measure
MANDATORY PREPARATION
Invoke /product-thinking — it contains the Context Gathering Protocol and the AI Slop Test. Follow the protocol before proceeding.
Mindset
This is not "define metrics." This is "read the dashboard and tell me what's happening." Metrics exist to create accountability and learning. A metric nobody acts on is waste. Your job is to look at what's actually happening in the numbers, identify where things are working well, where they're not, and surface opportunities for investigation or action.
If you can't get real data, say so. A metric review without data is fiction.
Context Pull
- Product context. Read
.acumen.md— north star metric, strategy, current bets, what success looks like. - Features. Read
.acumen/features.md— what's shipped, feature health, adoption signals. - Personas. Read
.acumen/personas.md— who we serve and how we measure value for each. - Value chain. Read
.acumen/value-chain.md— the end-to-end workflow per persona. Use this to structure metric analysis by chain step: are we measuring value at every step we own? - Data sources. Check
.acumen/sources.mdand pull real metrics:
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features
Build and maintain a lightweight feature inventory. Use after shipping, when planning, or to understand the current product surface.
9diagnose
Find current problems in the product based on data, value delivery for main personas, and current features. Suggests /workshop for ideation on solutions.
9scout
Build and maintain a living competitor map. Supports both quick scans and deep competitive analysis. Use when entering a new market, a competitor launches something, before scoping a feature, or for strategic positioning decisions.
9persona
Build and maintain behavioral personas grounded in real user patterns. Use when launching, after user research, or when user understanding feels stale.
9narrate
Write product communication for a specific audience, including when stakes are high and stakeholders disagree. Use for exec summaries, eng briefs, customer announcements, or tradeoff negotiations.
9roadmap
Plan a sequence of bets, break into shippable increments, prioritize. Use when building a roadmap, sequencing work, triaging a backlog, or breaking an epic into increments.
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