retention curves, and find the behaviors that drive long-term retention.

  • A PM needs to understand churn
  • SKILL.md covers Prompt Template and Tips
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Improve retention curves

What it does

Diagnose Retention is an agent skill from amplitude/builder-skills. Diagnose where and why users churn, identify natural usage frequency, build cohort retention curves, and find the behaviors that drive long-term retention. Use when a PM needs to understand churn, improve retention curves, or identify what makes users stick.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Open-source AI skills for product managers — battle-tested by PMs at Amplitude.

When your agent uses it

  • A PM needs to understand churn
  • Improve retention curves
  • Identify what makes users stick

Example prompts

  • “/diagnose-retention”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 51838c2. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Diagnose Retention loads about 2.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 69 tokens; SKILL.md has 225 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~69
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.6k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 225 words (~2,614 tokens).

“Decompose your retention curve into cohorts, identify the behaviors that predict who stays vs. who churns, and build a concrete plan to bend the curve.”

— opening of SKILL.md by amplitude
name
diagnose-retention
suggest_when
User asks about retention, churn, "why are users leaving", "how do we keep users", "retention curve", "cohort analysis", "habit loop", "engagement", "D7/D30…

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in growth-skills/skills/diagnose-retention of amplitude/builder-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 51838c2

Compare with similar skills

Diagnose Retention next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Diagnosegithub/awesome-copilot40k1 repos~1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Natural Writingflutter/flutter180k—~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassBSD-3-Clause
Culture Retentionsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills47k1 repos~3.8kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Retently AutomationComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills77k3 repos~734Automated safety check: PassNone

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Questions about Diagnose Retention

What does Diagnose Retention do?

Diagnose where and why users churn, identify natural usage frequency, build cohort retention curves, and find the behaviors that drive long-term retention. Diagnose Retention is an agent skill from amplitude/builder-skills. Diagnose where and why users churn, identify natural usage frequency, build cohort retention curves, and find the behaviors that drive long-term retention.

When should I use Diagnose Retention?

Diagnose Retention fits situations like: A PM needs to understand churn; improve retention curves; identify what makes users stick.

How do I install Diagnose Retention in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add amplitude/builder-skills --skill diagnose-retention -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (growth-skills/skills/diagnose-retention in amplitude/builder-skills) into .claude/skills/diagnose-retention in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Diagnose Retention in Codex?

Run `npx skills add amplitude/builder-skills --skill diagnose-retention -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (growth-skills/skills/diagnose-retention in amplitude/builder-skills) into .agents/skills/diagnose-retention in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Diagnose Retention in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add amplitude/builder-skills --skill diagnose-retention -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/diagnose-retention, .gemini/skills/diagnose-retention, .github/skills/diagnose-retention and .opencode/skills/diagnose-retention in your project.

What does Diagnose Retention need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Diagnose Retention is instructions for the agent only.

Does Diagnose Retention access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Diagnose Retention safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Diagnose Retention use?

No licence was found for Diagnose Retention or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Diagnose Retention use?

About 2.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 10k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Diagnose Retention?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Diagnose Retention: Diagnose Gateway (openclaw/openclaw, 392k stars), Diagnose (github/awesome-copilot, 40k stars), Natural Writing (flutter/flutter, 180k stars) and Culture Retention (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Diagnose Retention?

amplitude (a GitHub organization) maintains it in amplitude/builder-skills, which has 159 GitHub stars. The repository holds 61 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 24, 2026.

Source: amplitude/builder-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.