ai-shaped-readiness-advisor
Assess whether your product work is AI-first or AI-shaped. Use when evaluating AI maturity and choosing the next team capability to build.
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About ai-shaped-readiness-advisor
This interactive skill helps product teams honestly assess whether their work is merely 'AI-first' (using AI to do existing tasks faster) or genuinely 'AI-shaped' (redesigning how the team operates around AI as co-intelligence). It addresses the trap of confusing tool adoption with organizational change, and guides the user through a maturity assessment across five essential PM competencies, then recommends which capability to build next.
The assessment contrasts AI-first and AI-shaped versions of each competency. Examples in the source include building a durable 'reality layer' that humans and AI both trust, orchestrating version-controlled AI workflows instead of one-off prompts, using AI to compress learning and validation cycles (outcome acceleration), and redesigning team facilitation so AI amplifies judgment with clear review norms, evidence standards, and decision authority rather than serving as an accountability shield. It runs as a guided, interactive advisor that opens by asking how AI currently shows up in the team's day-to-day work and accepts context supplied inline with the invocation.
It is aimed at product managers and product leaders evaluating their org's AI maturity and prioritizing where to invest next quarter. Typical use is a 15-20 minute self-assessment producing a candid maturity read and a concrete next-capability recommendation. It is a planning and reflection aid with no code execution or external side effects.
FAQ
What is the core distinction it assesses?
AI-first (using AI to automate existing tasks faster) versus AI-shaped (fundamentally redesigning how the team operates around AI as co-intelligence).
What does it evaluate?
Readiness across five essential PM competencies, including building a trusted reality layer, orchestrating AI workflows, outcome acceleration, and team-AI facilitation.
What input does it need?
A description of how your team currently uses AI (even 'barely' is valid); optionally team size, product domain, and which competency you suspect is weakest.
How long does the assessment take?
Roughly 15-20 minutes as an interactive, guided maturity assessment.
What is the output?
An honest read of your AI maturity plus a concrete recommendation on which capability to build first.
Install ai-shaped-readiness-advisor
Quick Setup:
- Copy the skill folder to
.claude/skills/ - Claude will automatically detect and use the skill
Repository
deanpeters/product-manager-skills