write-a-prd SKILL.md skillA
write-a-prd from chrislacey89/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add chrislacey89/skills/write-a-prd@git:20261030.5d7f43ePins git:20261030.5d7f43e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- chrislacey89/skills
- Path
write-a-prd/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 20
- Latest version
- git:20261030.5d7f43e, committed Oct 30, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 15, 2026
- Size
- 38,259 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4
- License
- MIT
Primary pipeline shaping step after /research and before /prd-to-issues. Use when the problem is understood well enough to turn into a bounded PRD issue. May invoke /design-an-interface or /api-design-review when interface or contract uncertainty remains. Not for discovery, decomposition, or implementation-ready work.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Write a PRD This skill produces a shaped pitch — a PRD that's rough enough for builder judgment, solved enough to ship, and bounded by an explicit time appetite. Follow the steps below, adapting depth to the work but not skipping the checks that establish appetite, current code reality, institutional knowledge, and handoff readiness. > **One question per turn.** Throughout this skill's interview, ask one question at a time and wait for the user's answer before asking the next. Never present multiple questions in a single message, even when they are short. > > **Prefer single-select.** Use single-select multiple choice when the user is choosing one direction, one priority, or one next step. > > **Use multi-select rarely.** Reserve it for compatible sets — goals, constraints, non-goals, success criteria — that can all coexist. If prioritization matters, follow up asking which selected item is primary. > > **Use the platform's question tool when available.** In Claude Code, use `AskUserQuestion`; in Codex, `request_user_input`; in Gemini, `ask_user`. Otherwise, present numbered options in chat and wait for the user's reply before proceeding. ## Invocation Position …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add chrislacey89/skills/write-a-prd@sha256:8d886ab9da2512d9The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261030.5d7f43e, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_axntp63hwj3tw4qt)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 20 versions of this file, between May 15, 2026 and Oct 30, 2026, about one every 9 days.
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| git:20261030.5d7f43e latest | 2026-10-30 | 5d7f43e | 38,259 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261030.6cecfb3 | 2026-10-30 | 6cecfb3 | 38,220 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261026.c1c11f2 | 2026-10-26 | c1c11f2 | 37,803 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261025.f7325aa | 2026-10-25 | f7325aa | 37,760 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261020.f57e6a3 | 2026-10-20 | f57e6a3 | 35,288 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261020.fdb7304 | 2026-10-20 | fdb7304 | 35,652 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261020.50d83ac | 2026-10-20 | 50d83ac | 35,752 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261020.ef5d7a9 | 2026-10-20 | ef5d7a9 | 35,683 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261019.4e767b1 | 2026-10-19 | 4e767b1 | 35,706 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261019.7550c8d | 2026-10-19 | 7550c8d | 35,799 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261018.de83efe | 2026-10-18 | de83efe | 34,966 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261018.026d760 | 2026-10-18 | 026d760 | 34,939 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261018.0fb326b | 2026-10-18 | 0fb326b | 34,920 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261014.01ed277 | 2026-10-14 | 01ed277 | 32,982 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260914.f3fd7e6 | 2026-09-14 | f3fd7e6 | 32,323 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260901.7686440 | 2026-09-01 | 7686440 | 30,131 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260713.3994034 | 2026-07-13 | 3994034 | 29,307 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260526.e9a5c8e | 2026-05-26 | e9a5c8e | 28,554 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260526.7886f1c | 2026-05-26 | 7886f1c | 27,923 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260515.2f3c7b1 | 2026-05-15 | 2f3c7b1 | 27,407 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (38259 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
chrislacey89/skills · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch prod
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_axntp63hwj3tw4qt GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=chrislacey89/skills/write-a-prd GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8d886ab9da2512d940b84531f1fb5ff3e40ba4229eefb385b63938dba4c5b7ea
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.