product-skills: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

product-skills CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from wdavidturner/product-skills. It costs 2,118 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Repository instructions for creating reusable skills for AI agents from podcast transcripts. Each skill is a folder containing guidance, examples and optionally supporting material or automation scripts.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps create, name and structure skill files, including their instructions, example patterns, references and optional scripts.
Why use it?
It explains the required file layout and format, so newly created skills remain consistent and usable by other agents.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions Claude Code.

This is wdavidturner/product-skills's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on product-skills itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything product-skills configures →

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Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to wdavidturner/product-skills. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

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CLAUDE.md · 216 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 216 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Project Purpose

This repository generates skills for AI agents from podcast transcripts. Skills capture product management wisdom, frameworks, and methodologies from industry experts in a portable, reusable format.

Skill Creation

Skills follow the Agent Skills specification — an open format for extending AI agent capabilities. See the skill-creator for methodology.

Required Skill Structure

skill-name/
├── SKILL.md          # Main file with YAML frontmatter + overview
├── patterns/         # Concrete examples showing how to apply the framework
│   ├── _template.md  # Template for creating new patterns
│   └── *.md          # Individual pattern files (bad/good examples)
├── references/       # Optional supporting materials
└── scripts/          # Optional automation scripts

SKILL.md Format

---
name: skill-name          # lowercase, hyphens only, max 64 chars
description: What this skill does and when to use it (max 1024 chars)
---

# Skill Name

[Instructions, workflows, and guidance for AI agents to follow]

Naming constraints: No XML tags, no reserved words (avoid agent-specific brand names).

Source Material

Lenny's Newsletter

The transcripts in this repository are sourced from Lenny's Newsletter, a leading resource for product management, growth, and career advice. Transcripts were shared publicly by Lenny for the community to explore and build upon.

Related resources:

  • Lennybot — An AI chatbot that answers questions based on the entire content of Lenny's Newsletter and podcast episodes. It provides interactive access to practical insights on product, growth, and careers.
  • Lenny's Newsletter — The original newsletter and podcast

Read the full file on GitHub · 216 lines

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product-skills CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository wdavidturner/product-skills (20 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 2,118 tokens to every session, about $0.0106 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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