Transform Claude into a specialized product strategy consultant through 15 production-ready skills.
Hatch Lab provides systematic, AI-guided frameworks for product discovery, validation, design, and launch. Built on Anthropic's Agent Skills specification and inspired by MIT's product development curriculum.
Option 1: Claude.ai
- Upload the
skills/folder to Claude.ai Settings → Skills - Skills activate automatically based on your queries
Option 2: Claude API
client.messages.create(
model="claude-opus-4-1-20250805",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Analyze market for..."}],
skills=[{"type": "custom", "path": "./skills/market-validation"}]
)- New to product strategy? → Start with
product-strategy-navigator(guides you through entire journey) - Have specific question? → Jump to a specific skill (see catalog below)
- Need workflow guidance? → See Dependency Map
15 production-ready skills organized by product development stage:
- problem-framing - Systematically define problems using root cause analysis
- product-discovery - Explore problem spaces and identify opportunities
- customer-research - Design and execute research programs, develop personas
- market-validation - Validate demand, analyze competition, size markets (TAM/SAM/SOM)
- value-proposition - Craft compelling positioning and messaging
- pivot-advisor - Guide strategic pivots based on data and feedback
- hci-designer - Create human-centered interfaces and experiences
- architecture-designer - Design scalable technical architectures
- tech-stack-advisor - Recommend optimal technology stacks
- ai-technology-selector - Match AI/ML capabilities to business problems
- business-model-architect - Design revenue models and unit economics
- pilot-planner - Structure pilot programs and define MVPs
- regulatory-analyzer - Analyze compliance requirements (GDPR, HIPAA, etc.)
- metrics-evaluator - Define KPIs and track performance
- product-strategy-navigator ⭐ - Orchestrate complete product journeys (master skill)
→ View detailed skill descriptions
| Scenario | Recommended Path | Est. Time |
|---|---|---|
| New product from scratch | product-strategy-navigator | 11-18 hours |
| Validate existing idea | market-validation → business-model-architect → pilot-planner | 2-3 hours |
| Technical architecture | ai-technology-selector → tech-stack-advisor → architecture-designer | 3-6 hours |
| Product struggling | metrics-evaluator → pivot-advisor | 3-4 hours |
| Specific question | Jump to relevant skill | 20-120 min |
→ View detailed workflows and dependencies
| Document | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Catalog | Complete skill descriptions, success metrics |
| Dependency Map | Workflows, dependencies, journey patterns |
| Contributing | Contribution guidelines and standards |
Startup founder:
"I want to build a SaaS platform for supply chain sustainability"
→ Start with product-strategy-navigator
→ Get complete strategy in 11-18 hours
Product manager:
"Help me validate demand for this new feature"
→ Use market-validation
→ Get TAM/SAM/SOM analysis in 45-90 min
Engineering lead:
"Should we use microservices or monolith?"
→ Use architecture-designer
→ Get architecture decision in 60-120 min
- Version: 1.0 (November 2025)
- Skills: 15/15 production-ready
- Status: Active development
- License: MIT
We welcome contributions!
See Contributing for:
- Skill development guidelines
- Testing requirements
- Submission process
- Style guide
- Issues: Report bugs or request features via GitHub Issues
- Discussions: Ask questions or share use cases in GitHub Discussions
- Documentation: All guides available in this repository
Built on
and inspired by
- MIT's Designing and Building AI Products and Services curriculum
MIT - See License file for details.