$npx -y skills add Stanestane/game-design-skills-bundle --skill game-design-kpi-coverage-auditAudit a game feature, roadmap candidate, UX improvement, support system, connective-tissue feature, or quality-of-life change for KPI coverage bias and measurement blind spots. Use when a team is overvaluing only directly attributable metrics, neglecting foundational work that is
| 1 | # Game Design KPI Coverage Audit |
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| 3 | Check whether the evaluation framework is seeing the whole value of the feature, or only the parts that are easy to measure. |
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| 5 | Use this skill when a feature is being judged mainly through directly attributable KPIs and you suspect that measurement logic is biasing the team toward flashy, self-contained systems while undervaluing connective tissue, UX, quality-of-life, enabling systems, or long-term structural work. |
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| 7 | Read `references/value-types.md` when identifying what kind of value the feature creates. |
| 8 | Read `references/blind-spot-patterns.md` when diagnosing common KPI-coverage failures. |
| 9 | Read `references/recommendation-patterns.md` when deciding how to justify or evaluate hard-to-measure work. |
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| 11 | ## What to produce |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Produce: |
| 14 | 1. **Feature read** - what the proposal is and what role it plays |
| 15 | 2. **Current KPI framing** - what the team is measuring or expecting to measure |
| 16 | 3. **Coverage diagnosis** - what value is covered versus ignored by those KPIs |
| 17 | 4. **Blind spots** - what may be neglected because it is hard to measure directly |
| 18 | 5. **Risk of mis-prioritization** - what bad decisions may result from the current framing |
| 19 | 6. **Evaluation recommendation** - how the feature should be justified, monitored, or compared more fairly |
| 20 | |
| 21 | ## Process |
| 22 | |
| 23 | ### 1. Identify the role of the feature |
| 24 | Clarify whether the proposal is mainly: |
| 25 | - a standalone engagement feature |
| 26 | - a monetization feature |
| 27 | - a progression layer |
| 28 | - a UX improvement |
| 29 | - connective tissue between systems |
| 30 | - quality-of-life work |
| 31 | - support infrastructure for future features |
| 32 | - a clarity, pacing, or usability improvement |
| 33 | |
| 34 | ### 2. Identify the current KPI story |
| 35 | Ask: |
| 36 | - what metric is the team using to justify this feature? |
| 37 | - is it tied to revenue, retention, engagement, conversion, economy balance, sentiment, or something else? |
| 38 | - is the KPI direct, indirect, speculative, or absent? |
| 39 | |
| 40 | ### 3. Audit KPI coverage |
| 41 | Check whether the metric framing captures the actual value of the work. |
| 42 | Look for value types such as: |
| 43 | - direct monetization |
| 44 | - direct engagement lift |
| 45 | - retention support |
| 46 | - reduced friction |
| 47 | - improved comprehension |
| 48 | - stronger connective tissue between systems |
| 49 | - future feature enablement |
| 50 | - long-term sustainability |
| 51 | - reduced support burden or balancing burden |
| 52 | |
| 53 | ### 4. Identify blind spots |
| 54 | Common signs: |
| 55 | - the feature is dismissed because it cannot move one headline KPI on its own |
| 56 | - direct-revenue features are always favored over structural health |
| 57 | - UX work is treated as optional because it lacks clean attribution |
| 58 | - foundational work is postponed until crisis |
| 59 | - enabling systems are undervalued because they mostly improve the performance of other features |
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| 61 | ### 5. Judge prioritization risk |
| 62 | Ask: |
| 63 | - what happens if this feature is judged only by direct KPI lift? |
| 64 | - is the team likely to underinvest in maintenance, UX, clarity, infrastructure, or connective tissue? |
| 65 | - could the current framework systematically reward short-term visible wins over long-term health? |
| 66 | |
| 67 | ### 6. Recommend better evaluation |
| 68 | Possible moves: |
| 69 | - use a mixed scorecard instead of one KPI |
| 70 | - classify the feature as enabling or connective work rather than forcing a fake direct KPI |
| 71 | - evaluate via downstream support of other systems |
| 72 | - allocate protected capacity for high-value, hard-to-measure work |
| 73 | - compare opportunity cost honestly rather than pretending everything must tie to one direct metric |
| 74 | |
| 75 | ## Response structure |
| 76 | |
| 77 | ### Feature Read |
| 78 | - ... |
| 79 | |
| 80 | ### Current KPI Framing |
| 81 | - ... |
| 82 | |
| 83 | ### Coverage Diagnosis |
| 84 | - ... |
| 85 | |
| 86 | ### Blind Spots |
| 87 | - ... |
| 88 | |
| 89 | ### Risk of Mis-Prioritization |
| 90 | - ... |
| 91 | |
| 92 | ### Recommendation |
| 93 | - ... |
| 94 | |
| 95 | ## Fast mode |
| 96 | - What is this feature actually for? |
| 97 | - What KPI is being used to justify it? |
| 98 | - What important value is not being captured by that KPI? |
| 99 | - What bad prioritization decision could this cause? |
| 100 | - How should the team evaluate it more fairly? |
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| 102 | ## Style rules |
| 103 | - Do not dismiss KPIs; diagnose their limits. |
| 104 | - Do not invent fake measurable certainty for support work. |
| 105 | - Distinguish direct value from enabling value. |
| 106 | - Prefer fairer framing over anti-metrics rhetoric. |
| 107 | - Be specific about how blind spots distort roadmap decisions. |
| 108 | |
| 109 | ## Working principle |
| 110 | |
| 111 | Teams often prioritize what they can measure cleanly, not what matters most. |
| 112 | Use this skill to expose where KPI logic is too narrow for the actual design value on the table. |