Agent skill

PRD Development

by deanpeters in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills

Builds a structured PRD that ties problem, users, solution and success criteria together, turning discovery notes into a document engineers can act on.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install PRD Development

skills CLI
$ npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill prd-development -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills prd-development --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/prd-development .claude/skills/prd-development && 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
prd-development
GitHub stars
7.2k
Used in
3 other repos
Token cost
~6.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,889 words
Files
4
Skills in repo
75
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Builds a structured PRD that ties problem, users, solution and success criteria together, turning discovery notes into a document engineers can act on.

  • Works in 8 steps: Executive Summary (30 minutes) → Problem Statement (60 minutes) → Target Users & Personas (30 minutes) → …
  • Writing a PRD for a major initiative from scattered discovery notes
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, Input, Key Concepts and Application, plus 7 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

The skill orchestrates problem framing, user research synthesis, solution definition and success criteria into one document, so scattered notes and Slack threads become a PRD that aligns stakeholders and gives engineering context. The standard structure answers what problem is solved, for whom, why now, what is being built, how success is measured, what the requirements are, including user stories and acceptance criteria, and what is out of scope.

It treats the PRD as a living document rather than a waterfall spec. You name the feature or initiative and paste whatever exists, such as discovery notes, problem statements, research, metrics and constraints; the workflow slots that material into the right phases and skips what is already answered, and with nothing provided it starts at problem definition. A template and two examples, one of them industrial, are included.

When your agent uses it

  • Writing a PRD for a major initiative from scattered discovery notes
  • Documenting scope, out-of-scope items and acceptance criteria for engineering
  • Aligning stakeholders around a single source of truth for a feature

Example prompts

  • “Build a PRD for self-serve workspace provisioning — here are my discovery notes and the OKR it ladders to.”
  • “Turn these Slack threads and research notes into a PRD with success metrics.”
  • “Draft the out-of-scope and acceptance criteria sections for the billing revamp PRD.”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Executive Summary (30 minutes)
  2. Problem Statement (60 minutes)
  3. Target Users & Personas (30 minutes)
  4. Strategic Context (45 minutes)
  5. Solution Overview (60 minutes)
  6. Success Metrics (30 minutes)
  7. User Stories & Requirements (90-120 minutes)
  8. Out of Scope & Dependencies (30 minutes)

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

PRD Development loads about 6.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 48 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,889 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~48
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~6.2k

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 1,889 words (~6,194 tokens).

“Guide product managers through structured PRD (Product Requirements Document) creation by orchestrating problem framing, user research synthesis, solution definition, and success criteria into a cohesive document. Use this to move from scattered notes and Slack threads to a clear, comprehensive…”

— opening of SKILL.md by deanpeters, Custom licence
name
prd-development
argument-hint
[feature or initiative]
intent
Guide product managers through structured PRD (Product Requirements Document) creation by orchestrating problem framing, user research synthesis, solution…
type
workflow
theme
pm-artifacts
best_for
Writing a complete PRD from scratch, Structuring product requirements for an engineering handoff, Documenting a major new feature before development begins
scenarios
I need a PRD for a new AI-powered recommendation feature in our e-commerce platform, I've completed a discovery sprint and need to turn the findings into a…
estimated_time
60-120 min

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files in skills/prd-development of deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills.

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

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1b5a524

Used in 3 other repositories

We found 4 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 3 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 PRD Development

What does PRD Development do?

Builds a structured PRD that ties problem, users, solution and success criteria together, turning discovery notes into a document engineers can act on. The skill orchestrates problem framing, user research synthesis, solution definition and success criteria into one document, so scattered notes and Slack threads become a PRD that aligns stakeholders and gives engineering context. The standard structure answers what problem is solved, for whom, why now, what is being built, how success is measured, what the requirements are, including user stories and acceptance criteria, and what is out of scope.

When should I use PRD Development?

PRD Development fits situations like: writing a PRD for a major initiative from scattered discovery notes; documenting scope, out-of-scope items and acceptance criteria for engineering; aligning stakeholders around a single source of truth for a feature.

How do I install PRD Development in Claude Code?

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

How do I install PRD Development in Codex?

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

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

What does PRD Development need to run?

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

Does PRD Development 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 PRD Development 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 PRD Development use?

PRD Development 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 PRD Development 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.

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Who maintains PRD Development?

deanpeters (a GitHub user) maintains it in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, which has 7,181 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.