Simulate stakeholder objections and generate failure narratives for project plans.
npx skills add https://github.com/mihai-chiorean/inc --skill pre-mortem-mihai-chiorean
Please help me install this Agent Skill. Skill: pre-mortem Source: https://github.com/mihai-chiorean/inc/tree/main/skills/pre-mortem Command: npx skills add https://github.com/mihai-chiorean/inc --skill pre-mortem-mihai-chiorean
This skill prevents project failure by forcing a rigorous, YC-style review of plans, startup ideas, and product launches to expose hidden risks before commitment.
Invoke the pre-mortem skill by providing your project plan or idea to receive a comprehensive failure-first review and mitigation strategy.
High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.
A pre-mortem analysis is a strategic diagnostic review that simulates project failure before commitment. It generates plausible failure narratives and simulates stakeholder objections to expose hidden risks in your product roadmap or startup idea early.
To conduct a risk assessment for a product roadmap, simulate stakeholder objections and generate failure narratives. This structured review identifies high-leverage failure modes and defines testable assumptions to validate your strategy and mitigate risks.
Yes, you can use failure analysis to test internal project plans. The process simulates pushback from engineering, leadership, and customers, creating a risk register that ranks failure modes by severity and provides actionable mitigations.
The best way to identify hidden risks in a startup idea is a YC-style blunt review. By simulating how the startup could fail within a specific timeframe, you surface critical objections and define testable assumptions for effective risk reduction.
No, a pre-mortem risk assessment requires no external code execution or integrations. It focuses entirely on strategic diagnostic review by simulating stakeholder objections and generating failure narratives to produce actionable plan updates.
You should avoid a pre-mortem strategy review if your project lacks a defined plan or roadmap to evaluate. The analysis operates by reviewing existing plans to simulate failure narratives and generate a testable risk matrix.
CarbeneAIReview product plans in four modes to challenge assumptions and recommend scope changes.
riethmayerIdentify failure modes in plans, prompts, or strategies by reasoning backward from outcomes.
edwardmonteiroTranslate strategy into a sequenced delivery roadmap with risks and stakeholder communication.
ronniepinnellWrite a hypothetical post-mortem to identify and categorize project risks.
