Research

Research competitors -- who else does this, how they do it, strengths and weaknesses. Uses structured intake with clarifying questions and decision gates before execution.

Deep analysis debugging mode for complex issues. Activates methodical investigation with evidence gathering, hypothesis testing, and rigorous verification. For use when standard troubleshooting fails or issues require systematic root cause analysis.

Find the simplest explanation that fits all the facts. Enumerates assumptions, checks evidence, and selects the explanation with fewest unsupported assumptions.

Use when about to claim work is complete, fixed, or passing, before committing or creating PRs — requires running verification commands and confirming output before making any success claims; evidence before assertions always

Segment users from feedback data based on behavior, JTBD, and needs. Identifies at least 3 distinct user segments

Create refined user personas from research data — 3 personas with JTBD, pains, gains, and unexpected insights

Summarize a customer interview transcript into a structured template with JTBD, satisfaction signals, and action items

Analyze user feedback data to identify segments with sentiment scores, JTBD, and product satisfaction insights

Prioritize a backlog of feature ideas based on impact, effort, risk, and strategic alignment with top 5 recommendations

Prioritize assumptions using an Impact × Risk matrix and suggest experiments for each

Build an Opportunity Solution Tree (OST) to structure product discovery — map a desired outcome to opportunities, solutions, and experiments. Based on Teresa Torres' Continuous Discovery Habits

Brainstorm 3-5 monetization strategies with audience fit, risks, and validation experiments

Estimate market size using TAM, SAM, and SOM with top-down and bottom-up approaches

Identify 3-5 potential customer segments with demographics, JTBD, and product fit analysis

Create a structured customer interview script with JTBD probing questions, warm-up, core exploration, and wrap-up sections. Follows The Mom Test principles — no leading questions, no pitching, focu...

Identify risky assumptions for a new product idea across 8 risk categories including Go-to-Market, Strategy, and Team

Identify risky assumptions for a feature idea in an existing product across Value, Usability, Viability, and Feasibility. Uses multi-perspective devil's advocate thinking

Identify the Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) from research data with demographics, behaviors, JTBD, and needs

Analyze competitors with strengths, weaknesses, and differentiation opportunities. Identifies direct competitors and maps the competitive landscape

Brainstorm feature ideas for a new product in initial discovery from PM, Designer, and Engineer perspectives

Brainstorm product ideas for an existing product using multi-perspective ideation from PM, Designer, and Engineer viewpoints

Design lean startup experiments (pretotypes) for a new product. Creates XYZ hypotheses and suggests low-effort validation methods like landing pages, explainer videos, and pre-orders

Design experiments to test assumptions for an existing product — prototypes, A/B tests, spikes, and other low-effort validation methods

Analyze and prioritize a list of feature requests by theme, strategic alignment, impact, effort, and risk