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The user wants to test a product idea with the smallest useful experiment. Use when the user wants to apply The Lean Startup's Minimum Viable Product method.
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Convert books, course transcripts, article collections, podcast transcripts, workshop notes, reports, manuals, or other methodology-rich source materials into source-grounded installable Agent Skills. Use when the user wants to extract practical methods, frameworks, checklists, exercises, decision models, product playbooks, management systems, or repeatable thinking tools from long-form material and package them as reusable skills.
The user has product evidence and wants to decide whether to change direction. Use when the user wants to apply The Lean Startup's Pivot method to produce A pivot diagnosis report with evidence, failed assumption, recommended pivot, risks, and next validation experiment..
The user wants to test a product idea with the smallest useful experiment. Use when the user wants to apply The Lean Startup's Minimum Viable Product method to produce A concise MVP experiment plan with assumption, prototype scope, metric, threshold, timeline, risk, and next action..
The user wants to run an iterative product learning cycle. Use when the user wants to apply The Lean Startup's Build Measure Learn method to produce A Build Measure Learn cycle plan and learning record..
The user has product evidence and wants to decide whether to change direction. Use when the user wants to apply The Lean Startup's Pivot method.
The user wants to run an iterative product learning cycle. Use when the user wants to apply The Lean Startup's Build Measure Learn method.
| name | mvp |
| description | The user wants to test a product idea with the smallest useful experiment. Use when the user wants to apply The Lean Startup's Minimum Viable Product method. |
| source_book | The Lean Startup |
| source_author | Eric Ries |
| confidence | high |
This skill helps the user define the smallest product or experiment that can test the riskiest assumption. It is based on The Lean Startup by Eric Ries.
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{
"idea": "",
"target_user": "",
"core_assumption": "",
"success_metric": "",
"constraints": ""
}
Separate the idea into assumptions about users, value, acquisition, payment, retention, and feasibility. Pick the assumption that can invalidate the idea fastest.
Design the minimum product, landing page, concierge service, prototype, manual workflow, or test that can validate the assumption.
Choose one clear success metric and one decision threshold before the experiment starts.
Recommend persevere, iterate, or pivot based on the expected evidence.
# MVP Experiment Plan
## Idea
## Riskiest assumption
## Target user
## Minimum experiment
## Success metric
## Decision threshold
## Timeline
## Risks
## Next action
Book: The Lean Startup Author: Eric Ries Evidence basis: Core Lean Startup methodology commonly associated with MVP and validated learning.