solo-to-cpo

Name: solo-to-cpo
Author: Productfculty-aipm

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How to install solo-to-cpo?

productfculty-aipm/pm-copilot-by-product-faculty/solo-to-cpo

$npx -y skills add Productfculty-aipm/PM-Copilot-by-Product-Faculty --skill solo-to-cpo

Installs into the current project.

Summary

Use this skill when the user asks about "career path to CPO", "how do I become a CPO", "PM career progression", "path from PM to VP Product", "PM career growth", "how do I grow as a PM", "what does the PM career ladder look like", "solo PM to product leader", or wants to understa

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SKILL.md

1	# Solo PM → Founding PM → CPO Career Arc
2
3	You are helping the user understand and plan their PM career trajectory. The PM career is not a linear ladder — it's a series of capability expansions, each requiring different skills and different proofs of competency.
4
5	Framework: Jackie Bavaro (Cracking the PM Career), Lenny Rachitsky (PM career survey, communication as most valued skill), Shreyas Doshi (altitude and horizon framework).
6
7	## Step 1 — Load Context
8
9	Read `memory/user-profile.md` for the user's current role context and product stage. This determines where they are on the arc and what the next step looks like.
10
11	## Step 2 — The Arc
12
13	Stage 1 — Solo PM (PM0 / PM1):
14	You're doing all PM activities: discovery, execution, stakeholder management, metrics. No specialization yet. The test: can you own an outcome end-to-end without needing constant guidance?
15
16	Core skills to develop: problem framing, user research synthesis, PRD writing, stakeholder communication, prioritization.
17	Evidence to demonstrate: "Here's a feature I owned end-to-end, from discovery to launch to measured impact."
18
19	Stage 2 — Senior PM:
20	You influence beyond your product area. You drive strategy, not just execution. You make other people around you better.
21	The test: can you work at the strategy level without prompting? Can you tell the difference between an execution problem and a strategy problem?
22
23	Core skills to develop: strategy-stack thinking, OKR definition, competitive positioning, stakeholder influence without authority.
24	Evidence to demonstrate: "Here's a strategic decision I drove that changed what the company built."
25
26	Stage 3 — Principal PM / Staff PM:
27	You set the product direction for a whole area. You represent the product point of view in leadership conversations. You mentor and develop other PMs.
28	The test: can you develop the product vision for an area, defend it with evidence, and execute against it across multiple teams?
29
30	Stage 4 — Director of Product:
31	You manage PMs and scale PM craft across a team. You're responsible for the health of the PM function as well as product outcomes.
32	The test: can you hire and develop great PMs? Can you create an environment where good product thinking happens even when you're not in the room?
33
34	Stage 5 — VP Product / CPO:
35	You own the entire product strategy and P&L implications. You influence company strategy, not just product decisions. You're the voice of the customer and the customer of the engineering organization.
36	The test: can you set a product vision that attracts talent, convinces investors, and aligns the whole company?
37
38	## Step 3 — Current Stage Assessment
39
40	Based on what the user shares, assess:
41	- Which stage are they at currently?
42	- What is the primary gap between their current stage and the next?
43	- Which skills are strong, which are underdeveloped?
44
45	Lenny's survey data on most valued PM skills (n=1,000, 600+ companies):
46	1. Communication (most valued)
47	2. Execution
48	3. Product sense
49
50	If any of these three are weak, they're the priority before anything else.
51
52	## Step 4 — Next Step Plan
53
54	For the user's next stage, define:
55
56	Skill to build: What's the highest-leverage capability to develop in the next 6 months?
57
58	Evidence to create: What specific work product would prove this capability to a hiring manager or promotion committee?
59
60	Opportunity to seek: What type of project, team, or initiative gives the best context to develop this skill?
61
62	Reading/learning: Which resources would most directly develop this skill? (Reference: Bavaro's Cracking the PM Career, Doshi's articles on Linkedin, Lenny's newsletter archives)
63
64	Mentor to find: What type of person would most accelerate this development? (A CPO who was a solo PM? A principal PM who crossed the strategy-execution boundary?)
65
66	## Step 5 — The Founding PM Path
67
68	If the user is on the founding PM path (early-stage company, first PM):
69
70	The Founding PM role is uniquely high-stakes and high-growth. Specifics:
71	- You'll do everything: discovery, strategy, roadmap, PRD, QA, CS, analytics — simultaneously
72	- The test is: did the product ship? Did users care? Did the company survive?
73	- The skill that matters most: judgment under ambiguity. There's no playbook.
74	- What to prioritize: Get to PMF evidence. Every week that doesn't move toward PMF evidence is a week too long.
75	- The accelerant: AI assistance (like PM Copilot) can function like having a senior PM peer — especially for frameworks and structure the Founding PM hasn't developed muscle memory for yet.
76
77	## Step 6 — Output
78
79	Produce:
80	- Arc stage asse

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How to install solo-to-cpo?

productfculty-aipm/pm-copilot-by-product-faculty/solo-to-cpo

$npx -y skills add Productfculty-aipm/PM-Copilot-by-Product-Faculty --skill solo-to-cpo

Installs into the current project.

Summary

Files · 1

View on GitHub

SKILL.md

1	# Solo PM → Founding PM → CPO Career Arc
2
3	You are helping the user understand and plan their PM career trajectory. The PM career is not a linear ladder — it's a series of capability expansions, each requiring different skills and different proofs of competency.
4
5	Framework: Jackie Bavaro (Cracking the PM Career), Lenny Rachitsky (PM career survey, communication as most valued skill), Shreyas Doshi (altitude and horizon framework).
6
7	## Step 1 — Load Context
8
9	Read `memory/user-profile.md` for the user's current role context and product stage. This determines where they are on the arc and what the next step looks like.
10
11	## Step 2 — The Arc
12
13	Stage 1 — Solo PM (PM0 / PM1):
14	You're doing all PM activities: discovery, execution, stakeholder management, metrics. No specialization yet. The test: can you own an outcome end-to-end without needing constant guidance?
15
16	Core skills to develop: problem framing, user research synthesis, PRD writing, stakeholder communication, prioritization.
17	Evidence to demonstrate: "Here's a feature I owned end-to-end, from discovery to launch to measured impact."
18
19	Stage 2 — Senior PM:
20	You influence beyond your product area. You drive strategy, not just execution. You make other people around you better.
21	The test: can you work at the strategy level without prompting? Can you tell the difference between an execution problem and a strategy problem?
22
23	Core skills to develop: strategy-stack thinking, OKR definition, competitive positioning, stakeholder influence without authority.
24	Evidence to demonstrate: "Here's a strategic decision I drove that changed what the company built."
25
26	Stage 3 — Principal PM / Staff PM:
27	You set the product direction for a whole area. You represent the product point of view in leadership conversations. You mentor and develop other PMs.
28	The test: can you develop the product vision for an area, defend it with evidence, and execute against it across multiple teams?
29
30	Stage 4 — Director of Product:
31	You manage PMs and scale PM craft across a team. You're responsible for the health of the PM function as well as product outcomes.
32	The test: can you hire and develop great PMs? Can you create an environment where good product thinking happens even when you're not in the room?
33
34	Stage 5 — VP Product / CPO:
35	You own the entire product strategy and P&L implications. You influence company strategy, not just product decisions. You're the voice of the customer and the customer of the engineering organization.
36	The test: can you set a product vision that attracts talent, convinces investors, and aligns the whole company?
37
38	## Step 3 — Current Stage Assessment
39
40	Based on what the user shares, assess:
41	- Which stage are they at currently?
42	- What is the primary gap between their current stage and the next?
43	- Which skills are strong, which are underdeveloped?
44
45	Lenny's survey data on most valued PM skills (n=1,000, 600+ companies):
46	1. Communication (most valued)
47	2. Execution
48	3. Product sense
49
50	If any of these three are weak, they're the priority before anything else.
51
52	## Step 4 — Next Step Plan
53
54	For the user's next stage, define:
55
56	Skill to build: What's the highest-leverage capability to develop in the next 6 months?
57
58	Evidence to create: What specific work product would prove this capability to a hiring manager or promotion committee?
59
60	Opportunity to seek: What type of project, team, or initiative gives the best context to develop this skill?
61
62	Reading/learning: Which resources would most directly develop this skill? (Reference: Bavaro's Cracking the PM Career, Doshi's articles on Linkedin, Lenny's newsletter archives)
63
64	Mentor to find: What type of person would most accelerate this development? (A CPO who was a solo PM? A principal PM who crossed the strategy-execution boundary?)
65
66	## Step 5 — The Founding PM Path
67
68	If the user is on the founding PM path (early-stage company, first PM):
69
70	The Founding PM role is uniquely high-stakes and high-growth. Specifics:
71	- You'll do everything: discovery, strategy, roadmap, PRD, QA, CS, analytics — simultaneously
72	- The test is: did the product ship? Did users care? Did the company survive?
73	- The skill that matters most: judgment under ambiguity. There's no playbook.
74	- What to prioritize: Get to PMF evidence. Every week that doesn't move toward PMF evidence is a week too long.
75	- The accelerant: AI assistance (like PM Copilot) can function like having a senior PM peer — especially for frameworks and structure the Founding PM hasn't developed muscle memory for yet.
76
77	## Step 6 — Output
78
79	Produce:
80	- Arc stage asse

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