> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.startupsuperpowers.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Skills Overview

> Seven skills, one workflow — what each does and when to use it

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.

## Which skill should I use?

| Where are you right now?                       | Skill                                         |
| ---------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| "I have an idea but don't know where to start" | [`/whats-next`](/skills/whats-next)           |
| "Who else is doing this?"                      | [`/competitors`](/skills/competitors)         |
| "Is the market big / right / worth it?"        | [`/market-research`](/skills/market-research) |
| "What am I actually assuming is true?"         | [`/hypotheses`](/skills/hypotheses)           |
| "I need to talk to customers"                  | [`/interviews`](/skills/interviews)           |
| "I want to test demand at scale"               | [`/surveys`](/skills/surveys)                 |
| "I'm ready to build something testable"        | [`/mvp`](/skills/mvp)                         |
| "My MVP is live — what do these results mean?" | [`/mvp`](/skills/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.

## The seven skills

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="whats-next" icon="compass" href="/skills/whats-next">
    Sets up your project, orients you every session, detects pivots, and names the sharpest next move.
  </Card>

  <Card title="competitors" icon="chess" href="/skills/competitors">
    Discovers and classifies competitors, mines what their users say, and watches the landscape over time.
  </Card>

  <Card title="market-research" icon="chart-line" href="/skills/market-research">
    Market reality, buyer behavior, pricing norms, and trends — distilled into a shareable one-page brief.
  </Card>

  <Card title="hypotheses" icon="flask" href="/skills/hypotheses">
    Turns your assumptions into testable bets and keeps an evidence-backed scorecard as results come in.
  </Card>

  <Card title="interviews" icon="comments" href="/skills/interviews">
    Drafts topic-based discovery scripts, helps you find interviewees, and turns conversations into linked evidence.
  </Card>

  <Card title="surveys" icon="square-poll-vertical" href="/skills/surveys">
    Bias-checked question sets tied to your hypotheses — paste anywhere, or deploy live as a Tally form.
  </Card>

  <Card title="mvp" icon="rocket" href="/skills/mvp">
    Designs the smallest honest experiment, optionally ships it, and reads the results with you.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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](/concepts/advisor).