orientation
MANDATORY PREPARATION
Invoke /product-thinking — it contains the Context Gathering Protocol and the AI Slop Test. Follow the protocol before proceeding.
Mindset
Most products drift. Features accumulate because customers asked, competitors shipped, or someone had a slow week. Over time, the product says it does one thing but actually does twelve — and none of them well enough to be the reason someone chooses it.
Orientation is the audit that catches drift. You are not here to validate. You are here to hold a mirror up and ask: does the product we built match the product we say we are?
Context Pull
Load everything. This is a read-heavy skill:
- Product context. Read
.acumen.md— positioning, thesis, stage, target users, strategy. - Feature inventory. Read
.acumen/features.md— every capability the product has today. - Personas. Read
.acumen/personas.md— who we say we serve, and their behaviors.
More from vgrss/acumen
features
Build and maintain a lightweight feature inventory. Use after shipping, when planning, or to understand the current product surface.
9measure
Check KPI health — what's working, what's not, where to dig deeper. Suggests /workshop for opportunities. Use for metric reviews, health checks, or when something feels off in the numbers.
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.
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