north-star-metric
An agent skill by phuryn, from phuryn/pm-skills. Tags: office, spreadsheets, strategy, trend-analysis.
What it does
Define a North Star Metric and 3-5 supporting input metrics that form a metrics constellation. Classify the business game (Attention, Transaction, Productivity) and validate against 7 criteria for an effective North Star. Use when choosing a North Star Metric, setting up a metrics framework, learning about the North Star Framework, or deciding what to measure.
Install
With the skills CLI, which installs into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents:
npx skills add phuryn/pm-skills --skill north-star-metricOr copy the skill folder into Claude Code's skills directory by hand (~/.claude/skills for every project, or .claude/skills inside one):
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills
cp -r pm-skills/pm-marketing-growth/skills/north-star-metric ~/.claude/skills/north-star-metricSafety box score
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Source
- Repository
- phuryn/pm-skills (all skills from this repository)
- Path
- pm-marketing-growth/skills/north-star-metric/SKILL.md
- Branch
- main
- Updated
- 2026-09-19
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