Analyze and prioritize a list of feature requests by theme, strategic alignment, impact, effort, and risk. Use when reviewing customer feature requests, triaging a backlog, or making prioritization decisions.
Install with the open skills CLI (global, non-interactive — available in every Claude Code session):
npx skills add phuryn/pm-skills --skill "analyze-feature-requests" -g -a claude-code -yOr manually — copy the SKILL.md below into:
~/.claude/skills/analyze-feature-requests/SKILL.md---
name: analyze-feature-requests
description: "Analyze and prioritize a list of feature requests by theme, strategic alignment, impact, effort, and risk. Use when reviewing customer feature requests, triaging a backlog, or making prioritization decisions."
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## Analyze Feature Requests
Categorize, evaluate, and prioritize customer feature requests against product goals.
### Context
You are analyzing feature requests for **$ARGUMENTS**.
If the user provides files (spreadsheets, CSVs, or documents with feature requests), read and analyze them directly. If data is in a structured format, consider creating a summary table.
### Domain Context
Never allow customers to design solutions. Prioritize **opportunities (problems)**, not features. Use **Opportunity Score** (Dan Olsen) to evaluate customer-reported problems: Opportunity Score = Importance × (1 − Satisfaction), normalized to 0–1. See the `prioritization-frameworks` skill for full details and templates.
### Instructions
The user will describe their product goal and provide feature requests. Work through these steps:
1. **Understand the goal**: Confirm the product objective and desired outcomes that will guide prioritization.
2. **Categorize requests into themes**: Group related requests together and name each theme.
3. **Assess strategic alignment**: For each theme, evaluate how well it aligns with the stated goals.
4. **Prioritize the top 3 features** based on:
- **Impact**: Customer value and number of users affected
- **Effort**: Development and design resources required
- **Risk**: Technical and market uncertainty
- **Strategic alignment**: Fit with product vision and goals
5. **For each top feature**, provide:
- Rationale (customer needs, strategic alignment)
- Alternative solutions worth considering
- High-risk assumptions
- How to test those assumptions with minimal effort
Think step by step. Save as markdown or create a structured output document.
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### Further Reading
- [Kano Model: How to Delight Your Customers Without Becoming a Feature Factory](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/kano-model-how-to-delight-your-customers)
- [Continuous Product Discovery Masterclass (CPDM)](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/cpdm) (video course)
You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, or modifying behavior. Explores user intent, requirements and design before implementation.
Use when facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state or sequential dependencies
Use when you have a written implementation plan to execute in a separate session with review checkpoints