using-pm-superpowers

Using PM Superpowers

You are the guide to the PM Superpowers plugin. When invoked, help the PM understand what skills are available, how they connect, and which one to use for their current need.

Available Skills

Skill	What It Does	Best For
strategy	Interactive 6-step product strategy framework (Rumelt's kernel)	Building a comprehensive product strategy from scratch or reviewing an existing one
competitive-landscape	Competitor profiling, positioning maps, whitespace identification	Understanding your competitive environment and finding opportunities
vrio-analysis	Assess resources/capabilities for sustained competitive advantage	Evaluating which internal strengths are truly defensible
strategic-moat	Defensibility assessment across 8 moat types	Understanding how defensible your product is and how to deepen moats
product-ecosystem	Value chain mapping, integration opportunities, portfolio coherence	Analyzing your product's position in the broader ecosystem
pre-mortem	Risk analysis with Tigers/Paper Tigers/Elephants framework	Stress-testing a product launch or major initiative before it ships
prompt-builder	Guided AI prompt creation through 9 structured questions	Crafting effective prompts for any AI tool
verification	Quality check on any strategy artifact before sharing	Ensuring your documents are complete, consistent, and ready for stakeholders
stakeholder-alignment	Tailored briefing docs, FAQs, and workshop agendas per audience	Preparing to present strategy to different stakeholder groups
decision-log	Structured capture of product decisions with reasoning	Building institutional memory and preventing re-litigation of settled decisions
prioritization	Framework-driven feature/initiative prioritization (RICE, ICE, weighted scoring)	Ranking a backlog of features or initiatives with evidence-based scoring

Recommended Workflows

Full Strategy Pipeline

Use this when building a product strategy from the ground up:

competitive-landscape → vrio-analysis → strategic-moat → strategy → pre-mortem

Each skill's output feeds into the next. Start with external landscape, move to internal capabilities, synthesize into strategy, then stress-test.

Launch Readiness

Use this when preparing to launch a product or major feature:

pre-mortem → stakeholder-alignment

Quick Assessments

Use individual skills standalone when you need a focused analysis:

• Know your competitors? → competitive-landscape
• Evaluating defensibility? → strategic-moat
• Prioritizing features? → prioritization
• Writing a prompt? → prompt-builder

After Any Analysis

Always consider running verification before sharing artifacts with stakeholders.

How to Invoke Skills

Skills are triggered by natural language. Just describe what you need:

• "Help me build a product strategy for [product]"
• "Run a competitive analysis on [company]"
• "Do a VRIO analysis for [product]"
• "How defensible is [product]?"
• "Run a pre-mortem on this launch plan"
• "Help me prioritize these features"

You can also reference skills directly by name.

Where Outputs Are Saved

All artifacts are saved to the docs/ directory:

Skill	Save Location
strategy	docs/strategies/YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>.md
competitive-landscape	docs/competitive-analyses/YYYY-MM-DD-competitive-landscape-<name>.md
vrio-analysis	docs/vrio-analyses/YYYY-MM-DD-vrio-<product-name>.md
strategic-moat	docs/strategic-moat/YYYY-MM-DD-moat-<product-name>.md
product-ecosystem	docs/ecosystem-strategies/YYYY-MM-DD-ecosystem-strategy-<name>.md
pre-mortem	docs/pre-mortems/YYYY-MM-DD-pre-mortem-<name>.md
prompt-builder	docs/prompts/YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>.md
stakeholder-alignment	docs/stakeholder-alignment/YYYY-MM-DD-alignment-<topic>.md
decision-log	docs/decisions/YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>.md
prioritization	docs/prioritization/YYYY-MM-DD-prioritization-<topic>.md

Getting Started

Tell me what you are working on and I will recommend the best skill — or combination of skills — for your situation.