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conductor is agent-read markdown (skill) from rizwanzafaris/product-manager-os: Interview-driven operation of the six-stage product loop. Use when a user says "start" on a new product, "resume" or "where are we" on an existing one, or asks to be walked through a stage rather than handed a template. Asks one question at a time from the stage's question bank, cross-examines weak answers with a capped challenge grammar, lands every accepted answer in STATE.md and the target template, renders the stage gate on evidence, and never advances past a gate silently..

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What the file says

# The Conductor: ask before you write

Templates filled in one sitting are fiction with formatting. The Conductor replaces the sitting with an interview: one question, one answer, one landing, until the stage's gate can be rendered on evidence instead of vibes. The normative protocol is [../../os/CONDUCTOR.md](../../os/CONDUCTOR.md); when this file and that one disagree, that one wins. This file is the procedure you execute.

## Files this skill drives

- [questions/README.md](questions/README.md), the bank file format and the evidence ladder
- The six banks: [questions/discover.md](questions/discover.md), [questions/define.md](questions/define.md), [questions/design.md](questions/design.md), [questions/build.md](questions/build.md), [questions/deliver.md](questions/deliver.md), [questions/operate.md](questions/operate.md)
- `products/<name>/STATE.md`, the journey file, from the blank at [../../templates/execution/state.md](../../templates/execution/state.md)
- The gate forms in [../../os/STAGE-GATES.md](../../os/STAGE-GATES.md), copied per attempt into `products/<name>/gates/`
- The workspace layout in [../../os/PRODUCT-WORKSPACE.md](../../os/PRODUCT-WORKSPACE.md)

## When to use
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How to install

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  • 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
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Source

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rizwanzafaris/product-manager-os · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-24 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_soaafpx5zbswjvzr
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=rizwanzafaris/product-manager-os/conductor
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7b6a7fa889f2d3ce5114654418a25b361aacee1f70f7a570e28aed30ad735c6c

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