Agent skill

Discovery Synthesis

by andreaskelm in andreaskelm/pm-brain

Plan customer discovery, turn interview snapshots into synthesis and evidence-based opportunities, build or update an Opportunity Solution Tree, map jobs and segments, and design RAT tests for the…

Custom licenceAuto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install Discovery Synthesis

skills CLI
$ npx skills add andreaskelm/pm-brain --skill discovery-synthesis -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install andreaskelm/pm-brain discovery-synthesis --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/andreaskelm/pm-brain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/discovery-synthesis .claude/skills/discovery-synthesis && 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
discovery-synthesis
GitHub stars
234
Token cost
~2.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
934 words
Files
8 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
18
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Plan customer discovery, turn interview snapshots into synthesis and evidence-based opportunities, build or update an Opportunity Solution Tree, map jobs and segments, and design RAT tests for the…

  • Works in 5 steps: Preflight (always) → Route to the right reference → Three common flows → …
  • The user says synthesize interviews
  • SKILL.md covers Is synthesis the right move?, Step 1 — Preflight (always), Step 2 — Route to the right… and Step 3 — Three common flows, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Discovery Synthesis is an agent skill from andreaskelm/pm-brain. Plan customer discovery, turn interview snapshots into synthesis and evidence-based opportunities, build or update an Opportunity Solution Tree, map jobs and segments, and design RAT tests for the riskiest assumption. Use when the user says "synthesize interviews", "what did we learn from research", "turn notes into opportunities", "opportunity solution tree", "OST", "affinity map", "patterns from users", "cluster job stories", "segment by job", "test our riskiest assumption", "design a fake door", "plan user…

Its SKILL.md is about 2.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 8 other files, including reference files (for example `references/continuous-discovery.md`, `references/interviews.md` and `references/jtbd.md`).

It sits in Product & Project Management, covering PRD writing, User research and Feature launches and release readiness. The repository describes itself as: AI-powered product management thinking & operating system. Playbooks, guides, templates, and frameworks that bridge PM theory to daily execution.

When your agent uses it

  • The user says synthesize interviews
  • What did we learn from research
  • Turn notes into opportunities
  • Opportunity solution tree

Example prompts

  • “synthesize interviews”
  • “what did we learn from research”
  • “turn notes into opportunities”
  • “/discovery-synthesis”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Preflight (always)
  2. Route to the right reference
  3. Three common flows
  4. Red flags as artifacts take shape
  5. Before calling it done

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 38696ac. 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

Discovery Synthesis loads about 2.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~7.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 201 tokens; SKILL.md has 934 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~201
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.3k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~7.1k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 934 words (~2,264 tokens).

“Discovery synthesis is the work between "we talked to people" and "we know what to build." The failure mode I see most isn't bad note-taking—it's synthesis that confirms what you already believed, or opportunities that are really feature requests wearing…”

— opening of SKILL.md by andreaskelm, Custom licence
name
discovery-synthesis

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 7 other files (references) in .claude/skills/discovery-synthesis of andreaskelm/pm-brain.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/continuous-discovery.md
  • references/interviews.md
  • references/jtbd.md
  • references/pmf.md
  • references/problem-solution.md
  • references/segmentation-personas.md
  • references/validation.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 38696ac

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User ResearchTechNomadCode/AI-Product-Development-Toolkit1k—~266Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Discovery Synthesis

What does Discovery Synthesis do?

Plan customer discovery, turn interview snapshots into synthesis and evidence-based opportunities, build or update an Opportunity Solution Tree, map jobs and segments, and design RAT tests for the…. Discovery Synthesis is an agent skill from andreaskelm/pm-brain. Plan customer discovery, turn interview snapshots into synthesis and evidence-based opportunities, build or update an Opportunity Solution Tree, map jobs and segments, and design RAT tests for the riskiest assumption.

When should I use Discovery Synthesis?

Discovery Synthesis fits situations like: the user says synthesize interviews; what did we learn from research; turn notes into opportunities; opportunity solution tree.

How do I install Discovery Synthesis in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add andreaskelm/pm-brain --skill discovery-synthesis -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/discovery-synthesis in andreaskelm/pm-brain) into .claude/skills/discovery-synthesis in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Discovery Synthesis in Codex?

Run `npx skills add andreaskelm/pm-brain --skill discovery-synthesis -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/discovery-synthesis in andreaskelm/pm-brain) into .agents/skills/discovery-synthesis in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Discovery Synthesis 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 andreaskelm/pm-brain --skill discovery-synthesis -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/discovery-synthesis, .gemini/skills/discovery-synthesis, .github/skills/discovery-synthesis and .opencode/skills/discovery-synthesis in your project.

What does Discovery Synthesis need to run?

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

Does Discovery Synthesis 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 Discovery Synthesis 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 Discovery Synthesis use?

Discovery Synthesis has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Discovery Synthesis use?

About 2.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 4.9k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Discovery Synthesis?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Discovery Synthesis: Produck Feedback To Build (tryproduck/produck-skills, 511 stars), Schematic (blader/schematic, 241 stars), App Spec Packager (instructa/agent-skills, 139 stars) and Product Manager Toolkit (davila7/claude-code-templates, 33k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Discovery Synthesis?

andreaskelm (a GitHub user) maintains it in andreaskelm/pm-brain, which has 234 GitHub stars. The repository holds 18 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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