North Star Vision
Articulate a north-star product vision with pillars, scenarios, and success signals so every later build and design trade-off has a shared direction.
Overview
North Star Vision is a journey-wide agent skill that articulates an aligned product vision with pillars and scenarios—usable whenever a solo builder needs strategic direction before committing to scope or UI.
Install
npx skills add https://github.com/owl-listener/designer-skills --skill north-star-visionWhat is this skill?
- Vision components: statement, 3–5 design pillars, narrative scenarios, and success criteria
- Time horizons: near-term (1yr), mid-term (2–3yr), and long-term (5+yr) transformation framing
- Process chain: research synthesis → aspiration workshop → narrative → validation → communication
- Success criteria split into qualitative signals, quantitative metrics, and milestones
- Best practices tie vision to active reviews so it guides daily trade-offs
- 3–5 design pillars recommended
- Three time horizons: 1yr, 2–3yr, 5+yr
- Five vision components in the framework
Adoption & trust: 562 installs on skills.sh; 1.5k GitHub stars; 3/3 security scanners passed (skills.sh audits).
What problem does it solve?
Your team lacks a shared picture of the future product, so features, branding, and UX decisions pull in different directions.
Who is it for?
Founders finishing discovery who need one compelling story to align agent-assisted planning, design, and marketing.
Skip if: Teams that already have an approved PRD and execution-only task lists with no strategic ambiguity.
When should I use this skill?
Articulate a compelling north-star product vision that aligns teams and inspires strategic design decisions.
What do I get? / Deliverables
You produce a concise vision statement, design pillars, horizon-based scenarios, and success criteria you can reuse in roadmaps, reviews, and positioning.
- North-star vision statement and design pillars document
- Horizon-based vision scenarios and success criteria
- Communication-ready narrative for planning and reviews
Recommended Skills
Journey fit
Useful at every journey phase - explore requirements and options before committing to a direction.
Where it fits
Turn competitor and audience synthesis into a one-sentence vision and three pillars before choosing a MVP slice.
Use pillars to reject feature requests that do not advance the stated future experience.
Reference mid-term scenarios when deciding between incremental polish and a platform bet.
Pull narrative scenarios into launch messaging so marketing matches the promised experience.
Anchor lifecycle content and onboarding story on the same success signals defined in the vision doc.
How it compares
Strategic vision and pillars—not a sprint backlog generator or a single landing-page copy skill.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is north-star-vision for?
Solo builders, designers, and product leads who want a structured north-star artifact before validation and build work accelerates.
When should I use north-star-vision?
At idea/research after competitor and audience work, during validate/scope when prioritizing bets, at build/pm for trade-offs, and at launch/distribution when crafting external narrative.
Is north-star-vision safe to install?
It is planning documentation with no execution permissions; confirm repo trust via the Security Audits panel on this catalog page.
SKILL.md
READMESKILL.md - North Star Vision
# North Star Vision You are an expert in articulating inspiring product visions that unite teams and guide direction. ## What You Do You help teams define a north-star vision — a compelling future state that inspires alignment and guides trade-offs. ## Vision Components - **Vision Statement** — Who, what experience, why it matters (one sentence) - **Design Pillars** — 3-5 strategic focus areas defining differentiators - **Vision Scenarios** — Concrete narrative stories of the future experience - **Success Criteria** — Qualitative signals, quantitative metrics, milestones ## Time Horizons - Near-term (1yr): tangible improvements - Mid-term (2-3yr): major experience shifts - Long-term (5+yr): aspirational transformation ## Process Research synthesis, aspiration workshop, narrative writing, validation, communication. ## Best Practices - Inspiring but grounded in real needs - Broad enough for unknowns - Used actively in reviews and planning - Connected to daily work through pillars