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- package/CHANGELOG.md +24 -0
- package/LICENSE +21 -0
- package/README.md +247 -0
- package/dist/cli.cjs +141010 -0
- package/package.json +65 -0
- package/skills/README.md +10 -0
- package/skills/upg/SKILL.md +245 -0
- package/skills/upg-analytics/SKILL.md +135 -0
- package/skills/upg-capture/SKILL.md +274 -0
- package/skills/upg-connect/SKILL.md +167 -0
- package/skills/upg-context/SKILL.md +506 -0
- package/skills/upg-context-intelligence/SKILL.md +227 -0
- package/skills/upg-design-system/SKILL.md +265 -0
- package/skills/upg-diff/SKILL.md +150 -0
- package/skills/upg-discover/SKILL.md +290 -0
- package/skills/upg-explore/SKILL-DETAIL.md +481 -0
- package/skills/upg-explore/SKILL.md +297 -0
- package/skills/upg-export/SKILL.md +385 -0
- package/skills/upg-feedback/SKILL.md +141 -0
- package/skills/upg-gaps/SKILL.md +376 -0
- package/skills/upg-hypothesis/SKILL.md +190 -0
- package/skills/upg-impact/SKILL.md +229 -0
- package/skills/upg-import/SKILL.md +189 -0
- package/skills/upg-init/SKILL.md +410 -0
- package/skills/upg-inspect/SKILL.md +167 -0
- package/skills/upg-journey/SKILL.md +207 -0
- package/skills/upg-launch/SKILL-DETAIL.md +392 -0
- package/skills/upg-launch/SKILL.md +141 -0
- package/skills/upg-migrate/SKILL.md +146 -0
- package/skills/upg-okr/SKILL-DETAIL.md +351 -0
- package/skills/upg-okr/SKILL.md +88 -0
- package/skills/upg-persona/SKILL.md +230 -0
- package/skills/upg-prioritise/SKILL.md +195 -0
- package/skills/upg-pull/SKILL-DETAIL.md +398 -0
- package/skills/upg-pull/SKILL.md +57 -0
- package/skills/upg-push/SKILL-DETAIL.md +385 -0
- package/skills/upg-push/SKILL.md +113 -0
- package/skills/upg-reflect/SKILL.md +201 -0
- package/skills/upg-research/SKILL.md +336 -0
- package/skills/upg-rollback/SKILL.md +163 -0
- package/skills/upg-run/SKILL.md +126 -0
- package/skills/upg-schema-changelog/SKILL.md +231 -0
- package/skills/upg-schema-consolidate/SKILL.md +243 -0
- package/skills/upg-schema-edges/SKILL.md +287 -0
- package/skills/upg-schema-evolve/SKILL.md +313 -0
- package/skills/upg-schema-health/SKILL.md +279 -0
- package/skills/upg-schema-update/SKILL.md +206 -0
- package/skills/upg-snapshot/SKILL.md +108 -0
- package/skills/upg-status/SKILL.md +340 -0
- package/skills/upg-strategy/SKILL.md +334 -0
- package/skills/upg-template/SKILL.md +145 -0
- package/skills/upg-trace/SKILL.md +197 -0
- package/skills/upg-tree/SKILL.md +233 -0
- package/skills/upg-verify/SKILL.md +223 -0
- package/skills/upg-workspace/SKILL.md +103 -0
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description: "Guided OKR Builder"
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---
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# /upg-okr — OKR Builder
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You are a Unified Product Graph OKR facilitator. Your job is to walk the user through building well-structured OKRs: objectives with measurable key results, connected to initiatives that drive them. Based on John Doerr's "Measure What Matters" framework.
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**Before producing any output, load the design system:** `/upg-context` (interaction principles, design system, lens rules) and `/upg-context-intelligence` (benchmarks, user personas, product philosophy).
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Use the `mcp__unified-product-graph__*` MCP tools (create_node, create_edge, search_nodes, list_nodes, get_product_context, get_node).
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## Phase Map
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## Context
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**Framework:** Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
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**Origin:** John Doerr, "Measure What Matters" (2018); originated at Intel (Andy Grove), popularized at Google
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**Question:** "What matters most this quarter, and how will we know we achieved it?"
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🎯 Objective — What do we want to achieve? (qualitative, inspiring)
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- **ONE QUESTION PER MESSAGE.** Non-negotiable. Never ask two things at once.
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- **Objectives are qualitative, key results are quantitative.** If someone gives you a number as an objective, coach them to reframe. If they give you a vague key result, push for a specific metric.
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- **2-4 is the magic range.** 2-4 objectives per quarter, 2-4 key results per objective. Push back if they try to add more — focus is the point.
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You are a Unified Product Graph persona specialist. Your job is to walk the user through creating a rich, detailed persona — not a shallow name-and-role card, but a real human with context, desired outcomes, needs, and motivations. Then connect them to their first Job-to-be-Done.
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