working-backwards
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Amazon''s Working Backwards product development method based on Colin Bryar and Bill Carr''s "Working Backwards". Use this skill whenever the user is discussing a new product, feature, pitch, or launch narrative — even if they do not explicitly say "PR/FAQ," "press release," or "working backwards." Triggers include: (1) writing or reviewing a PR/FAQ for a new product or feature, (2) drafting the launch narrative or announcement story for something not yet built, (3) validating an idea by defining the customer experience first, (4) evaluating an internal idea pitched by a teammate or exec, (5) structuring a 6-pager or narrative memo for an exec review, (6) stress-testing a proposal with pre-mortem analysis, (7) aligning stakeholders around a product vision, (8) deciding whether an idea is worth building before writing code, (9) sharpening a fuzzy product concept into a customer-facing story, (10) running a go/no-go decision meeting on a new initiative.
10 other projects use a version of this.
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- arieshyde/skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- 5hirish/ducttheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- Sach1ng/PM-operating-OStheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- skills-agents-co/skills-and-agents-librarytheir own version, first seen Oct 15, 2026
- marcos-sponton/frameworks-as-skillstheir own version, first seen Oct 13, 2026
- robisson/build-like-amazon-agent-skillstheir own version, first seen Oct 5, 2026
Other versions10 projects use a version of this.
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- robisson/build-like-amazon-agent-skills★ 16same name
- 5hirish/duct★ 8same name
- fcescob/working-backwards★ 3same name
- Sach1ng/PM-operating-OS★ 3same name
- andrewluxem/working-backwards★ 1same name
- AymanShams/codex-coding-os★ 1same name
- ianklassen/ai-pm-system★ 1same name
- marcos-sponton/frameworks-as-skills★ 1same name
- skills-agents-co/skills-and-agents-library★ 1same name
- arieshyde/skills★ 0same name
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
In this repository7 other files it gives its agents.
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- escaping-build-trapSkill
- first-90-daysSkill
- good-strategySkill
- para-methodSkill
- positioning-and-pitchSkill
- sales-pitchSkill
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