pre-mortem
An agent skill by phuryn, from phuryn/pm-skills. Tags: debugging, documents, strategy.
What it does
Run a pre-mortem risk analysis on a PRD or launch plan. Categorizes risks as Tigers (real problems), Paper Tigers (overblown concerns), and Elephants (unspoken worries), then classifies as launch-blocking, fast-follow, or track. Use when preparing for launch, stress-testing a product plan, or identifying what could go wrong.
Install
With the skills CLI, which installs into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents:
npx skills add phuryn/pm-skills --skill pre-mortemOr 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-execution/skills/pre-mortem ~/.claude/skills/pre-mortemSafety box score
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Source
- Repository
- phuryn/pm-skills (all skills from this repository)
- Path
- pm-execution/skills/pre-mortem/SKILL.md
- Branch
- main
- Updated
- 2026-09-19
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