SKILL.md
AI Product Canvas Skill
Define AI products with the same rigour as any product decision — but with additional layers for data, model, evaluation, and responsible AI. This canvas prevents the most common AI product failure: building a technically impressive feature that doesn't solve a real problem.
AI Product Anti-Patterns to Check First
Before building, flag if any of these apply:
- ❌ "We should add AI to [existing feature]" — with no user problem defined
- ❌ Accuracy target undefined before build begins
- ❌ No plan for what happens when the model is wrong
- ❌ User-facing AI output with no human review or fallback
- ❌ Training data not audited for bias or quality
- ❌ No evaluation metric — "we'll know it when we see it"
AI Product Canvas Output Format
AI Product Canvas — [Feature Name] — [Date]
PM Owner: [Name] ML/AI Lead: [Name] Status: Discovery / Design / Build / Evaluation / Live
1. Problem Definition
User problem being solved:
[What specific situation is the user in? What job are they trying to get done?]
Why AI?
[What makes this problem require AI vs a deterministic solution? If the answer is "because we can," stop here.]
Success for the user looks like:
[What outcome does the user experience when the AI feature is working well?]
2. AI Approach
Task type:
- Classification
