| name | brainstorm-ideas |
| description | Brainstorm product/feature ideas with multi-perspective ideation (PM, Designer, Engineer), then prioritize the best five. Works for an existing product (continuous discovery) or a new product (initial discovery). Use when generating feature ideas, ideating solutions for an opportunity, or running a product-trio ideation session. |
Brainstorm Product Ideas
Multi-perspective ideation for product discovery. Generate ideas from PM, Designer, and Engineer viewpoints, then prioritize the best five. This works in two modes — pick based on context.
Domain context
Product Trio (Teresa Torres, Continuous Discovery Habits): PM + Designer + Engineer ideate together — "the best ideas often come from engineers." Discovery is not linear; loop back if experiments fail.
- Existing product → continuous discovery. Map opportunities → solutions → experiments on the Opportunity Solution Tree. You're iterating a live product.
- New product → initial discovery. You're testing whether the product should exist (vision, business model, market validation). Weight ideation toward core value delivery and speed-to-validate.
Instructions
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Understand the opportunity. Confirm the product, objective, target market segment, and desired outcomes. Note which mode you're in (existing vs new). Read any provided files (research, opportunity trees, personas, competitive analysis) first; use web search to understand the product or market if a URL is given.
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Ideate from three perspectives — 5 ideas each:
- Product Manager — business value, strategic alignment, customer impact (new product: market fit, competitive advantage).
- Product Designer — user experience, usability, delight (new product: onboarding, engagement).
- Software Engineer — technical possibilities, data leverage, scalable solutions (new product: technical innovation, integrations, platform).
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Prioritize the top 5 across all perspectives:
- Strategic alignment with the stated objective
- Potential impact on desired outcomes
- Feasibility / effort
- Differentiation
- New product: weight heavily toward core value delivery ("does it solve the primary problem?") and speed to validate.
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For each prioritized idea, give: a clear name + one-sentence description, why it was selected, and the key assumptions to validate (hand these to identify-assumptions → design-experiments).
Think step by step. Present clearly; save substantial output as a markdown document.
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