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`pm-governance` plugin for decision governance within the `pm-skills` ecosystem.

Technical Positioning
Enhancing the `pm-skills` marketplace with a strategic 'decision governance layer' to prevent misdirected development, shifting from pure execution to intelligent pausing and decision-making.
SaaS Insight & Market Implications
This proposal introduces a critical strategic enhancement to the `pm-skills` marketplace: a `pm-governance` plugin. Its core value lies in shifting the focus from mere 'PM execution' to intelligent 'decision governance,' explicitly aiming to prevent 'building the wrong thing at full speed.' The proposed skills and commands address key B2B pain points: premature development, inadequate evaluation, lack of architectural foresight, and quality control. This plugin directly targets the high cost of misaligned product development, positioning `pm-skills` as a more mature, risk-mitigating solution beyond just task automation. It elevates the platform from a collection of tools to a strategic decision-support system.
Proprietary Technical Taxonomy
pm-governance plugin decision governance layer pm-skills ecosystem PM execution clarification-gate honest-evaluator adr-creator instruction-auditor

Raw Developer Origin & Technical Request

Source Icon GitHub Issue Mar 11, 2026
Repo: phuryn/pm-skills
Proposal: New pm-governance plugin — decision governance layer (4 skills, 3 commands)

## Summary

Proposing a new `pm-governance` plugin that adds a **decision governance layer** on top of the existing pm-skills ecosystem. While your plugins handle PM *execution* (what to do), this plugin handles *when to pause and how to decide* — preventing the most expensive PM mistake: building the wrong thing at full speed.

## Proposed Plugin: `pm-governance`

### 4 Skills

| Skill | Description | Auto-invokes when... |
|-------|------------|---------------------|
| `clarification-gate` | Asks max 5 clarifying questions before any build; states assumptions first, then confirms | User says "build", "implement", "create", "design" |
| `honest-evaluator` | 6-part evaluation framework: strengths (specific mechanisms only), fatal flaws, hidden costs, risk heatmap, verdict (BUILD NOW / LATER / DIFFERENTLY), alternative | User says "should we build", "evaluate", "pros and cons" |
| `adr-creator` | Generates Architecture Decision Records with cost analysis at 4 scale tiers (MVP / 10K / 1M / 100M users) | User mentions database, infrastructure, scaling, "X or Y" |
| `instruction-auditor` | Detects anti-patterns in CLAUDE.md and skills (>200 lines, linting rules in CLAUDE.md, vague descriptions) and suggests specific fixes | User asks to review setup or output quality is declining |

### 3 Commands

| Command | Description | What it chains |
|---------|------------|---------------|
| `/act [goal]` | Structured 5-Act experience: Context → Discovery → Design (pause) → Implementation...

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Adjacent Repository Pain Points

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Extracted Positioning
Integration of `pm-skills` marketplace into Claude Desktop via the Cowork plugin UI.
Ensuring seamless installation and access to `pm-skills` plugins within the Claude Desktop environment, facilitating user adoption and expanding the utility of both platforms.
Extracted Positioning
Collaboration between `pm-skills` (PM frameworks) and `PM AI Partner` (agent interaction modes).
Expanding the `pm-skills` ecosystem through complementary integration with `PM AI Partner` to offer a more comprehensive, multi-faceted AI-driven product management solution, combining structured frameworks with dynamic AI interaction modes.
Extracted Positioning
`socratic-questioning` skill for `pm-skills` marketplace.
Enhancing the `pm-skills` marketplace with a 'socratic-questioning' skill to address the critical failure mode of 'solving the wrong problem confidently' by slowing down and challenging assumptions during early product discovery.
Extracted Positioning
Missing "Personal" tab in Claude Desktop's plugin marketplace, preventing custom marketplace integration
Open, extensible agent skills marketplace for Claude Desktop

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