Leaderboard/Product/plaid
Last commit on May 5, 2026·Created on February 13, 2026

BuildGreatProducts/plaid

Guides founders from a rough idea through validation, planning, launch, and build.
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TL;DR

This skill walks founders through a structured product development pipeline with six capabilities: idea discovery, validation, strategic planning, design, launch, and build. Before writing any plan, it pressure-tests the idea against fatal flaws, competition, and market reality. Each phase produces a structured document—from a product-idea note and validation report to a PRD, design spec, roadmap, and launch playbook.

WHO IT'S FOR
Technical founders
go from idea to launched product
Product managers
validate and plan product ideas
Solo entrepreneurs
build products without a team
Startup advisors
guide founders through product development
Repository contents

1 skill file

Compatible AgentsThe repository documents support for these agents. The skills may also work with other agents that can load SKILL.md files, but they may need some setup or small changes.

Use this skill

Follow the documented setup, then try a first task.

Manual Claude Code installation

Installs: Single PLAID skill · Claude Code

Before you start
  • An existing local copy of the PLAID repository
  • File-system access to write the docs/ directory
  • Node.js 14 or later for the required vision.json validator; the validator uses built-in modules and has no external package dependencies.
  1. Open either the project-level `.claude/settings.json` file or the user-level `~/.claude/settings.json` file in Claude Code.

  2. Add the skill path to the settings file's `skills` array. Replace `/absolute/path/to/plaid/SKILL.md` with the absolute path to `SKILL.md` in your local PLAID repository.

README.md · Checked Sep 18, 2026SKILL.md · Checked Sep 18, 2026

Give it something to do.

Suggested first task

Find a product idea

Uses plaid

  • Your business processes, personal expertise, or both
  • Permission for the skill to write `docs/product-idea.md` in the current project
Use the plaid skill to help me find a product idea based on my business processes and personal expertise.
README.md · Checked Sep 18, 2026SKILL.md · Checked Sep 18, 2026
Suggested first task

Validate a product idea

Uses plaid

  • An existing `docs/product-idea.md`, or a description of the idea
  • The target customer
  • What you want that customer to do or pay for
  • Permission for the skill to write `docs/validation-report.md` and update `docs/product-idea.md` after confirmation
Use the plaid skill to pressure-test my product idea and identify its core assumption and fatal flaws.
README.md · Checked Sep 18, 2026SKILL.md · Checked Sep 18, 2026
Suggested first task

Create a design spec

Uses plaid

  • An image reference such as a screenshot or mockup, or a Figma URL
  • Permission for the skill to write `docs/design.md`
Use the plaid skill to translate this visual reference into a `docs/design.md` token specification with rationale.
README.md · Checked Sep 18, 2026SKILL.md · Checked Sep 18, 2026