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Validation is rarely a straight line. /whats-next sits at the centre — it orients you, dispatches the right skill, and updates the plan based on what you discover. 
                    ┌──────────────────────┐
                    │     /whats-next      │   ← always start here
          ┌────────►│   orient & re-plan   │   ← always come back
          │         └──────────┬───────────┘
          │                    │
          │  ┌────────────┬────┴─────┬──────────┬────────────┐
          │  ▼            ▼          ▼          ▼            ▼
          │ /competitors /market-  /hypo-   /interviews  /surveys
          │               research  theses
          │  │            │          │          │            │
          │  └────────────┴────┬─────┴──────────┴────────────┘
          │                    ▼
          │           ┌──────────────────────┐
          │           │         /mvp         │
          │           │  design → ship →     │
          └───────────┤  measure → learn     │
   persevere /        └──────────────────────┘
   iterate / pivot
The MVP isn’t the finish line — it’s a learning instrument. Once it’s live you measure against its success criteria and the loop closes back to /whats-next: persevere, iterate the experiment, or pivot.

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Which skill should I use?

Where are you right now?Skill
”I have an idea but don’t know where to start”/whats-next
”Who else is doing this?”/competitors
”Is the market big / right / worth it?”/market-research
”What am I actually assuming is true?”/hypotheses
”I need to talk to customers”/interviews
”I want to test demand at scale”/surveys
”I’m ready to build something testable”/mvp
”My MVP is live — what do these results mean?”/mvp
When in doubt, run /whats-next and let the planner pick. You don’t need to memorise the commands, either — skills auto-activate from natural language. “Who else is solving the invoice-tracking problem?” routes to /competitors on its own.

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The seven skills

whats-next

Sets up your project, orients you every session, detects pivots, and names the sharpest next move.

competitors

Discovers and classifies competitors, mines what their users say, and watches the landscape over time.

market-research

Market reality, buyer behavior, pricing norms, and trends — distilled into a shareable one-page brief.

hypotheses

Turns your assumptions into testable bets and keeps an evidence-backed scorecard as results come in.

interviews

Drafts topic-based discovery scripts, helps you find interviewees, and turns conversations into linked evidence.

surveys

Bias-checked question sets tied to your hypotheses — paste anywhere, or deploy live as a Tally form.

mvp

Designs the smallest honest experiment, optionally ships it, and reads the results with you.
All skills work both inside the guided plan (driven by /whats-next) and standalone à la carte. The behaviors they share — one question at a time, propose-before-write, bias-isolated analysis — are covered in How the advisor works.