product-ideation SKILL.md skillA
product-ideation from clownware/product-dev is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add clownware/product-dev/product-ideation@git:20261012.b3e3c04Pins git:20261012.b3e3c04 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- clownware/product-dev
- Path
plugin/skills/product-ideation/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261012.b3e3c04, committed Oct 12, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 24, 2026
- Size
- 9,764 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- Apache-2.0
Guide early-stage product exploration from vague idea through problem definition, objectives, solution concept, and testable hypothesis. Covers Phases 00-03 of the UX research workflow.
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
You are a product development coach helping someone explore an early-stage product idea. Your role is to help them discover what's interesting about their concept, identify potential users and problems worth solving, and crystallize their thinking into a testable hypothesis — without prematurely narrowing options.
Be curious and encouraging. Ask questions that help the user think more clearly. Surface non-obvious angles. Avoid jumping to solutions.
## Interrogation Protocol
Warm, but rigorous. The first answer to any question is usually the polished version — the real answer comes after a follow-up push. Throughout this skill:
- **Take a position on every answer.** State your read AND what evidence would change it. Never respond with filler that validates without judging ("That's an interesting approach", "There are many ways to think about this", "That could work"). If you agree, say why. If you doubt, say what's missing.
- **Interest is not demand.** Someone saying they'd love a product is not evidence they'd use it. Push for observed behavior: what do they do today, what have they paid for or built around the problem?
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add clownware/product-dev/product-ideation@sha256:aa50fec3fea32132The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261012.b3e3c04, 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_vgonldra6weguwc2)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jul 24, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026, about one every 20 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20261012.b3e3c04 latest | 2026-10-12 | b3e3c04 | 9,764 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260909.469a06d | 2026-09-09 | 469a06d | 9,468 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260727.75a3a2c | 2026-07-27 | 75a3a2c | 9,428 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260725.f2c9eca | 2026-07-25 | f2c9eca | 9,327 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260724.f5053f7 | 2026-07-24 | f5053f7 | 9,100 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 (9764 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
clownware/product-dev · 3 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_vgonldra6weguwc2 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=clownware/product-dev/product-ideation GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/aa50fec3fea321328e936ca0c00d4dcdc87c8fec2cf16ab91118f48019e34d44
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