Strategic Prototyping: Build What Matters

When This Skill Activates

Claude uses this skill when:

• User asks "should I build this?" or "is this worth it?"
• Making architectural decisions (reusable component, abstraction, etc.)
• Evaluating feature requests
• Distinguishing busy-work from high-impact work
• Preventing premature optimization or "product theater"

Core Frameworks

1. The LNO Framework (Source: Shreyas Doshi, ex-Stripe/Twitter/Google PM)

Leverage, Neutral, Overhead:

"Not all tasks are created equal. Some tasks compound (Leverage), some maintain (Neutral), and some drain without return (Overhead)."

Use when: Prioritizing what to build or evaluating if work is strategic