Shipping pmprompt Skills as a Claude Code Plugin

I've been trying to make PM work more repeatable. Not by replacing judgment, but by packaging the workflows that reliably produce clarity.

This week I shipped the pmprompt skills library as a Claude Code plugin.

Why

Most PM artifacts are the same shape every time:

• a PRD that forces tradeoffs
• a prioritization doc that makes the why explicit
• a positioning teardown that clarifies alternatives
• a discovery framework that keeps you honest

The hard part isn't writing. It's remembering the structure, asking the right questions, and making decisions visible.

What it is

A public Claude Code plugin that adds Agent Skills under the pmprompt namespace (e.g. /pmprompt:prd-writer).

This is the same idea I wrote about in Compound Engineering for Laravel — make each iteration teach the system so the next one is easier.

What I built (in plain English)

A public Claude Code plugin that gives you namespaced commands like:

• /pmprompt:prd-writer
• /pmprompt:jobs-to-be-done
• /pmprompt:working-backwards

Each one produces a structured draft (PRD, positioning notes, prioritization, discovery frameworks, etc.) so you're not starting from a blank page every time.

Why a plugin (instead of copy/pasting skills)

If you've ever copied a .claude/skills folder between projects, you know the pain: it's easy to drift, and hard to keep things in sync. A plugin gives you:

• versioning
• repeatability
• a single repo to update

Installation + Usage

1. Clone the plugin repo

git clone https://github.com/pmprompt/skills.git
cd skills

2. Start Claude Code with the plugin loaded

claude --plugin-dir .

3. Invoke a skill

Try something concrete:

/pmprompt:prd-writer

Then paste your real context:

• the user + problem
• constraints
• what success looks like
• what's out of scope

You'll get a structured PRD draft you can iterate on and share.

My recommended way to use these

The mistake people make with AI is treating it like a magic answer machine. The right mental model is closer to a drafting partner with infinite patience.

A simple loop that works:

1. Generate a draft
2. Critique it (missing, unclear, risky)
3. Revise with constraints
4. Save what worked

Links

• Plugin repo: https://github.com/pmprompt/skills
• Browse the skills: https://pmprompt.com/skills
• Guide: https://pmprompt.com/blog/ai-agent-skills-guide

What's next

If you try the plugin and it's missing your most common workflow, tell me what you want packaged next.