Overview
discovery-process is an open-source productivity skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by deanpeters. Its author describes it as: “Run a full discovery cycle from problem hypothesis to validated solution. Use when a team needs a structured path through framing, interviews, synthesis, and experiments.”. The project has 6.5k stars on GitHub and ships custom license terms, so review them before reuse. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills`.
What discovery-process does
Guide product managers through a complete discovery cycle—from initial problem hypothesis to validated solution—by orchestrating problem framing, customer interviews, synthesis, and experimentation skills into a structured process. Use this to systematically explore problem spaces, validate assumptions, and build confidence before committing to full development—avoiding "build it and they will come" syndrome and ensuring you're solving real customer problems.
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for discovery-process is organised into these sections:
- Purpose
- Input
- Key Concepts
- What is the Discovery Process?
- Why This Works
- Anti-Patterns (What This Is NOT)
- When to Use This
- When NOT to Use This
- Facilitation Source of Truth
- Application
- Phase 1: Frame the Problem (Day 1-2)
- Activities
Installation
Add discovery-process to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add deanpeters/Product-Manager-SkillsReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — ships a claude code plugin marketplace
License
deanpeters has not declared a standard open-source license for this repository (Other). Confirm the terms with the author before reusing it.
Strengths
- Ships in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, an established project with 6,527 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Things to check
- No license declared — confirm terms with the author before reuse
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does discovery-process do?
- Run a full discovery cycle from problem hypothesis to validated solution. Use when a team needs a structured path through framing, interviews, synthesis, and experiments.
- How do I install discovery-process?
- Run /plugin marketplace add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills before installing.
- Is discovery-process free to use?
- discovery-process is publicly available on GitHub, but deanpeters has not declared a standard open-source license (Other). Confirm the terms with the author before reusing it.
- Which agents does discovery-process work with?
- discovery-process lists Claude Code — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does discovery-process come from?
- discovery-process ships inside deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 6,527 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.