Product Thinking Playbook

A decision-making playbook for solo product builders. 20 principles across 5 dimensions — Intent, Boundary, Execution, Quality, Closed Loop — extracted from 6 shipped products. Use when starting a new product, stuck on a product decision, reviewing your own work, or collaborating with an AI coder who can write anything but doesn't know what to build.

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Install

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

npx skills add yangyue1974/product-thinking-playbook --skill product-thinking-playbook

Manual install

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/yangyue1974/product-thinking-playbook.git /tmp/product-thinking-playbook
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/product-thinking-playbook/. ~/.claude/skills/product-thinking-playbook

Personal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.

From the SKILL.md

# Product Thinking Playbook

> A judgment framework for indie developers and product people.  
> Not a "product manager handbook" — a record of what's actually going through your head *in the moment* you make a call.  
> 一套给独立开发者 / 产品人的判断框架。不是"产品经理手册"，是把"做决策的那一刻在想什么"写下来。

**Each principle file below is bilingual (English first, then 中文).**

## When to use this skill

Open the corresponding principle before making the call:

- **Starting a new product** → `principles/01-scenario-first.md` → `principles/02-spec-before-code.md`
- **Feature creep, can't stop adding** → `principles/05-subtraction-over-addition.md`
- **Working with AI, product feels off** → `principles/11-commander-posture.md`
- **Have a batch of bugs, don't know where to start** → `principles/13-end-to-end-fixes.md` + `14-design-vs-execution-error.md`
- **Product "works" — what's next?** → `principles/17-real-engagement-metrics.md` + `20-distribution-is-product.md`
- **Quick lookup** → `quick-reference.md`

新产品立项 / 功能蔓延 / 收不住手 / bug 收不住 —— 打开对应的原则文件再做决定。

## Five dimensions

| Dimension | Answers | Principles |
|---|---|---|
| **I. Intent 立意** | Why does it exist? For whom? | 01–04 |
| **II. Boundary 边界** | What NOT to do? | 05–08 |
| **III. Execution 执行** | How to ship the judgment? | 09–12 |
| **IV. Quality 品质** | How to make it stick? | 13–16 |
| **V. Closed Loop 闭环** | When is it "done"? | 17–20 |

## 20 principles · index

**I. Intent 立意**
1. [Scenario-first · 场景先于功能](principles/01-scenario-first.md)

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Details

Skill name: product-thinking-playbook
Repository: yangyue1974/product-thinking-playbook
License: MIT
Repo updated: 15 April 2026

FAQ

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How do I install the Product Thinking Playbook skill?

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add yangyue1974/product-thinking-playbook --skill product-thinking-playbook. 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 yangyue1974/product-thinking-playbook, which has 6 GitHub stars and 0 forks.

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