Every agent in the platform — their purpose, the context they consume, the artifacts they produce, and every skill documented in full. Built as the definitive reference for engineering teams rebuilding this pipeline.
The Product Brain
Every agent reads the Product Brain — the company's strategic intelligence. Vision, personas, Jobs To Be Done, roadmap themes, brand rules, competitive notes, design system, architecture context, and metrics. The Brain is the shared context that makes every agent output specific to this company rather than generic.
The Pipeline
Ideas flow through 7 ordered stages: Intake → Opportunity → Strategy → Design → Checkpoint → Dev & Build → Launch. Each stage produces structured artifacts that downstream agents consume. No stage skips ahead — each artifact builds on the last. 5 supporting capability areas run alongside the pipeline.
The Artifacts
Every agent run produces a versioned artifact with a defined artifact_type. Artifacts are the handoff medium between agents and between humans and agents. Each artifact carries its quality score and audit — the agent evaluates its own output and surfaces what was missing. Artifacts accumulate into a complete feature record.
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Intake Strategist
Turns messy product thoughts into a clear, actionable working idea.
Mira is the first agent every idea passes through. She reads every context item attached to an idea — customer quotes, meeting notes, market signals, competitor research, raw data — and builds the team's shared understanding before anyone commits to validation. Mira is opinionated about what earns a sentence and ruthless about cutting what doesn't. Her output is the Idea Summary: a 900-word maximum document (strictly enforced) that defines what the idea actually is, who it's for, what problem it solves, and what the smallest testable version looks like. Every claim in her output must be grounded in evidence from the context or the Product Brain — she never speculates and never paraphrases when she can quote directly.
Takes In
Produces
Idea Summary — a 900-word structured brief that aligns the team before committing to validation
Skills & Artifacts
Idea Summary
The primary output — a 900-word maximum structured brief covering all required sections. Every sentence earns its place. Specific over general. Evidence over assertion.
Quality Audit
A JSON block with a quality score (70–98 scale) across four dimensions: specificity of evidence (30 pts), clarity of problem and user (25 pts), actionability of V1 shape (25 pts), quality of important details (20 pts). Includes a 2–3 sentence audit and the one thing the team must confirm before moving forward.
Workflow Type Recommendation
Recommends 'standard' or 'light' workflow based on idea scope, risk, and evidence quality. Standard for new capabilities, uncertain demand, significant scope, or high strategic stakes. Light for incremental improvements, well-defined scope, strong existing evidence, or low-risk changes.
Capabilities
Current Idea Summary
Writes a precise 2–3 sentence definition of the underlying product intention — not the feature label. Strips ambiguity so the team agrees on what is actually being considered. Written as what the idea actually is, not what someone called it in a meeting.
Why We're Considering It
Surfaces the specific business reason the idea surfaced. Leads with evidence — customer quote, data point, or founder observation — and names names. Never asserts without a source. If no evidence exists, explicitly says so.
User Problem
Writes the precise friction the target user experiences today. One focused paragraph: what they're doing now that's broken, slow, or missing — not a feature gap. Specific to this user in this workflow, not generic pain language.
Target User
Calls out the specific persona from the Product Brain. Primary segment first, with one sentence on why they're primary. No generic 'users' language — names the persona, their role, and what makes them the primary target for this idea.
Likely Product Area
Names the specific part of the product this idea touches — the actual flow, not just a category. Grounds the idea in the real architecture so engineering has a starting orientation before Atlas formalizes scope.
Business Outcome
Identifies which metric this idea moves and by how much if estimable. Ties directly to the Product Brain metrics — not invented success criteria. If not estimable, names what evidence would make it estimable.
Potential V1 Shape
Defines the smallest testable version: one hypothesis, one flow, maximum 3 sentences. Constrained and concrete — a hypothesis engineering can actually scope. Not a feature list, not a spec — a test.
Open Questions for the Team
Surfaces the decisions the team must make before moving forward, framed as specific decisions rather than open musings. Prioritizes what is blocking over what is merely interesting.
Important Details Not To Lose
Captures verbatim quotes, constraints, or nuances from context items that typically get dropped in translation between meetings and documents. If no context exists, names the evidence that would most raise confidence in the idea.
Opportunity Strategist
Formalizes ideas into validated product opportunities with evidence.
Atlas takes Mira's Idea Summary as his foundation and goes deeper — formalizing whether this idea represents a real, timely, strategically-aligned opportunity. His output is the Opportunity Brief: a 1,100-word maximum document (strictly enforced per section) that a leadership team can make a confident investment decision on. Every claim needs a mechanism. Every section is specific to this company and these customers. Atlas pulls from the full Product Brain — pillars, personas, JTBD, competitor notes, metrics, roadmap themes — and where Mira asked open questions, Atlas answers them with best strategic judgment and explicitly notes assumptions. He is the bridge between raw idea and formal product investment.
Takes In
Produces
Opportunity Brief — a formal opportunity definition with market context, user evidence, and strategic fit assessment
Skills & Artifacts
Opportunity Brief
The primary output — up to 1,100 words covering 12 required sections with strict 2–4 sentence limits per section. Designed to be executive-readable with enough detail a PM can hand to a designer.
Quality Audit
A JSON block with a quality score (85–98 scale), an audit of the strongest part of the brief, the biggest gap or assumption requiring validation, and a recommendation to Advance or Refine before moving to design.
Capabilities
Opportunity Name
Names the opportunity in 2–5 words. Atlas's rule: if the opportunity can't be named specifically, it isn't clear enough yet. The name becomes the shared shorthand across the entire pipeline.
What Is Happening?
Describes the market reality or product gap creating this opening. Specific: which users, what behavior, what's shifting. Max 3 sentences — tight and evidence-led.
Why This Matters
States the business consequence of NOT solving this. Which metric suffers, what churn continues, what competitive position weakens. Makes the cost of inaction concrete.
Who This Serves
Names the specific persona from the Product Brain — new vs. experienced, solo vs. team, primary segment. One sentence on why this persona is primary for this opportunity.
Customer Problem
Writes the friction in the user's real words where possible. Quotes context items directly when available. Distinguishes between the surface problem and the underlying friction.
Job To Be Done
Writes the single JTBD statement: 'When I [trigger], I want to [goal] so I can [outcome].' One sentence. This becomes the anchor for Sloane's experience strategy and Pixel's prototype prompt.
Current Workaround
Describes what users do today and precisely why it's inadequate. Names real tools or behaviors — not 'manual processes.' The inadequacy of the workaround defines the size of the opportunity.
Strategic Fit
Connects this opportunity to specific strategic pillars from the Product Brain. Not 'this supports X' — 'This advances [Pillar] by eliminating [specific friction].' Flags misalignment explicitly.
Business Outcome
Identifies which metric this moves and by what magnitude, with a mechanism. Not 'increases engagement' — an estimated behavior change with a causal link. Tied to Product Brain metrics.
Initial V1 Concept
Defines the tightest version that tests the core hypothesis — one user flow, small enough to build in 2–4 weeks. If it requires 5+ things, it's over-scoped. This becomes Nova's V1 boundary and Sloane's brief.
What We Are Not Building
Explicit scope exclusions that prevent scope creep from intake through delivery. Named features or directions that are explicitly blocked in V1. References 'where we will not compete' from the Product Brain.
Open Questions
3–5 specific, one-line decisions the team must make before committing resources. Atlas prioritizes: strategic, then product, then technical. Not musings — blocking decisions.
Product Brain Analyst
Pressure-tests every opportunity against your full product context.
Nova runs a rigorous, honest, multi-dimensional analysis of every opportunity against the company's full strategic intelligence. She operates on a calibrated scoring philosophy: a well-reasoned 65/100 is more valuable than an inflated 90/100. Nova scores eleven strategic dimensions individually, generates a weighted composite, and issues a Go / No-Go signal. She can also receive the prototype HTML to assess whether the implementation reflects the experience strategy — making her uniquely useful across the pipeline. Nova's analysis becomes the risk register and scoring foundation that every downstream agent references.
Takes In
Produces
Brain Analysis — a composite 0–100 score across 11 dimensions with detailed reasoning per dimension and a Go / No-Go / Go with Conditions signal
Skills & Artifacts
Vision Alignment
0–100. How directly does this advance the company's stated long-term vision? Cites specific vision language and explains how the idea advances or diverges from it.
Strategic Fit
0–100. How directly does this advance stated strategic pillars? Is it core or peripheral? Flags ideas that are technically valid but strategically off-course.
Customer Pain Strength
0–100. How acute is the pain? Is there evidence of willingness to change behavior? Distinguishes between cited evidence and inference.
Lead Generation Potential
0–100. Does this directly create, capture, or nurture leads? Connects to acquisition metrics defined in the Product Brain.
Weekly Engagement Potential
0–100. Will users return to this every week, or is it a one-time setup? Distinguishes 'nice to have once' from 'come back every week.'
Differentiation
0–100. Is this meaningfully different from what competitors offer? Evaluates against alternatives from Atlas's competitive landscape and rates whether differentiation is real and defensible.
Brand Fit
0–100. Does this feel like it belongs to the product's brand identity? Flags ideas that would create brand confusion or inconsistency with the Product Brain's tone and rules.
Revenue & Retention Value
0–100. Does this drive new revenue, expansion revenue, or retention improvement? Ties to metrics that matter from the Product Brain.
Build Complexity (inverted)
0–100 where 100 = trivial, 0 = massive. Assesses implementation difficulty based on architecture notes, integrations required, and scope from the Opportunity Brief.
Scope Risk (inverted)
0–100 where 100 = perfectly bounded. Evaluates how likely this idea is to expand beyond the approved V1 scope once development begins. Names specific expansion vectors.
Integration Risk (inverted)
0–100 where 100 = no external dependencies. Assesses risk from external systems, third-party dependencies, or architectural debt this idea touches.
Score & Go/No-Go
Weighted average of the 11 dimensions into a 0–100 composite. High-scoring ideas get a Go signal; low-scoring ideas get a No-Go. Mid-range scores trigger 'Go with Conditions' with named conditions.
Decision
Three options with a clear recommendation: Build (own the capability), Integrate (partner with an existing tool), or Avoid (outside strategic scope). One direct recommendation with reasoning.
Capabilities
11-Dimension Scoring
Scores each of the eleven strategic dimensions 0–100 with one specific, honest rationale sentence per dimension. Most ideas should not score in the 80s across every dimension — Nova is calibrated, not encouraging.
Weighted Composite Score
Combines the 11 dimension scores into a weighted composite. Vision Alignment, Strategic Fit, and Customer Pain Strength carry the highest weight. Integration Risk is more operational and carries less weight.
Product Brain Summary
Opens with a 3–4 sentence summary of what this idea is and how it actually sits within the company's strategy — referencing specific pillars, personas, or JTBD from the Brain rather than restating the idea description.
Scope Warnings
Names where this idea wants to grow beyond what should be built. Identifies specific features or directions that should be explicitly blocked in the brief. References the 'where we will not compete' section of the Product Brain.
Competitive Context Assessment
Names specific competitors and specific feature comparisons. Evaluates whether differentiation is real and defensible, or marginal and easily replicated. Signals when a competitor has already solved this problem.
Final Recommendation
One of four outcomes: Advance / Refine / Defer / Reject. One direct paragraph. No hedging. Explains what the composite score means for the investment decision and what the team must do.
Prototype Review (when HTML provided)
When live prototype HTML is supplied, assesses whether the implementation reflects the experience strategy, whether navigation and interactions are coherent, and whether design quality matches the product brand.
Quality Audit JSON
A JSON block with a quality score (85–98 scale), what the analysis got right, what data was missing that limited scoring accuracy, and the single most important risk the team needs to address before advancing.
Strategy Intelligence
Reads your Brain to generate strategic pillars, impact metrics, and gaps.
Compass reads the entire Product Brain — vision, personas, JTBD, competitors, metrics, roadmap themes — alongside all existing ideas and their pillar assignments to map the company's current strategic position. She identifies where investment is concentrated, where it's missing, and what the metrics data is saying about portfolio health. Compass also powers the Strategy Insights feed: 4–8 severity-sorted insights that tell the team what's at risk, what's on track, and what needs attention now. Every insight type is named and defined — not generic advice.
Takes In
Produces
Strategic Pillars — a gap analysis with OKR alignment, impact metrics, and portfolio coverage plus severity-sorted Strategy Insights
Skills & Artifacts
3–5 named strategic pillars synthesized from the Product Brain, each with clear purpose, scope, OKR alignment, and assigned impact metrics.
Identifies strategic gaps: areas where the vision, personas, or metrics demand investment but no pillar or roadmap initiative currently covers it.
Shows which pillars have too many ideas, which are under-resourced, and which have strong evidence vs. weak signals.
4–8 severity-sorted insights using seven typed insight categories: strategy_at_risk, metric_needs_attention, strong_momentum, coverage_gap, execution_drift, validation_needed, resource_bottleneck.
Capabilities
Strategic Pillar Generation
Synthesizes the Product Brain into 3–5 named strategic pillars — each a distinct area of product investment with clear purpose and scope. Pillars become the organizing framework for every idea in the pipeline.
OKR Alignment Mapping
Maps each strategic pillar to the company's declared OKRs. Shows which objectives are well-supported by current pillars and which have no pillar coverage — the coverage gaps that Spark will target for idea generation.
Portfolio Coverage Heatmap
Shows which pillars have too many ideas, which are under-resourced, and which have strong evidence vs. weak signals. Helps PMs balance the portfolio before committing resources.
Impact Metric Assignment
Assigns 1–3 measurable impact metrics to each strategic pillar. Metrics are tied to the 'metrics that matter' from the Product Brain — not invented. Becomes the basis for Nova's scoring and Beacon's measurement plans.
Strategy Insights Feed
Generates 4–8 severity-sorted insights (critical / high / medium / low). Seven defined insight types: strategy_at_risk, metric_needs_attention, strong_momentum, coverage_gap, execution_drift, validation_needed, resource_bottleneck. Each includes a recommended action.
Missing Measurement Detection
Identifies metrics with gray status (not enough data), metrics with no recent updates (stale), and strategies with no measurable metrics attached. Surfaces the measurement gaps the team needs to close.
Vision Architect
Builds the definitive product vision document from your strategy and context.
Lyra writes the most compelling, specific, and inspiring articulation of the company's product vision that can possibly be written from available intelligence. Not a tagline. Not marketing copy. The actual vision — where this product is and what it means in the world when everything goes right. Lyra operates with conviction: no hedging language, no 'hope to' or 'aim to,' every sentence grounded in this company and this market. Her Vision Document is meant to be referenced in debates, pinned on walls, and used to evaluate every product investment. Quality target: 95/100.
Takes In
Produces
Vision Document — a six-section leadership-grade document defining what the product is, why it exists, and where it is going
Skills & Artifacts
The Vision
One sentence. The north star. Where this product stands in 5 years if everything goes right. Max 30 words. A bold, declarative statement — not a feature list, not a tagline.
Why This Exists
2–3 sentences. The specific market reality or human friction that made this product necessary. Names the specific problem. Names the person who lives it.
Who It's For
2–3 sentences about the specific person — their daily context, identity, the pressure they feel. What changes for them when the product is fully realized.
What We're Building
4–6 sentences on the product in its mature form — capabilities, workflows, the relationship between product and person at full realization. The vision, not the roadmap.
The Bet
2–3 sentences. The specific contrarian belief underlying this product's existence. What this team believes that most people in this market don't.
The North Star
1–2 sentences. One measurable outcome that, when it moves, proves the vision is being fulfilled. The metric, what it measures, why it's the right proxy.
Capabilities
Conviction-Led Writing
Lyra writes with present or future-perfect tense for the vision state ('agents close 40% more' not 'agents will hopefully close more'). No hedging: no 'hope to', 'aim to', 'seek to', 'strive to'. Every sentence earns its place.
Specificity Standard
Zero generic sentences. Every line is grounded in this company, this market, this person. No line should be transferable to a competitor's vision doc — if it could apply to any SaaS product, it gets cut.
Reference Integration
Pulls from leadership notes, URLs, market positioning documents, and the full Product Brain to ground the vision in real intelligence rather than synthesizing from general product thinking.
Quality Audit
A JSON block scoring the Vision Document 85–97 with honest assessment of what's strongest, where specificity could be sharper, and the one open question that limits the vision's completeness.
Experience Architect
Translates validated opportunities into designed, principled product experiences.
Sloane translates a validated opportunity into an experience strategy — how the feature should feel, what it should accomplish, and what success looks like for the user. She writes about outcomes, emotions, and the narrative arc of the experience — never UI layouts, screen names, or component placements. A designer who reads Sloane's output should know exactly how the experience should feel and what it must achieve, while being free to figure out the right UI expression. Sloane's Experience Strategy is the brief that grounds Pixel's prototype prompt and frames Echo's feedback synthesis. Her principles are testable: a design either passes or fails each one.
Takes In
Produces
Experience Strategy — a designed experience with before/after story, moments that matter, voice and tone guidance, and actionable UX principles
Skills & Artifacts
Before & After Story
The emotional contract the feature makes. Describes the user's world before this feature exists and after. Specific to this user and this problem — not generic before/after language.
Job To Be Done Unpack
The full JTBD statement followed by what 'done' feels like. What does the user stop worrying about? What do they no longer do manually or mentally? Connects to the named persona.
Experience Narrative
The story of using the feature from the user's perspective — as a narrative, not a UI walkthrough. Starts at the moment they decide they need this, ends at satisfaction.
Moments That Matter
3–5 pivotal moments in the experience that determine whether the feature feels good or bad. Each: what the moment is, what the user feels, what the design must achieve.
Voice & Tone for This Feature
How the product speaks in this specific context. Emotional register. Examples of language that fits and language that doesn't. What great empty states and success moments say.
Experience Principles
4–6 testable principles specific to this feature's JTBD and the user's emotional state. Not generic UX guidelines — principles a design either passes or fails.
What This Should Not Feel Like
Explicit experience directions to avoid — in terms of how it would feel and what it would communicate, not visual style. References real products or patterns that capture what would feel wrong.
Open Design Questions
What is genuinely undecided about the experience at this stage. Questions a designer or product lead must weigh in on before committing to a direction.
Capabilities
Outcome-Led Writing
Every section describes what the user feels, accomplishes, or understands — never what the UI does. The Experience Strategy is readable by business leaders and actionable by designers without being prescriptive about implementation.
Persona-Anchored Narrative
Every section connects back to the named persona from the Product Brain and their specific JTBD. Generic 'user' language is prohibited — Sloane always writes about a specific person in a specific situation.
Testable Principles
Experience Principles are written so that two designers working independently would design in the same direction. Each principle is testable against real design decisions — not aspirational statements.
Quality Audit
A JSON block scoring the experience strategy 85–98 with the strongest part, the biggest open design question, and the one outcome a designer must achieve above all others.
Prototype Generator
Writes the prompt that builds your branded, production-ready prototype.
Pixel writes the prototype prompt that gives a design tool — v0, Lovable, Bolt, or Claude Code — everything it needs to produce something the team can actually react to. The goal is not a perfectly specified design — it's something that communicates the experience well enough for the team to say 'yes, that feeling' or 'no, that's wrong.' Pixel doesn't prescribe where to put things on a page. She describes what the experience should feel like, what the user is accomplishing, and what the brand requires — then lets the design tool make layout decisions. When iterating on an approved prototype, Pixel generates a targeted update prompt that preserves what was validated and changes only what Echo's feedback identified for improvement.
Takes In
Produces
Prototype Prompt — a detailed build brief ready for v0, Lovable, Bolt, or Claude Code
Skills & Artifacts
Initial Build
A complete, narrative prototype brief covering 8 required sections. Vivid enough that a design tool produces something worth reacting to in one shot.
Iteration Update
A targeted update prompt that preserves what was validated in the approved prototype and changes only what Echo's feedback synthesis identified for improvement.
Capabilities
What This Is — Product Context
2–3 sentences orienting the design tool: what product, what feature, who uses it. Includes enough domain and audience context that the tool understands the world it's designing for.
What the User Is Trying to Accomplish
One clear sentence: the Job to be Done from the user's perspective. What does success feel like when they're done? This becomes the north star for all design decisions in the prototype.
Experience Narrative
A vivid narrative description of the experience the prototype must communicate. Written as if describing a product demo to a skeptical executive — makes it specific enough to react to without prescribing layout.
Moments That Must Come Through
3–5 experiential moments the prototype must convey — what is happening, what it should feel like, and what a reviewer would notice if done well vs. done badly. These are the things to react to in feedback.
Brand & Visual Language Spec
The complete visual identity specification: color palette with hex codes from the Product Brain, typography approach, overall aesthetic, and non-negotiable visual patterns. If the Product Brain doesn't define something, Pixel says so rather than inventing.
Voice & Copy Direction
How the product speaks in this feature. Emotional register. 2–3 examples of copy that would feel right (headlines, empty states, button labels, success messages) and 1–2 that would feel wrong.
Explicit Scope Boundary
What is out of scope. What should be a placeholder rather than a working interaction. Keeps the prototype focused on what matters and prevents the design tool from over-building.
What We Need to Learn
3–5 questions this prototype must help answer. Framed as 'Can we tell if...' or 'Will users understand...' — the prototype succeeds if the team can answer these with conviction after reviewing it.
Feedback Synthesizer
Turns subjective user feedback into clear prototype iteration instructions.
Echo translates raw prototype feedback into clear, unambiguous iteration instructions. People say 'I don't like the colors' when they mean 'this doesn't feel premium' — Echo translates what was said into what was meant, then decides what to do about it. Echo doesn't average contradictions — she surfaces them. She doesn't silently incorporate scope creep — she flags it. Her output separates strategic direction changes from surface polish, names who said what in conflicts, and generates a specific V2 prototype brief that Pixel can build from directly. She also produces action items: discrete design tasks each starting with an imperative verb.
Takes In
Produces
Feedback Summary + Iteration Notes — synthesized themes, prioritized changes, contradiction flags, and a specific next-iteration brief for Pixel
Skills & Artifacts
Structured Feedback Record
All feedback organized by theme or person. The raw record — not interpreted yet, but structured.
Direction-Changing Feedback
Feedback affecting what the product IS — scope, flow, purpose, or user segment changes. Each item: what was said, what it means, whether to accept or defer.
Surface-Level Feedback
Layout, copy, colors, spacing feedback that doesn't change scope. Generally easier to implement without strategic decisions required.
Conflict Detection
Where feedback conflicts. Names who said what and why they conflict. Identifies the decision the team must make before iteration can proceed.
Pre-Iteration Decisions
Specific questions framed as binary or multiple-choice decisions answerable in a 30-minute meeting. The team must answer before the next prototype version begins.
What Changes Next
Specific, actionable change instructions. Not 'improve the onboarding' — 'Replace the 3-step walkthrough with a single inline prompt on the first screen.'
What Waits
Valid feedback explicitly deferred with stated reasons: V1.1 scope, unresolved strategic decision, or conflict with the approved brief.
Scope Expansion Flag
Does any feedback expand scope beyond the approved V1? Flagged explicitly with reference to 'What We Are Not Building' from the Opportunity Brief.
Next Iteration Brief
A concrete direction for the next prototype version specific enough that Sloane and Pixel can build from it directly. Names the single most important thing to test.
Design Task List
3–8 specific, discrete design changes each starting with an imperative verb: Replace / Add / Remove / Move / Simplify / Clarify / Redesign / Reduce.
Capabilities
Feedback Translation
Translates subjective reactions ('I don't like the colors') into actionable design guidance ('this doesn't feel premium — the color choice signals discount product, not professional tool'). Names the design implication, not just the sentiment.
Signal vs. Noise Separation
Identifies patterns that appear repeatedly vs. one-off preferences. A single person's visual preference is noise; the same reaction from three different users becomes signal.
Scope Creep Detection
Identifies when feedback asks for capabilities beyond the approved V1. Flags explicitly rather than silently incorporating. References the 'What We Are Not Building' section from the Opportunity Brief.
Quality Audit
A JSON block scoring the synthesis 85–98 with assessment of synthesis quality, the most important unresolved decision, and whether the team has enough clarity to proceed to the next prototype version.
Go / No-Go Facilitator
Prepares the team for the final decision with full context in hand.
Judge synthesizes the complete pipeline — every artifact, every approval, every decision — and gives the team exactly what they need to make a confident Go/No-Go call. Nothing important is hidden, no risk is minimized. Judge writes for a leader who has 5 minutes — every section is tight and specific. The Checkpoint Summary includes a full risk inventory (every risk identified across the pipeline that remains unresolved), a complete readiness assessment across product, technical, brand, and launch dimensions, and a direct recommendation: Go / Go With Notes / Needs Changes / No-Go. 'Needs Changes' is not a failure in Judge's framework — it's more valuable than an inflated 'Go.'
Takes In
Produces
Checkpoint Summary — a leadership-ready decision package with risk inventory and a Go / No-Go recommendation
Skills & Artifacts
Final Summary
2–3 sentences. The clearest, most honest statement of what this feature is and why the team is building it. Written for a board member who hasn't seen any prior work.
Strategic Fit Analysis
Executive analysis of strategic pillars, vision fit, roadmap theme alignment, and competitive boundary compliance. Ends with an Overall Alignment Verdict.
What We Learned
Not a list of artifacts generated — a list of decisions made and hypotheses tested. What do we know now that we didn't know at intake?
Approved Prototype Record
Which prototype version was approved, what it showed, specific team reactions it produced, and qualitative feedback from the prototype review.
Final V1 Scope
Exactly what will be built. Specific, bounded, testable. If scope evolved since the Opportunity Brief, the delta is explicitly flagged.
V1.1 and V2 Roadmap
The single most likely next investment if V1 succeeds (V1.1) and the longer-term vision grounded in Product Brain roadmap themes (V2).
Deferred Ideas
Specific ideas and features that surfaced during the pipeline but were explicitly set aside — not rejected, just deferred. Named precisely so they don't get lost.
Hard No List
What is explicitly out of scope — both now and potentially forever. References the Opportunity Brief's exclusions and adds anything from prototype review.
Full Risk Inventory
Every risk identified across the entire pipeline that remains unresolved: product, technical, adoption, scope, market, brand. Numbered, specific, honest. The most important section.
Pre-Build Questions
Specific questions that must be answered before or during engineering — each with an owner and a deadline.
Build Dependencies
What this build depends on: other features, infrastructure, third-party tools, team availability, legal clearance, data availability.
Four-Dimension Assessment
Product Readiness, Technical Readiness, Brand Readiness, and Launch Readiness. Each assessed specifically — not a checkbox, an honest evaluation.
Go / No-Go Recommendation
Go / Go With Notes / Needs Changes / No-Go with explicit reasoning. For conditional Go: named conditions. For Needs Changes: exactly what must change. For No-Go: what would need to be true for a future Go.
Capabilities
Risk Inventory (Full Pipeline)
Collects every risk flagged by any agent at any stage — Nova's strategic risks, Echo's UX risks, Atlas's scope risks, team comments. None are dropped. All appear in Open Risks or explicitly in the Parking Lot.
Scope Confirmation
Confirms the final V1, V1.1, V2, and Not-Doing scope boundaries before Handoff begins. If scope grew since the Opportunity Brief, the exact delta is flagged explicitly.
Stakeholder Brief
A 3–5 paragraph executive summary of the idea's journey — from raw input through validation to the current checkpoint state — formatted for leadership or board presentation.
Readiness Gate
Evaluates whether engineering could start without a clarifying meeting (Product Readiness), whether technical unknowns are documented (Technical Readiness), whether the visual direction is clear (Brand Readiness), and whether a launch plan exists (Launch Readiness).
Dev Package Architect
Creates the build-ready package engineering needs — zero interpretation gaps.
Handoff turns the approved opportunity into a complete engineering-ready development package — five separate artifacts, each generated independently for its specific audience. His output is calibrated to company stage: startup teams get faster, MVP-scoped estimates; enterprise teams get estimates accounting for approval cycles and compliance overhead; growth teams get standard calibration. Handoff writes for engineers, not stakeholders — every requirement is specific and buildable, every ambiguity is either resolved or flagged as a blocker. An engineer should be able to open any Handoff artifact and start building without chasing clarifications or making risky assumptions.
Takes In
Produces
Full Dev Package — 5 engineering-ready artifacts generated independently, each for a specific audience and purpose
Skills & Artifacts
Product Requirements Document
Target 1,250 words. Structured as a funnel: strategic context at top, exhaustive acceptance criteria and edge cases at bottom. 8 sections covering executive summary, background, user problem, feature requirements with acceptance criteria (minimum 5 per feature), edge cases, user flows, data requirements, integration and performance targets, security, launch criteria, and open questions.
Analytics & Measurement Spec
The measurement hypothesis, 1 primary metric, 1–3 secondary metrics, anti-metrics, a complete event specification for every trigger in the feature (with required properties and implementation notes), key conversion funnel definitions, leading indicators for Days 1–7, and a Day 3/Week 1/Week 2/Day 30/Day 90 review cadence with decision framework.
Technical Handoff
Max 900 words. Feature summary, user stories by epic (As a / I want to / So that format with story points and priority), architecture overview across frontend/backend/data/infrastructure, API specification for every new and modified endpoint, database schema and migration plan, security requirements, performance targets, error handling standards, engineering questions with blockers, and build sequence with parallelization recommendations.
Claude Code Build Brief
A narrative brief telling Claude Code what to achieve and why — not a technical spec. Describes outcomes, user experience, and behavior. Tells Claude Code to read the existing codebase and make implementation decisions itself. Never prescribes specific file names, database schemas, API paths, or component structures.
QA Plan
Max 800 words. Test suites with interactive markdown checkboxes (- [ ]) for: Happy Path (3–5 critical flows), Error & Edge Cases (highest-risk failures specific to this feature), Empty & Loading States, Mobile (iOS Safari + Android Chrome at 375px), Analytics event verification, and Regression checks on adjacent areas. Ends with explicit ship criteria.
Capabilities
Feature-Level Acceptance Criteria
Writes Given/When/Then acceptance criteria for every feature: happy path, error states, loading states, empty states, and permission states. Minimum 5 ACs per feature — often 6–10. Specific enough that an engineer can implement without asking a single clarifying question.
Edge Case Documentation
Identifies and documents every edge case per feature: network failures, data state extremes, concurrency issues, input extremes, session edge cases, and unusual-but-valid business logic scenarios. Each edge case has a specific system response.
Analytics Event Specification
Names every event using [feature]_[object]_[action] snake_case convention. Covers discovery, activation, core workflow steps, success moments, error events, abandonment, and re-engagement. Each event has required properties, types, and implementation notes.
Conversion Funnel Definitions
Maps each key user flow as a funnel with expected drop-off rates per step. Includes interpretation guidance: 'if drop-off at step X exceeds Y%, investigate [specific hypothesis].'
Database Schema & Migration Plan
Documents schema changes as migration intent — what each migration does, why, impact if it fails, migration risk level (Low/Medium/High), rollback plan, and whether a data backfill is required.
Build Sequence & Parallelization
Recommends a phase-by-phase build order, identifies what frontend and backend work can run in parallel, and provides a complexity estimate table per component with effort (S/M/L/XL), risk, and key considerations.
Company Stage Calibration
Startup teams get ~50% faster timeline estimates and MVP-scoped engineering guidance. Enterprise teams get 50–100% slower estimates accounting for approval cycles and compliance overhead. Growth teams get standard calibration.
QA & Build Readiness Agent
Checks whether the live build matches exactly what was approved.
Scout checks whether the live build matches what was approved in the PRD and QA Plan. He runs systematic tests against Handoff's acceptance criteria and test suites, generates a pass/fail matrix organized by test suite, and creates prioritized bug reports for every failing case. Scout identifies which PRD launch criteria are met, which are blocking launch, and which could be deferred to a hotfix. His regression checks focus specifically on adjacent areas that the build could have affected.
Takes In
Produces
QA Report — a build vs. spec comparison with pass/fail matrix and prioritized bug list
Skills & Artifacts
QA Report
Full build vs. spec comparison organized by test suite with a pass/fail matrix, prioritized bug reports for each failing test case, launch readiness assessment, and regression report.
Capabilities
Build vs. Spec Comparison
Systematically compares the live build against the approved PRD acceptance criteria and QA Plan test cases. Documents which requirements passed, which failed, and which are not yet testable.
Pass / Fail Matrix
Generates a structured pass/fail matrix organized by test suite: happy path, error states, edge cases, empty states, mobile, performance, analytics, accessibility. Visual overview of build completeness.
Bug Prioritization
For every failing test case, creates a bug report with severity (critical/high/medium/low), reproduction steps, expected vs. actual behavior, and a recommended fix priority before launch.
Launch Readiness Assessment
Evaluates the build against the PRD's launch criteria checklist. Identifies which criteria are met, which are blocking launch, and which could be deferred to a hotfix.
Regression Report
Checks the adjacent areas identified in the QA Plan for regressions. Flags any existing functionality broken by this build — with the specific test that caught it.
Launch & Adoption Agent
Closes the loop — connecting what shipped to what it actually achieved.
Beacon turns a shipped feature into real, measurable behavior change. Shipping is the starting line — adoption is a behavior change problem. Beacon generates seven distinct launch artifacts, each for a different phase of the launch lifecycle. The Positioning One Pager is the single source of truth for messaging that every other artifact pulls from. The Adoption Plan builds the full path from first exposure to sustained behavior. The Measurement Plan defines success before launch. The Post-Launch Readout provides the honest 30-day verdict. Every piece of Beacon's copy is specific to the real users' world — never generic 'new feature available' announcements.
Takes In
Produces
Launch Pack + Post-Launch Readout — everything needed to ship, measure, and close the loop
Skills & Artifacts
Launch Notes
Internal and external-facing launch notes covering: member-facing feature description (benefit-forward, not feature-list), Before/After story, who it's for, internal team announcement, Customer Success talking points (5–7 bullets), support preparation with likely Q&A, help documentation outline, and first-30-day success metrics to watch.
Positioning One Pager
The single source of truth for messaging across the org. Core positioning statement, problem statement, the promise, before/after story. Master copy: headline (8 words max), sub-headline (15–20 words), three tagline options (punchy / benefit-led / conversational), email subject line (45 chars max), social one-liner (under 100 chars), in-app announcement headline, CS elevator pitch. Say / Don't Say guide. Audience sequencing. Why now. Launch risks.
Strategic Positioning Brief
Max 1,300 words. Full strategic context: specific portrait of the primary user, what the feature does and explicitly doesn't do, full before/after arc, why this feature why now, audience sequencing rationale, and how this fits the larger product story and roadmap.
Launch Comms Pack
Ready-to-send copy (not drafts): in-app announcement (headline, body, CTA, placement), email announcement (3 subject line options for A/B testing, preview text, full 150–200 word email), push/in-app notifications (3 options, under 60 chars each), community/social post (conversational + brand versions), CS talking points (7 bullets including objection handling), team enablement message, help center article outline, and 90-second Loom/tutorial script.
Adoption Plan
The Aha Moment definition (the specific instant it clicks), first-use CTA with entry point and rationale, triggered onboarding moments table (3–5 smart contextual triggers), in-app prompt sequence (5 prompts with trigger/copy/CTA/dismiss behavior), lifecycle email sequence for non-starters (Day 1 / Day 5 / Day 14), 'Try This Today' ultra-specific use case, onboarding tutorial path, success milestones (Activation / Engagement / Habit), re-engagement nudge for drop-offs, and team/brokerage rollout idea.
Measurement Plan
Primary success metric with target, timeframe, owner, data source, and rationale. Supporting metrics table (discovery rate, first-use rate, Day-7 return, habit formation). Leading indicators (Days 1–7). Lagging indicators (Days 30–60). Anti-metrics (what should NOT increase). Full funnel with expected conversion rates per step. Review cadence (Day 3 / Day 7 / Day 14 / Day 30). Clear success, failure, and 'murky middle' definitions.
Post-Launch Readout
Honest 30-day review: what shipped and to which segments, adoption signals (positive/weak/missing), metrics vs. targets table with status flags, user feedback themes (3–5), drop-off analysis, confusion patterns from support, goal achievement assessment, and a direct recommendation: Accelerate / Iterate / Educate / Monitor / Pause — with explicit rationale and a V1.1 recommendation.
Capabilities
Behavior Change Framework
Every adoption decision is framed as 'what removes the barrier between the user and the value?' — not 'how do we announce this feature.' The adoption plan builds from the specific Aha Moment definition outward.
Before Launch / After Launch Sequencing
Beacon understands the artifact sequence: Positioning One Pager first (messaging foundation), then Comms Pack pulls from it, then Adoption Plan sequences audience targeting, then Measurement Plan defines success before any comms go out.
User-Specific Copy
Every piece of copy is written for the specific users in the Product Brain — not generic SaaS copy. References their real workflow, their real language, their real objections. The Comms Pack includes objection handling for the actual objections real users raise.
Post-Launch Honesty Protocol
The Readout does not soften bad results or inflate weak signals. If data isn't available yet, it flags that explicitly and leaves actuals blank — it does not estimate. The decision framework (Accelerate/Iterate/Educate/Monitor/Pause) forces a specific verdict.
Research Analyst
Finds the needle in the haystack — surfacing exact evidence from your transcript library.
Iris has a photographic memory for everything in the transcript library and can trace any claim back to its source. She's scoped strictly to what customers, users, or stakeholders have actually said — product decisions, feature requests, pain points, and strategic signals from real conversations. She always cites her source (transcript title + speaker name), quotes directly when evidence is strong, and explicitly says 'I don't see any mentions of X in the selected transcripts' when evidence is absent — she never invents. Iris is the research foundation that feeds into Mira's context, Atlas's evidence citations, and Nova's pain strength scoring.
Takes In
Produces
Research Brief — cited evidence from the transcript library with verbatim quotes, patterns, and synthesized summary
Skills & Artifacts
Direct Evidence Search
Searches the transcript library for exact mentions of a topic, persona, feature, or pain point. Returns verbatim quotes with source transcript and speaker attribution.
Cross-Transcript Patterns
Identifies how often a topic appears across transcripts, whether it clusters around specific personas, and whether frequency has changed over time.
Sentiment Classification
Classifies mentions as positive, negative, neutral, or mixed. Helps distinguish between features users complain about, features they celebrate, and features they're indifferent to.
Persona-Segmented Research
Filters research results by the personas defined in the Product Brain. Answers 'What do enterprise customers say about X versus what SMB customers say?'
Synthesized Summary
A 2–3 paragraph research brief that can be attached to any idea as a context item — turning raw transcripts into structured input for Mira, Atlas, and Nova.
Research Gap Flag
Explicitly flags when a question can't be answered from the existing transcript library — identifying where new primary research is needed before validation is possible.
Capabilities
Evidence-First Response
Every answer cites its source. Verbatim quotes are prioritized over paraphrases — direct quotes are more powerful in product decisions because they carry the user's actual language.
Absence Reporting
Iris never invents evidence. When a question can't be answered from the transcript library, she says so explicitly and names what research would be needed. A 'no evidence found' response is as valuable as a strong citation.
Cross-Transcript Synthesis
Synthesizes across multiple transcripts noting agreements and contradictions. A single mention is flagged as a data point; a pattern across multiple sources becomes actionable signal.
Scope Enforcement
Iris is scoped strictly to the transcript library. If asked anything outside this scope — coding questions, general knowledge, unrelated topics — she redirects: 'I'm scoped to your product transcript library. Ask me what your customers have said about a specific topic.'
Data Ingestion Agent
Turns messy imports into clean, structured product intelligence.
Harbor ingests product data from any source — ServiceNow demand exports, Jira project dumps, ADO (Azure DevOps) exports, Linear board exports, strategy documents, roadmap spreadsheets, and raw backlog CSVs — and normalizes everything into the Product Dev OS data model. After ingest, Harbor's most powerful mode is Step 3.5: autonomous organization. Before the user reviews anything, Harbor clusters imported objects by theme, strategic pillar, and value similarity — dramatically reducing the manual sorting time that makes bulk imports painful. The result is a structured, deduplicated, scored portfolio ready for pipeline decisions.
Takes In
Produces
Structured Portfolio — a clean, deduplicated, scored set of ideas ready for the pipeline
Skills & Artifacts
Multi-Format Parsing
Parses ServiceNow demands, Jira exports, ADO dumps, Linear boards, spreadsheets, and strategy documents. Normalizes fields across different source formats into the Product Dev OS data model.
Duplicate Detection & Merge
Identifies duplicate or near-duplicate items across sources — common when importing from Jira and ServiceNow simultaneously. Merges duplicates and preserves provenance from both sources.
Agentic Object Organization (Step 3.5)
After ingest, autonomously organizes imported objects into coherent groups by theme, strategic pillar, and value similarity before the user reviews them. Dramatically reduces manual sorting time.
Scoring & Prioritization
Applies a scoring model to each ingested item based on business value indicators, urgency signals, strategic alignment keywords, and effort proxies. Produces an initial ranked list for human review.
Metadata Enrichment
Extracts and attaches metadata from source records: original ID, source system, timestamp, requestor, priority label, epic or theme tag, and free-text notes.
Portfolio Modeling
Groups the ingested portfolio by theme, strategic area, or team alignment. Gives PMs a structured breakdown immediately after ingest — not a flat list but an organized portfolio view.
Capabilities
Agentic Organization (Step 3.5)
The most powerful Harbor capability — after ingest, Harbor autonomously organizes objects into coherent groups before the user reviews them. Clusters by theme, strategic pillar, and value similarity. The user reviews organized clusters, not a raw list.
Cross-Source Deduplication
Identifies when the same initiative was captured in multiple tools (Jira and ServiceNow are the most common overlap). Merges duplicates intelligently and preserves provenance so the source of truth is clear.
Source-Agnostic Normalization
Different export formats from different tools become a single consistent data model. Field names, status labels, priority schemes, and ID formats are all normalized — the PM doesn't have to do this manually.
Resource & Capacity Agent
Plans what can realistically get done — and shows exactly where to fix it.
Crew calculates available engineering capacity, maps it against initiative estimates, and shows exactly where demand exceeds supply — before it becomes a missed deadline. She accounts for meetings, reviews, on-call, and planned time-off to return realistic net hours per person. When modeling trade-offs, she runs 2–3 'what if' scenarios: what happens if Initiative A is descoped, what changes if one engineer is added, what if X is delayed by two weeks. Her Capacity Report gives decision-makers concrete data for trade-off conversations instead of gut estimates.
Takes In
Produces
Capacity Report — a realistic plan showing what fits, where the bottlenecks are, and what to do about them
Skills & Artifacts
Capacity Analysis
Calculates available engineering capacity by role and seniority across a given planning period. Accounts for meetings, reviews, on-call, and planned time-off. Returns realistic net hours per person.
Initiative Fit Assessment
Maps each initiative's estimated effort against available capacity. Shows what fits, what doesn't, and what is borderline — requiring a scope or timeline decision.
Bottleneck Detection
Identifies where demand exceeds supply by role, team, or time window. Names the exact constraint before it becomes a missed deadline.
Date Optimization
Recommends optimal sequencing and start dates given constraints. Identifies which initiatives can run in parallel and which create dependencies that determine the critical path.
Trade-off Modeling
Models 2–3 'what if' scenarios: descoped initiative, added engineer, delayed timeline. Gives decision-makers concrete data instead of gut estimates.
Capacity Narrative
Summarizes the capacity situation in plain language for leadership — a 3–5 sentence readout of what the team can realistically deliver and what would need to change to deliver more.
Capabilities
Realistic Net Hours
Capacity calculations account for everything that isn't feature building: standups, retros, code reviews, on-call rotations, 1-on-1s, and planned PTO. The result is net available engineering hours — not calendar hours.
Scenario Modeling
Crew's trade-off scenarios are specific: 'If we descope Feature X (estimated 3 engineer-weeks), Initiative Y moves from Q3 to Q2, and Engineer A's backfill need is eliminated.' Numbers drive decisions, not abstractions.
Idea Brainstormer
Finds the ideas your strategy is missing — grounded in your real gaps and metrics.
Spark generates exactly three targeted idea recommendations per run by analyzing the intersection of what's underinvested, what metrics aren't moving, and what the market or competition signals should be built. She reads the full Product Brain, all strategy pillar coverage, active pipeline summary, parking lot ideas, metric health, and any user-provided focus context — then finds ideas that address real gaps rather than obvious next steps. Spark also deepens individual ideas on demand and evaluates parked ideas for potential revival based on current strategy and metric data.
Takes In
Produces
Three targeted idea recommendations with confidence scores and strategic rationale
Skills & Artifacts
Generate Three Recommendations
Generates exactly 3 product idea recommendations. Each includes: title (5–8 words), full description (100–150 words referencing the actual user persona and workflow), strategic pillar assignment, target metric ID, why this company should build this, trigger insight (the specific gap or signal that generated the idea), confidence score (60–95), and suggested next validation step.
Idea Deepening
Goes deeper on a selected idea. Produces: precise problem framing from the user's perspective, target persona identification, JTBD statement, potential V1 (smallest testable version), 3 risks, 3 open questions, related strategy connection, why now (market timing rationale), and 3 possible success metrics.
Parking Lot Revival Scan
Reviews all parked ideas against current strategy and metric data. Scores each 0–100 for revival potential. Returns only ideas scoring ≥ 40 with: revival score, reason, strategic fit to current pillars, and what has changed since the idea was parked.
Capabilities
Gap-First Ideation
Spark prioritizes strategies with ≤1 active ideas in the pipeline and metrics with red or yellow status. She doesn't generate ideas the team is already working on — she finds the whitespace.
Confidence Scoring
Each recommendation includes a confidence score (60–95) reflecting how well the idea fits the current strategic context. A 60 means the signal is real but uncertain; a 90 means multiple converging indicators point to this gap.
Parking Lot Intelligence
Spark knows what's already been parked and avoids re-suggesting it unless the strategic context has materially changed. The revival scan actively evaluates parked ideas for windows of renewed relevance.
No Duplication Guarantee
Spark reads the full active pipeline before generating and never suggests ideas that already exist in the pipeline. Each recommendation is net new to the team's current thinking.
Context Sync Agent
Finds the minimal, precise edit that brings artifacts back in sync with new context.
Delta reads any artifact and compares it against newly-added context items to identify exactly what changed and what the smallest correct edit is. She's a precision tool, not an essayist — her output is always short: a 4–6 line summary followed immediately by a JSON block with the surgical edit. Delta operates on three confidence levels (high: direct contradiction of a named fact; medium: new important information the artifact should reflect; low: tangential context that probably doesn't require changes). When two pieces of content make genuinely contradictory claims and it's unclear which is correct, Delta surfaces the conflict for team decision rather than silently picking one side.
Takes In
Produces
Surgical edit suggestion or conflict flag — always a short summary plus JSON block
Skills & Artifacts
Surgical Edit
Identifies the single smallest passage in the artifact that needs to change and provides a verbatim old_text / new_text pair as a drop-in replacement. oldText is copied character for character from the artifact. newText slots in as a grammatically correct replacement. Used when new context directly supersedes what the artifact says.
Conflict Detection
Used when new context and artifact content make contradictory factual claims and it's genuinely unclear which is correct. Surfaces the conflict with sideA (verbatim from artifact) and sideB (contradicting claim from new context). The team decides — Delta never silently picks a side.
Full Regeneration Flag
When the artifact premise is fundamentally wrong or changes span 3+ disconnected locations, Delta recommends full regeneration rather than a surgical edit. Sets recommendRegenerate: true in the JSON block.
Capabilities
Smallest Possible Edit
Delta chooses the smallest passage that isolates the change — a sentence or short phrase, not a whole section. If multiple locations need changing, she picks the single most important one and flags the others.
Verbatim Extraction
The oldText field is always copied character for character from the artifact — not paraphrased, not approximated. This enables exact string replacement in the UI without ambiguity.
Confidence Classification
High confidence: new context directly contradicts a named entity, number, or specific factual claim. Medium: new context adds important information the artifact should reflect. Low: tangential — artifact probably still valid. Confidence level is always explicit in the JSON block.
Conflict vs. Edit Discipline
Delta never uses the conflict field when new context clearly supersedes the artifact — that's a surgical edit. Conflict is reserved for genuinely ambiguous situations where two authoritative sources disagree and the team must decide.
Product Dev OS — AI Agent Documentation — Internal Engineering Reference
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