Product Design Super Intelligence
coco-research/coco
Your product + design brain trust and decision partner. An agent skill from coco-research/coco.
Guides a team through Jeff Gothelf's Lean UX Canvas v2 to frame a business problem, surface assumptions and decide what to learn and test next.
Install Lean UX Canvas v2
$ npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill lean-ux-canvas -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills lean-ux-canvas --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/lean-ux-canvas .claude/skills/lean-ux-canvas && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "lean-ux-canvas" agent skill from https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills/tree/main/skills/lean-ux-canvas into .claude/skills/lean-ux-canvas/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lean-ux-canvas", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills/tree/main/skills/lean-ux-canvasType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill lean-ux-canvas -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills lean-ux-canvas --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/lean-ux-canvas .agents/skills/lean-ux-canvas && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "lean-ux-canvas" agent skill from https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills/tree/main/skills/lean-ux-canvas into .agents/skills/lean-ux-canvas/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lean-ux-canvas", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill lean-ux-canvas -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills lean-ux-canvas --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/lean-ux-canvas .cursor/skills/lean-ux-canvas && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "lean-ux-canvas" agent skill from https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills/tree/main/skills/lean-ux-canvas into .cursor/skills/lean-ux-canvas/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lean-ux-canvas", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills.git --path skills/lean-ux-canvas--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill lean-ux-canvas -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills lean-ux-canvas --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/lean-ux-canvas .gemini/skills/lean-ux-canvas && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "lean-ux-canvas" agent skill from https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills/tree/main/skills/lean-ux-canvas into .gemini/skills/lean-ux-canvas/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lean-ux-canvas", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills lean-ux-canvasInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill lean-ux-canvas -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/lean-ux-canvas .github/skills/lean-ux-canvas && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "lean-ux-canvas" agent skill from https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills/tree/main/skills/lean-ux-canvas into .github/skills/lean-ux-canvas/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lean-ux-canvas", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill lean-ux-canvas -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills lean-ux-canvas --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/lean-ux-canvas .opencode/skills/lean-ux-canvas && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "lean-ux-canvas" agent skill from https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills/tree/main/skills/lean-ux-canvas into .opencode/skills/lean-ux-canvas/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lean-ux-canvas", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
lean-ux-canvas- GitHub stars
- 7.2k
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~6.2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 2,898 words
- Files
- 3
- Skills in repo
- 75
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Guides a team through Jeff Gothelf's Lean UX Canvas v2 to frame a business problem, surface assumptions and decide what to learn and test next.
- Works in 8 steps: Gather Context → Review and Export Canvas → Starting with Solutions, Not Problems → …
- Reframing a requested solution as a business problem
- 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
The canvas is a one-page, eight-box facilitation tool that starts from a business problem rather than a solution, and the skill walks you through it box by box. The boxes cover the problem, measurable outcomes, who it is for, the assumptions being made, what to learn first and which experiments will test those assumptions. It treats the canvas as an insurance policy that turns assumptions into experiments before full development and shifts conversations from outputs to outcomes.
You can begin with a business problem or with a solution idea you were handed, which the canvas reframes as a problem. Known users, evidence so far and what the team already believes are useful extras. The package includes a template and a sample. The canvas was created by Jeff Gothelf, author of Lean UX, and version 2 improves clarity about business versus user outcomes.
When your agent uses it
- Reframing a requested solution as a business problem
- Aligning a cross-functional team on assumptions before a sprint
- Turning assumptions into testable hypotheses and experiments
Example prompts
- “Fill a Lean UX canvas: leadership wants 'an AI chatbot' — underlying problem seems to be support ticket volume growing 3x faster than the team.”
- “Help my team list assumptions for the new onboarding flow and the experiments to test them.”
- “Start a Lean UX Canvas for our reporting redesign, beginning with box one.”
Workflow steps
8 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Gather Context
- Review and Export Canvas
- Starting with Solutions, Not Problems
- Vague Business Outcomes
- Too-Broad User Segments
- Confusing Box 2 and Box 4
- Only One Solution in Box 5
- Skipping Experiments (Box 8)
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):
jeffgothelf.comstatic1.squarespace.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
Lean UX Canvas v2 loads about 6.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 37 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,898 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 2,898 words (~6,191 tokens).
“Guide product managers through creating Jeff Gothelf's Lean UX Canvas (v2)—a one-page facilitation tool that frames work around a business problem to solve, not a solution to implement. Use this to align cross-functional teams around core assumptions, craft testable hypotheses…”
- name
- lean-ux-canvas
- argument-hint
- [business problem]
- intent
- Guide product managers through creating **Jeff Gothelf's Lean UX Canvas (v2)**—a one-page facilitation tool that frames work around a **business problem to…
- type
- interactive
- best_for
- Framing a business problem before solutioning, Surfacing assumptions in a cross-functional workshop, Turning a vague initiative into hypotheses and learning…
- scenarios
- Help me run a Lean UX Canvas workshop for onboarding drop-off, Use Lean UX Canvas to frame a new AI product idea, We have a business problem but too many…
- theme
- validation-experiments
- estimated_time
- 30-45 min
Files
SKILL.md and 2 other files in skills/lean-ux-canvas of deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills.
- SKILL.md
- examples/sample.md
- template.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1b5a524
Used in 1 other repository
We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
Compare with similar skills
Lean UX Canvas v2 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lean UX Canvas v2 this skilldeanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills | 7.2k | 1 repos | ~6.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Product Design Super Intelligencecoco-research/coco | 513 | — | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Product Design Framinglobehub/lobehub | 83k | — | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| UX Researcher Designeralirezarezvani/claude-skills | 28k | 1 repos | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Product Researchalirezarezvani/claude-skills | 28k | — | ~2.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| UX Researcher Designerborghei/Claude-Skills | 891 | — | ~5.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Related
Questions about Lean UX Canvas v2
What does Lean UX Canvas v2 do?
Guides a team through Jeff Gothelf's Lean UX Canvas v2 to frame a business problem, surface assumptions and decide what to learn and test next. The canvas is a one-page, eight-box facilitation tool that starts from a business problem rather than a solution, and the skill walks you through it box by box. The boxes cover the problem, measurable outcomes, who it is for, the assumptions being made, what to learn first and which experiments will test those assumptions.
When should I use Lean UX Canvas v2?
Lean UX Canvas v2 fits situations like: reframing a requested solution as a business problem; aligning a cross-functional team on assumptions before a sprint; turning assumptions into testable hypotheses and experiments.
How do I install Lean UX Canvas v2 in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill lean-ux-canvas -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/lean-ux-canvas in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills) into .claude/skills/lean-ux-canvas in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Lean UX Canvas v2 in Codex?
Run `npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill lean-ux-canvas -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/lean-ux-canvas in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills) into .agents/skills/lean-ux-canvas in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Lean UX Canvas v2 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 lean-ux-canvas -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/lean-ux-canvas, .gemini/skills/lean-ux-canvas, .github/skills/lean-ux-canvas and .opencode/skills/lean-ux-canvas in your project.
What does Lean UX Canvas v2 need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Lean UX Canvas v2 is instructions for the agent only.
Does Lean UX Canvas v2 access the network?
SKILL.md names 2 domains. As links in the text: jeffgothelf.com and static1.squarespace.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Lean UX Canvas v2 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 Lean UX Canvas v2 use?
Lean UX Canvas v2 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 Lean UX Canvas v2 use?
About 6.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 25k 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 Lean UX Canvas v2?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Lean UX Canvas v2: Product Design Super Intelligence (coco-research/coco, 513 stars), Product Design Framing (lobehub/lobehub, 83k stars), UX Researcher Designer (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars) and Product Research (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Lean UX Canvas v2?
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.