What do I need to use Strategy Memo?

The strategic question; The situation; The bet; The trade-offs.

Is Strategy Memo free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Strategy Memo

Q: How do I know the Strategy Memo output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: The diagnosis is honest about the real position, not aspirational; The bet states what it assumes to be true — it's falsifiable; There's an explicit "what we're NOT doing" list with real sacrifices; The actions are few and coherent (mutually reinforcing), not an everything-list.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-06-24 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-business

Write a strategy memo that commits to a bet and says what you won't do. Use when asked to write a strategy memo, articulate a strategy, make the case for a strategic direction, or align the team on where to focus. Produces a strategy memo — the strategic question, the diagnosis, the bet/approach, why now, explicit non-goals (what we're NOT doing), how we'll know it's working, and the risks.

📚 Based on Good Strategy / Bad Strategy — Richard Rumelt (diagnosis · guiding policy · coherent action)

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What to give it

▸The strategic question — the choice or challenge this memo resolves.

▸The situation — the honest diagnosis: the market, the competition, your real position and constraints.

▸The bet — the approach you're choosing and what it's betting on being true.

▸The trade-offs — what you'll deliberately not do or de-prioritise to make the bet.

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓The diagnosis is honest about the real position, not aspirational

✓The bet states what it assumes to be true — it's falsifiable

✓There's an explicit "what we're NOT doing" list with real sacrifices

✓The actions are few and coherent (mutually reinforcing), not an everything-list

✓Leading indicators are named so you learn early whether it's working

✓"Why now" is answered — the timing is justified

⚠️ What it refuses to do

Do not write goals and call it strategy — "grow revenue, delight customers" is a wish list, not a bet

Do not skip the non-goals — a strategy that sacrifices nothing commits to nothing

Do not build on a flattering diagnosis — naming the uncomfortable truth is the hardest and most important part

Do not list every initiative — coherent actions reinforce one bet; a long list dilutes it

Do not leave the bet unfalsifiable — if no evidence could prove it wrong, it can't be pressure-tested

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

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