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Lean UX Canvas by nandanosql — Agent Skill

Name: Lean UX Canvas
Author: nandanosql

File contents

Purpose

Facilitate a Lean UX Canvas session — linking business problems, user segments, user outcomes, solutions, and hypotheses into a one-page alignment tool that ensures the whole team is solving the same problem the same way.

Application

Turn 1: Business Problem

Agent asks: "What business problem are we trying to solve?"

**Business Problem:**
[What is the business losing/missing? Revenue, efficiency, retention?]

Turn 2: Business Outcomes

Agent asks: "What measurable business outcome would signal we've solved this?"

**Business Outcomes:**
- [Outcome 1 — e.g., "Increase trial-to-paid conversion by 5%"]
- [Outcome 2]

Turn 3: Users & Customers

Agent asks: "Who are the users affected? Which segment matters most?"

**Users:**
- Primary: [Persona/segment]
- Secondary: [Persona/segment]

Turn 4: User Benefits / Outcomes

Agent asks: "What user outcomes would drive the business outcomes above?"

**User Outcomes:**
- [Users can accomplish X faster]
- [Users understand Y without help]

Turn 5: Solution Ideas

Agent asks: "What solution ideas do we have? List 3+ without judgment."

**Solutions:**
1. [Solution A]
2. [Solution B]
3. [Solution C]

Turn 6: Hypotheses

Agent asks: "Let's turn the top solution into a testable hypothesis."

**Hypothesis:**
We believe that [solution]
for [user segment]
will achieve [user outcome]
which will result in [business outcome].

We'll know we're right when [measurable signal].
We'll know we're wrong when [failure signal].

Turn 7: MVP / Experiment

Agent asks: "What's the cheapest way to test this hypothesis?"

**Experiment:**
- Type: [Prototype / Fake door / Concierge / A/B test]
- Duration: [X days/weeks]
- Success metric: [Specific threshold]

Output: Complete Lean UX Canvas

# Lean UX Canvas: [Initiative]

| Section | Content |
|---------|---------|
| **Business Problem** | [From Turn 1] |
| **Business Outcomes** | [From Turn 2] |
| **Users** | [From Turn 3] |
| **User Outcomes** | [From Turn 4] |
| **Solutions** | [From Turn 5] |
| **Hypothesis** | [From Turn 6] |
| **MVP / Experiment** | [From Turn 7] |

Quality Rubric

Dimension	0	1	2
Problem-Solution Fit	Solution looking for a problem	Problem stated, solution assumed	Clear causal chain: problem → outcome → solution
Hypothesis	No hypothesis	Vague	Specific + testable + falsifiable
Experiment	"Build it and see"	Basic validation plan	Cheapest possible test with success criteria

References

Related Skills

skills/specification/opportunity-solution-tree/SKILL.md — Complementary framework
skills/planning/epic-hypothesis/SKILL.md — Hypothesis format
skills/growth/ab-test-design/SKILL.md — Experiment design

External Frameworks

Jeff Gothelf & Josh Seiden, Lean UX (2013)

Skill type: Interactive Domain: Specification & Design

---name: lean-ux-canvasdescription: Facilitate a Lean UX Canvas session — linking business outcomes, users, outcomes, solutions, and hypotheses into a one-page alignment tool for cross-functional teams.---## PurposeFacilitate a **Lean UX Canvas session** — linking business problems, user segments, user outcomes, solutions, and hypotheses into a one-page alignment tool that ensures the whole team is solving the same problem the same way.---## Application### Turn 1: Business Problem**Agent asks:** "What business problem are we trying to solve?"```markdown**Business Problem:**[What is the business losing/missing? Revenue, efficiency, retention?]```### Turn 2: Business Outcomes**Agent asks:** "What measurable business outcome would signal we've solved this?"```markdown**Business Outcomes:**- [Outcome 1 — e.g., "Increase trial-to-paid conversion by 5%"]- [Outcome 2]```### Turn 3: Users & Customers**Agent asks:** "Who are the users affected? Which segment matters most?"```markdown**Users:**- Primary: [Persona/segment]- Secondary: [Persona/segment]```### Turn 4: User Benefits / Outcomes**Agent asks:** "What user outcomes would drive the business outcomes above?"```markdown**User Outcomes:**- [Users can accomplish X faster]- [Users understand Y without help]```### Turn 5: Solution Ideas**Agent asks:** "What solution ideas do we have? List 3+ without judgment."```markdown**Solutions:**1. [Solution A]2. [Solution B]3. [Solution C]```### Turn 6: Hypotheses**Agent asks:** "Let's turn the top solution into a testable hypothesis."```markdown**Hypothesis:**We believe that [solution]for [user segment]will achieve [user outcome]which will result in [business outcome].We'll know we're right when [measurable signal].We'll know we're wrong when [failure signal].```### Turn 7: MVP / Experiment**Agent asks:** "What's the cheapest way to test this hypothesis?"```markdown**Experiment:**- Type: [Prototype / Fake door / Concierge / A/B test]- Duration: [X days/weeks]- Success metric: [Specific threshold]```### Output: Complete Lean UX Canvas```markdown# Lean UX Canvas: [Initiative]| Section | Content ||---------|---------|| **Business Problem** | [From Turn 1] || **Business Outcomes** | [From Turn 2] || **Users** | [From Turn 3] || **User Outcomes** | [From Turn 4] || **Solutions** | [From Turn 5] || **Hypothesis** | [From Turn 6] || **MVP / Experiment** | [From Turn 7] |```---## Quality Rubric| Dimension | 0 | 1 | 2 ||-----------|---|---|---|| **Problem-Solution Fit** | Solution looking for a problem | Problem stated, solution assumed | Clear causal chain: problem → outcome → solution || **Hypothesis** | No hypothesis | Vague | Specific + testable + falsifiable || **Experiment** | "Build it and see" | Basic validation plan | Cheapest possible test with success criteria |---## References### Related Skills- `skills/specification/opportunity-solution-tree/SKILL.md` — Complementary framework- `skills/planning/epic-hypothesis/SKILL.md` — Hypothesis format- `skills/growth/ab-test-design/SKILL.md` — Experiment design### External Frameworks- Jeff Gothelf & Josh Seiden, *Lean UX* (2013)---**Skill type:** Interactive**Domain:** Specification & Design

Frequently asked questions

Lean UX Canvas