Agent skill

Altitude Horizon Framework

by deanpeters in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills

Understand the PM-to-Director transition through altitude and horizon thinking.

Custom licenceAuto-check passed

Install Altitude Horizon Framework

skills CLI
$ npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill altitude-horizon-framework -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills altitude-horizon-framework --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/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/altitude-horizon-framework .claude/skills/altitude-horizon-framework && 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
altitude-horizon-framework
GitHub stars
7.2k
Token cost
~3.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,940 words
Files
4
Skills in repo
75
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Understand the PM-to-Director transition through altitude and horizon thinking.

  • Works in 6 steps: Listen to the top-level strategy — QBRs,… → Extract key priorities leadership stated… → Map the second layer: "How does our… → …
  • Diagnosing scope
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, Input, Key Concepts and Application, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Altitude Horizon Framework is an agent skill from deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills. Understand the PM-to-Director transition through altitude and horizon thinking. Use when diagnosing scope, time-horizon, or leadership-level gaps.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files (for example `examples/sample-industrial.md`, `examples/sample.md` and `template.md`).

The repository describes itself as: Product Management skills framework built on battle-tested methods for Claude Code, Cowork, Codex, and AI agents.

When your agent uses it

  • Diagnosing scope
  • Leadership-level gaps

Example prompts

  • “/altitude-horizon-framework”

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Listen to the top-level strategy — QBRs, company messaging, executive communications
  2. Extract key priorities leadership stated — Identify 3–5 themes, not 20 bullet points
  3. Map the second layer: "How does our business unit accomplish these objectives?"
  4. Map the third layer: "How does our product portfolio accomplish that?"
  5. Map the fourth layer: "What are my team's specific accountabilities that drive success at layer three?"
  6. Communicate the cascade to the team — Not just what to do, but why it connects upward

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1b5a524. 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 (its code samples are markdown).

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • the-product-porch-43ca35c0.simplecast.com

    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

Altitude Horizon Framework loads about 3.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 43 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,940 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~43
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.8k

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 1,940 words (~3,831 tokens).

“Defines the two-axis mental model that distinguishes Director-level thinking from PM thinking: Altitude (how wide you zoom out) and Horizon (how far ahead you look). Use this to understand what actually changes in the transition, diagnose which transition zone is…”

— opening of SKILL.md by deanpeters, Custom licence
name
altitude-horizon-framework
intent
Defines the two-axis mental model that distinguishes Director-level thinking from PM thinking: **Altitude** (how wide you zoom out) and **Horizon** (how far…
type
component
theme
career-leadership
best_for
Understanding what actually changes when you move from PM to Director, Diagnosing which transition zone is creating friction in your role, Applying the…
scenarios
I'm a senior PM trying to understand what changes when I become a Director, I'm newly promoted to Director and something isn't clicking — help me diagnose it…
estimated_time
10-15 min

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files in skills/altitude-horizon-framework of deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • examples/sample-industrial.md
  • examples/sample.md
  • template.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1b5a524

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Creative Directornexu-io/open-design100k—~715Automated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Horizon Trackruvnet/ruflo74k—~744Automated safety check: NotesMIT
Video Understandcalesthio/OpenMontage66k—~841Automated safety check: PassAGPL-3.0

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Questions about Altitude Horizon Framework

What does Altitude Horizon Framework do?

Understand the PM-to-Director transition through altitude and horizon thinking. Altitude Horizon Framework is an agent skill from deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills. Understand the PM-to-Director transition through altitude and horizon thinking.

When should I use Altitude Horizon Framework?

Altitude Horizon Framework fits situations like: diagnosing scope; leadership-level gaps.

How do I install Altitude Horizon Framework in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill altitude-horizon-framework -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/altitude-horizon-framework in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills) into .claude/skills/altitude-horizon-framework in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Altitude Horizon Framework in Codex?

Run `npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill altitude-horizon-framework -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/altitude-horizon-framework in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills) into .agents/skills/altitude-horizon-framework in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Altitude Horizon Framework 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 deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill altitude-horizon-framework -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/altitude-horizon-framework, .gemini/skills/altitude-horizon-framework, .github/skills/altitude-horizon-framework and .opencode/skills/altitude-horizon-framework in your project.

What does Altitude Horizon Framework need to run?

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

Does Altitude Horizon Framework access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: the-product-porch-43ca35c0.simplecast.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Altitude Horizon Framework 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 Altitude Horizon Framework use?

Altitude Horizon Framework 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 Altitude Horizon Framework use?

About 3.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 15k 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 Altitude Horizon Framework?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Altitude Horizon Framework: View Transitions (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars), Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper (GarethManning/education-agent-skills, 840 stars), Creative Director (nexu-io/open-design, 100k stars) and Horizon Track (ruvnet/ruflo, 74k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Altitude Horizon Framework?

deanpeters (a GitHub user) maintains it in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, which has 7,224 GitHub stars. The repository holds 75 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 1, 2026.

Source: deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.