lenny-skills

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---
name: lenny-skills
description: |
  86 PM and product design skills from Lenny Rachitsky's framework. Covers user research,
  behavioral product design, designing surveys, conducting interviews, running design reviews,
  user onboarding, growth loops, design systems, and writing specs. 945 stars.
triggers:
  - "lenny skills"
  - "lenny-skills"
  - "behavioral product design"
  - "designing surveys"
  - "running design reviews"
  - "growth loops"
  - "86 PM skills"
das:
  type: package
  category: product-pm
  upstream: "https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills"
  version: latest
---

# lenny-skills

> Catalogue stub — full skill: [RefoundAI/lenny-skills](https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills)

## Install the full skill

```bash
# Global
npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills -g -y

# Project
npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills -y
```

Then invoke any sub-skill by name, e.g. `/conducting-user-interviews`, `/behavioral-product-design`, `/running-design-reviews`.

## What it does

86 skills across PM and product design disciplines. Design-relevant sub-skills include:

| Sub-skill | Best for |
|-----------|----------|
| `conducting-user-interviews` | Interview scripts, moderation, synthesis |
| `analyzing-user-feedback` | Feedback triage, pattern detection, prioritization |
| `designing-surveys` | Survey structure, question design, bias avoidance |
| `behavioral-product-design` | Nudges, habit loops, motivation frameworks |
| `running-design-reviews` | Critique structure, feedback frameworks, async review |
| `user-onboarding` | Onboarding flows, activation, aha-moment mapping |
| `design-engineering` | Design↔eng collaboration, handoff, spec quality |
| `design-systems` | Component governance, token adoption, system adoption |
| `designing-growth-loops` | Viral loops, network effects, acquisition loops |
| `writing-specs-designs` | PRD structure, design specs, requirements clarity |

Full list: 86 skills covering strategy, hiring, growth, and product leadership.

## When NOT to use

- Deep qualitative research methodology → use `user-research-cookiy`
- PM frameworks / Triple Diamond → use `pm-skills`
- JTBD personas + PRD templates → use `phuryn-pm-skills` or `deanpeters-pm-skills`
- Product positioning / messaging → use `product-position`