Agent skill

Organic Growth Path Advisor

by deanpeters in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills

Diagnoses where a growth constraint lives and recommends one organic growth path from the McKinsey Growth Pyramid to test first.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install Organic Growth Path Advisor

skills CLI
$ npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill organic-growth-advisor -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills organic-growth-advisor --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/organic-growth-advisor .claude/skills/organic-growth-advisor && 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
organic-growth-advisor
GitHub stars
7.2k
Used in
2 other repos
Token cost
~5.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,830 words
Files
3
Skills in repo
75
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Diagnoses where a growth constraint lives and recommends one organic growth path from the McKinsey Growth Pyramid to test first.

  • Works in 3 steps: Diagnoses where your growth constraint… → Places your situation on the Growth Path… → Recommends one growth path with…
  • Growth has stalled and the next lever to pull is unclear
  • 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

Rather than a scoring model, this works as a fast triage: two diagnostic questions place your situation on a Growth Path Matrix weighing customer or market context against the degree of product change, then one path is recommended along with its rationale, a diagnostic question, and a first experiment to try. Only the organic paths McKinsey's framework calls Levels 2 through 5, new segments, geographies, channels, or products, are in scope; existing-customer retention and moves that need capital and an executive mandate are explicitly out of it.

When your agent uses it

  • Growth has stalled and the next lever to pull is unclear
  • Several growth paths look viable and one needs picking first
  • Setting up an AI-assisted experiment with a clear hypothesis

Example prompts

  • “Our signups have plateaued for two quarters, where's the constraint?”
  • “We're torn between a new geography and a new channel, which first?”
  • “Diagnose our growth constraint using the Growth Path Matrix.”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Diagnoses where your growth constraint lives using two questions
  2. Places your situation on the Growth Path Matrix (customer/market context vs. degree of product change)
  3. Recommends one growth path with rationale, a diagnostic question, and a first experiment

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

    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

Organic Growth Path Advisor loads about 5.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 55 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,830 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~55
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~5.2k

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 2,830 words (~5,231 tokens).

“Help product managers identify which organic growth path to pursue by diagnosing where the constraint actually lives. This is not a comprehensive strategy tool. It is a fast triage that puts you in the right lane before you start building…”

— opening of SKILL.md by deanpeters, Custom licence
name
organic-growth-advisor
argument-hint
[product and growth context]
intent
Guide product managers through a fast triage to identify which of four organic growth paths fits their current constraint: new customer segments (L2), new…
type
interactive
best_for
Choosing which organic growth motion to pursue when multiple seem viable, Diagnosing whether the constraint is in reach, access, market context, or product…
scenarios
We need to grow but aren't sure if we should go after new customer segments or new geographies, Help me figure out which McKinsey growth level we should focus…
theme
strategy-positioning
estimated_time
15-25 min

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files in skills/organic-growth-advisor of deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills.

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

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1b5a524

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 3 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Organic Growth Path Advisor

What does Organic Growth Path Advisor do?

Diagnoses where a growth constraint lives and recommends one organic growth path from the McKinsey Growth Pyramid to test first. Rather than a scoring model, this works as a fast triage: two diagnostic questions place your situation on a Growth Path Matrix weighing customer or market context against the degree of product change, then one path is recommended along with its rationale, a diagnostic question, and a first experiment to try. Only the organic paths McKinsey's framework calls Levels 2 through 5, new segments, geographies, channels, or products, are in scope; existing-customer retention and moves that need capital and an executive mandate are explicitly out of it.

When should I use Organic Growth Path Advisor?

Organic Growth Path Advisor fits situations like: growth has stalled and the next lever to pull is unclear; several growth paths look viable and one needs picking first; setting up an AI-assisted experiment with a clear hypothesis.

How do I install Organic Growth Path Advisor in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Organic Growth Path Advisor in Codex?

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

Can I use Organic Growth Path Advisor 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 organic-growth-advisor -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/organic-growth-advisor, .gemini/skills/organic-growth-advisor, .github/skills/organic-growth-advisor and .opencode/skills/organic-growth-advisor in your project.

What does Organic Growth Path Advisor need to run?

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

Does Organic Growth Path Advisor 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 Organic Growth Path Advisor 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 Organic Growth Path Advisor use?

Organic Growth Path Advisor 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 Organic Growth Path Advisor use?

About 5.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 21k 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 Organic Growth Path Advisor?

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Who maintains Organic Growth Path Advisor?

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.