Agent skill

Strategic Roadmap Planning

by deanpeters in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills

Sequences prioritization, epic definition, and stakeholder alignment into a release plan that ladders up to business outcomes.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install Strategic Roadmap Planning

skills CLI
$ npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill roadmap-planning -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills roadmap-planning --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/roadmap-planning .claude/skills/roadmap-planning && 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
roadmap-planning
GitHub stars
7.2k
Used in
2 other repos
Token cost
~4.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,788 words
Files
4
Skills in repo
75
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Sequences prioritization, epic definition, and stakeholder alignment into a release plan that ladders up to business outcomes.

  • Works in 5 steps: Gather Inputs (Day 1-2) → Define Initiatives (Epics) (Day 3-4) → Prioritize Initiatives (Day 5) → …
  • Turning disconnected feature requests into a coherent roadmap
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, Input, Key Concepts and Application, plus 8 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Inputs such as candidate initiatives, business goals, and technical constraints feed a five-step process: initiatives get defined as epics with hypotheses and success metrics, ranked by impact and effort, sequenced into releases with dependencies respected, and finally presented with a strategic narrative rather than a bare feature list. Three roadmap formats are offered depending on audience, a Now/Next/Later view for agile teams working under uncertainty, a theme-based view for communicating intent to executives, and a quarter-by-quarter timeline for resourcing conversations, while a feature-only list is named explicitly as the anti-pattern to avoid.

When your agent uses it

  • Turning disconnected feature requests into a coherent roadmap
  • Choosing between Now/Next/Later, theme-based, or quarterly formats
  • Sequencing initiatives against existing OKRs and team capacity

Example prompts

  • “Plan a 2-quarter roadmap for our mobile app from these 3 OKRs and 12 initiatives.”
  • “Turn this feature wish list into a theme-based roadmap for the board.”
  • “Sequence these epics into a Now/Next/Later view.”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Gather Inputs (Day 1-2)
  2. Define Initiatives (Epics) (Day 3-4)
  3. Prioritize Initiatives (Day 5)
  4. Sequence Roadmap (Day 6-7)
  5. Communicate Roadmap (Week 2)

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

Strategic Roadmap Planning loads about 4.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 48 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,788 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
~4.7k

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 1,788 words (~4,743 tokens).

“Guide product managers through strategic roadmap planning by orchestrating prioritization, epic definition, stakeholder alignment, and release sequencing skills into a structured process. Use this to move from disconnected feature requests to a cohesive, outcome-driven roadmap that aligns stakeholders, sequences work…”

— opening of SKILL.md by deanpeters, Custom licence
name
roadmap-planning
argument-hint
[product and planning horizon]
intent
Guide product managers through strategic roadmap planning by orchestrating prioritization, epic definition, stakeholder alignment, and release sequencing…
type
workflow
theme
strategy-positioning
best_for
Building a strategic roadmap that survives exec review, Prioritizing competing initiatives across multiple teams, Planning and sequencing work for the next…
scenarios
I have 15 competing initiatives and need to build a Q2 roadmap my exec team will actually approve, I'm planning our 6-month product roadmap and need to…
estimated_time
45-90 min

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files in skills/roadmap-planning 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 2 other repositories

We found 2 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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Roadmap Planningrampstackco/claude-skills945—~2.7kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Roadmap PrioritizationRefoundAI/lenny-skills1.4k—~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Roadmap Planningmanager-dot-dev/manager-skills114—~4.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Working With Pmmanager-dot-dev/manager-skills114—~2.7kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Strategic Roadmap Planning

What does Strategic Roadmap Planning do?

Sequences prioritization, epic definition, and stakeholder alignment into a release plan that ladders up to business outcomes. Inputs such as candidate initiatives, business goals, and technical constraints feed a five-step process: initiatives get defined as epics with hypotheses and success metrics, ranked by impact and effort, sequenced into releases with dependencies respected, and finally presented with a strategic narrative rather than a bare feature list. Three roadmap formats are offered depending on audience, a Now/Next/Later view for agile teams working under uncertainty, a theme-based view for communicating intent to executives, and a quarter-by-quarter timeline for resourcing conversations, while a feature-only list is named explicitly as the anti-pattern to avoid.

When should I use Strategic Roadmap Planning?

Strategic Roadmap Planning fits situations like: turning disconnected feature requests into a coherent roadmap; choosing between Now/Next/Later, theme-based, or quarterly formats; sequencing initiatives against existing OKRs and team capacity.

How do I install Strategic Roadmap Planning in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Strategic Roadmap Planning in Codex?

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

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

What does Strategic Roadmap Planning need to run?

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

Does Strategic Roadmap Planning 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 Strategic Roadmap Planning 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 Strategic Roadmap Planning use?

Strategic Roadmap Planning 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 Strategic Roadmap Planning use?

About 4.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 19k 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 Strategic Roadmap Planning?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Strategic Roadmap Planning: Roadmap (andreaskelm/pm-brain, 234 stars), Roadmap Planning (rampstackco/claude-skills, 945 stars), Roadmap Prioritization (RefoundAI/lenny-skills, 1.4k stars) and Roadmap Planning (manager-dot-dev/manager-skills, 114 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Strategic Roadmap Planning?

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.