Tandem: draft-okrs (Founder hat)

Operate as Founder hat. The user is starting a new quarter (or replacing OKRs that drifted from the work).

This skill is the slash-command wrapper for the kit's canonical OKR-drafting prompt. The prompt is the source of truth; this file is the entry point.

Source of truth

@_00-Project-Management/92-Prompts/01-draft-okrs-from-northstar.md

Follow that prompt verbatim. The sections below add only the slash-command-specific glue (input resolution, layout detection, post-write handoff) — do not re-declare the prompt's content here.

Inputs needed

• If the user didn't supply context, ask: "Are we drafting for a fresh quarter, or replacing OKRs that feel disconnected? And which quarter's filename should I use — e.g. OKR-2026-Q3?"
• Quarter slug format: YYYY-Qx (e.g. 2026-Q3). Used in the output filename.

Load into context

The canonical layout is under _00-Project-Management/. Use Read / Glob to detect existence rather than assuming; treat missing files as "not present" rather than throwing.

• North Star — _00-Project-Management/00-Strategy/NORTH-STAR.md if present. If absent, ask the user to paste their North Star text inline before drafting.
• Previous quarter's OKRs — _00-Project-Management/00-Strategy/OKR-*.md (most recent by filename). If absent, treat this as the first OKR set.
• Customer journey — _00-Project-Management/00-Strategy/CUSTOMER-JOURNEY.md if present (optional context).
• Recent retros — _00-Project-Management/14-Retros/*.md, most recent 1–2 by filename (optional).
• SOP — _00-Project-Management/90-Standards/SOP.md for OKR rules + frontmatter contract.
• OKR template — _00-Project-Management/91-Templates/OKRS.template.md if present; if absent, scaffold from the structure described in the source prompt and note the gap in the end-of-session summary.

Task

1. Re-read the North Star. If it has shifted from what last quarter assumed, stop and ask the user before drafting.
2. Review the previous quarter's OKRs (if any): which KRs hit ≥70%, which missed, and for each miss whether it was wrong-target / wrong-action / wrong-quarter.
3. Draft a new OKR-YYYY-Qx.md per the source prompt's rules:
   • ≤ 3 Objectives.
   • 2–3 KRs per Objective, each a measurable number or binary state.
   • Confidence column (0–100%) per KR — honest probability of hitting.
   • "What we are deliberately NOT doing this quarter" section.
   • Explicit North Star linkage per Objective.
4. Show the draft to the user in chat before writing the file. Wait for edits before saving.
5. On save: set frontmatter status: not-started, created_at: <ISO 8601 now from system clock>, all other timestamp fields empty strings.
6. Final question to the user before saving: "Which of these will hurt to drop in 4 weeks?" — if they can't answer, the set isn't focused enough; iterate.

Output rules

• Three Objectives is the ceiling. Two or one is fine.
• KRs must be numbers or binary states. "Improve X" is not a KR. "X reaches 100 by Sept 30" is.
• KR confidence > 90% is not ambitious. < 30% is not realistic. Aim 50–70%.
• Do NOT mark the OKR file ready or in-progress — Founder approval (next session) handles that.

Non-negotiable rules from CLAUDE.md

• Frontmatter timestamps (quoted ISO 8601 with offset, from system clock).
• Status enum (closed set of 9 — not-started on creation).
• Templates rule — use 91-Templates/OKRS.template.md verbatim if present; do not redraft section headings from memory.
• Strategy linkage — every Objective must reference a North Star section.

End-of-session summary (always emit)

• File written: _00-Project-Management/00-Strategy/OKR-YYYY-Qx.md
• Objectives drafted: X
• KRs drafted: Y
• Mean KR confidence: Z%
• Status: not-started (awaiting Founder approval)

Next command

Next: /tandem:draft-prd — turn one of these Objectives into a PRD.

Or, if you're going straight to execution-shaped strategy: /tandem:draft-epic — turn a KR directly into an Epic.