User Stories

What it does

This skill helps AI agents generate user stories aligned with the "Product on Purpose" framework, ensuring they focus on desired outcomes and avoid feature-based thinking. It facilitates crafting concise, value-driven statements that articulate a user's need and the benefit derived from addressing it. The generated user stories emphasize why something is being built, rather than just what will be built.

When to use it

• Early product definition: Use this skill when initially outlining a new product or feature to ensure focus on user value.
• Reframing requirements: If existing requirements are overly technical or feature-focused, leverage the skill to translate them into user-centric stories.
• Prioritization discussions: Employ generated user stories as a basis for prioritizing development efforts based on potential impact.
• Alignment across teams: Share these user stories with engineering, design, and marketing to ensure everyone understands the underlying user need.

Key capabilities

• Generates user stories focused on desired outcomes.
• Emphasizes "why" over "what" in feature development.
• Aligns with the Product on Purpose framework.
• Creates concise, value-driven statements.

Example prompts

• “Generate a user story for a mobile app that helps users track their daily water intake.”
• “Create a user story explaining why we need to improve the checkout process on our e-commerce site.”
• "Write a user story focused on the benefit of implementing two-factor authentication."

Tips & gotchas

The quality of generated user stories depends heavily on the clarity and focus of your initial prompt. Providing context about the target user and desired outcome will yield better results.