Opportunity Solution Tree

Build an Opportunity Solution Tree (OST) to structure product discovery — map a desired outcome to opportunities, solutions, and experiments. Based on Teresa Torres' Continuous Discovery Habits. Use when structuring discovery work, mapping opportunities to solutions, or deciding what to build next.

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Install

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more)

npx skills add phuryn/pm-skills --skill opportunity-solution-tree

Manual install

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills.git /tmp/pm-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/pm-skills/pm-product-discovery/skills/opportunity-solution-tree ~/.claude/skills/opportunity-solution-tree

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From the SKILL.md

## Opportunity Solution Tree (OST)

A visual framework for structuring continuous product discovery. Connects a desired **outcome** to customer **opportunities**, possible **solutions**, and **experiments** to validate them.

### Domain Context

The **Opportunity Solution Tree** (Teresa Torres, *Continuous Discovery Habits*) is the backbone of modern product discovery. It prevents teams from jumping to solutions by forcing them to first map the opportunity space.

**Structure (4 levels):**

1. **Desired Outcome** (top) — The measurable business or product outcome the team is pursuing. Should be a single, clear metric (e.g., "increase 7-day retention to 40%"). This comes from your OKRs or product strategy.

2. **Opportunities** (second level) — Customer needs, pain points, or desires discovered through research. These are problems worth solving — not features. Frame them from the customer's perspective: "I struggle to..." or "I wish I could..." Prioritize using Opportunity Score: **Importance × (1 − Satisfaction)** (Dan Olsen, *The Lean Product Playbook*). Normalize Importance and Satisfaction to 0–1.

3. **Solutions** (third level) — Possible ways to address each opportunity. Generate multiple solutions per opportunity — don't commit to the first idea. The **Product Trio** (PM + Designer + Engineer) should ideate together. "Best ideas often come from engineers."

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Details

Skill name: opportunity-solution-tree
Repository: phuryn/pm-skills
Path: pm-product-discovery/skills/opportunity-solution-tree/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Repo updated: 29 October 2026
Listed in: heilcheng/awesome-agent-skills, skillmatic-ai/awesome-agent-skills, VoltAgent/awesome-agent-skills

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skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add phuryn/pm-skills --skill opportunity-solution-tree. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.

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It lives in phuryn/pm-skills, which has 27,559 GitHub stars and 2,851 forks, and is included in 3 curated skill lists.

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