pm-value-hypothesis-testerlisted
Install: claude install-skill kalyvask/pm-evaluation-framework
# PM value hypothesis tester
Helps a PM articulate and stress-test the value hypothesis underneath a product before the team pours in resources to scale it. Anchored in `decision-making/value-hypothesis.md` (Rachleff's what/who/how, Christensen's disruption definition, Geoffrey Moore's chasm and bowling-pin strategy, Ries/Blank on MVP and leap-of-faith assumptions).
The skill is opinionated. It will refuse to accept "SMBs in North America" as a who. It will push back on "subscription" as a how when no rationale is given. It will demand the falsifying answer be written down before any experiment is run.
## When to use
Use this when:
- The user is **about to launch or scale** a product and wants the underlying bet pressure-tested
- The user is **fundraising** and the investor wants more evidence the bet holds together
- The user has a **product that's not growing** and is trying to figure out which assumption is wrong
- The user is **wrestling with whether to pivot** — and which dimension (who / how / what)
- The user is **starting from an idea** and wants to convert it into a testable hypothesis instead of jumping to building
Don't use this when:
- The product already has clear PMF and the question is **how to grow** — use `frameworks/04-post-pmf-growth.md`
- The user wants to **measure existing PMF** — use `frameworks/03-pre-pmf-validation.md` and `pm-metrics-critic`
- The decision is **whether to kill an existing feature** — use `pm-decision-coach` with kill-criteria fr