Agent skill

Prioritize

by andreaskelm in andreaskelm/pm-brain

Prioritize a backlog, features, initiatives, or bugs, and pick and run the right method (RICE, ICE, Impact–Effort, MoSCoW, Kano, severity × frequency).

Custom licenceAuto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install Prioritize

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install andreaskelm/pm-brain prioritize --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/prioritize .claude/skills/prioritize && 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
prioritize
GitHub stars
234
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
849 words
Files
5 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
18
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Prioritize a backlog, features, initiatives, or bugs, and pick and run the right method (RICE, ICE, Impact–Effort, MoSCoW, Kano, severity × frequency).

  • Works in 5 steps: Preflight (before any scoring) → Pick the method → Score, writing the assumption next to… → …
  • The user asks what should we build first
  • SKILL.md covers Is this actually a…, Step 1 — Preflight (before any…, Step 2 — Pick the method and Step 3 — Score, writing the…, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Prioritize is an agent skill from andreaskelm/pm-brain. Prioritize a backlog, features, initiatives, or bugs, and pick and run the right method (RICE, ICE, Impact–Effort, MoSCoW, Kano, severity × frequency). Use when the user asks "what should we build first", "help me prioritize", "rank these", "MVP scope", "what makes the cut", "sprint or quarterly planning", or is handling a stakeholder pushing their feature. Surfaces the judgment and trade-offs before any scoring.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files, including reference files (for example `references/criteria.md`, `references/moscow-kano.md` and `references/scoring.md`).

It sits in Product & Project Management, covering Prioritization frameworks. 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 asks what should we build first
  • Help me prioritize
  • What makes the cut
  • Quarterly planning

Example prompts

  • “what should we build first”
  • “help me prioritize”
  • “rank these”
  • “/prioritize”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Preflight (before any scoring)
  2. Pick the method
  3. Score, writing the assumption next to every number
  4. Challenge the ranking, don't accept it
  5. Decide, record, communicate

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

Prioritize loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 107 tokens; SKILL.md has 849 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~107
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~4.6k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 849 words (~1,586 tokens).

“Prioritization is deciding what you're not going to do, and being able to say why. Frameworks make that defensible; they don't make it correct. The pattern I keep running into: a beautifully scored spreadsheet where every number was reverse-engineered from…”

— opening of SKILL.md by andreaskelm, Custom licence
name
prioritize

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (references) in .claude/skills/prioritize of andreaskelm/pm-brain.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/criteria.md
  • references/moscow-kano.md
  • references/scoring.md
  • references/template.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 38696ac

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Strategic Roadmap Planningdeanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills7.2k2 repos~4.7kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Idea Validatoraakashg/pm-claude-skills112—~2.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Triagejoa23/linear-cli144—~699Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Prioritize

What does Prioritize do?

Prioritize a backlog, features, initiatives, or bugs, and pick and run the right method (RICE, ICE, Impact–Effort, MoSCoW, Kano, severity × frequency). Prioritize is an agent skill from andreaskelm/pm-brain. Prioritize a backlog, features, initiatives, or bugs, and pick and run the right method (RICE, ICE, Impact–Effort, MoSCoW, Kano, severity × frequency).

When should I use Prioritize?

Prioritize fits situations like: the user asks what should we build first; help me prioritize; what makes the cut; quarterly planning.

How do I install Prioritize in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Prioritize in Codex?

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

Can I use Prioritize 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 prioritize -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/prioritize, .gemini/skills/prioritize, .github/skills/prioritize and .opencode/skills/prioritize in your project.

What does Prioritize need to run?

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

Does Prioritize 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 Prioritize 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 Prioritize use?

Prioritize 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 Prioritize use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.3k 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 3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Prioritize?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Prioritize: Agile Product Owner (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars), Prioritization Framework Advisor (deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, 7.2k stars), Strategic Roadmap Planning (deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, 7.2k stars) and Idea Validator (aakashg/pm-claude-skills, 112 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Prioritize?

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.