Lenny Skills

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lenny-skills

Product management and design-adjacent skills distilled from Lenny Rachitsky's podcast and newsletter archive, with named frameworks, checklists, and templates per skill. The catalogue installs the design-relevant ones: customer interviews, continuous discovery, feedback analysis, product reviews, onboarding and activation, PRDs, growth model, product taste, AI-native UX, and AI-assisted prototyping. The full library covers strategy, hiring, growth, and leadership too.

Overview

Publisher	podo
Repository	`design-agent-skills`
Skill name	`lenny-skills`
Stars	27
Forks	3
Bundled files	1
License	MIT
Links	Skill source Repository Homepage

Markdown instructions
A SKILL.md file the model loads on demand, so it only costs tokens when a request actually matches.
Works with any LLM
AI skills are plain Markdown, not provider-specific code, so this works with GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model.
1 bundled files
Scripts, templates, and references the model can read while it works. Files are read-only and never executed.
Open source
Published by podo on GitHub. Read the source before you install it.

Installation

Install the Lenny Skills AI skill in TypingMind to use it with any LLM, or drop it into another agent that reads SKILL.md.

Install in TypingMind

TypingMind installs a skill straight from its GitHub folder — it reads SKILL.md, bundles the resource files, and stores the result locally.

Open the app and go to Plugins → Skills.
Choose "Install from GitHub".
Paste the skill folder URL below and confirm.
https://github.com/podo/design-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/lenny-skills
Enable the skill in any chat where you want it available.

Plugins → Skills → Add skill → From GitHub URL, then paste the folder URL and press Continue.

Install in another agent

Any agent that reads the Agent Skills format can use this skill — copy the folder into that agent's skills directory.

Claude Code — .claude/skills

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/podo/design-agent-skills.git /tmp/design-agent-skills
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/design-agent-skills/skills/lenny-skills .claude/skills/lenny-skills

Restart Claude Code after copying so it picks up the new skill.

Use it in TypingMind

Enable Lenny Skills in any TypingMind chat and the model takes it from there. Its name and description sit in the system prompt, and the moment a request matches, the model loads the full instructions itself — you never invoke it by hand, and it costs no tokens until it is actually used.

The model loads Lenny Skills on its own as soon as a request matches it.

Works with any AI model

AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so Lenny Skills is not tied to the model it was written for. Install it once in TypingMind and use it with GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama, or a local model you run yourself — all on your own API keys.

Loaded only when it is needed
The system prompt carries just the name and description. The instructions are fetched on the first matching request, so an idle skill costs nothing.
Switch models mid-chat
Because the skill is instructions rather than code, changing model does not break it — the next model reads the same SKILL.md.

Skill instructions

This is the SKILL.md content the model loads. Read it before installing — a skill is instructions your model will follow.

lenny-skills

Catalogue stub — full package: RefoundAI/lenny-skills

Decision tree

Is the full skill already installed? This package installs 10 skills (customer-interviews, continuous-discovery, analyzing-user-feedback, product-reviews, user-onboarding-activation, writing-prds, growth-model, product-taste, ai-native-ux, ai-assisted-prototyping); checking the first.
- Global: f=~/.agents/skills/customer-interviews/SKILL.md; [ -f "$f" ] && ! grep -q "^das:" "$f" && echo "installed" || echo "pointer"
- Project: f=.agents/skills/customer-interviews/SKILL.md; [ -f "$f" ] && ! grep -q "^das:" "$f" && echo "installed" || echo "pointer"
- installed → the skill is installed as customer-interviews, invoke it and proceed
- pointer → go to step 2

Detect scope, then install:

bash
[ -e ~/.agents/skills/lenny-skills ] && echo "global" || echo "project"

Global:

bash
npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill customer-interviews continuous-discovery analyzing-user-feedback product-reviews user-onboarding-activation writing-prds growth-model product-taste ai-native-ux ai-assisted-prototyping -g -y

Project:

bash
npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill customer-interviews continuous-discovery analyzing-user-feedback product-reviews user-onboarding-activation writing-prds growth-model product-taste ai-native-ux ai-assisted-prototyping -y

Claude Code: send a command as a chat message starting with ! to run it without leaving the conversation.

Heads-up

License: MIT

Invoke after install

Skill names: customer-interviews, continuous-discovery, analyzing-user-feedback, product-reviews, user-onboarding-activation, writing-prds, growth-model, product-taste, ai-native-ux, ai-assisted-prototyping
Invoke by name (for example /customer-interviews) or just describe the task and the matching skill triggers.

What it does

Each skill packages the frameworks and templates that Lenny's guests and posts actually use, with sourced insights. The skills installed here:

Skill	Best for
`customer-interviews`	Interview scripts, moderation, uncovering pain and behavioral triggers
`continuous-discovery`	Turning customer feedback into a steady engine for product decisions
`analyzing-user-feedback`	Feedback triage, pattern detection, prioritization
`product-reviews`	Facilitating product reviews as strategic deep-dives on craft and alignment instead of status updates
`user-onboarding-activation`	First-run experience, removing friction, reaching the first moment of core value
`writing-prds`	Turning ideas into specs that align engineering and design on the problem and success metrics
`growth-model`	Moving from funnel thinking to a loop-based growth model
`product-taste`	Building a reliable internal compass for what good looks like
`ai-native-ux`	Designing interfaces for probabilistic models: intent, agency, trust, and control
`ai-assisted-prototyping`	Building functional prototypes from natural language or mocks with AI coding tools

The upstream repo holds many more skills (strategy, pricing, positioning, hiring, fundraising, career). They have generic names, so they are left out of the default install; add any of them by listing its name after --skill.

When NOT to use

Deep qualitative research methodology → use user-research-cookiy
PM frameworks / Triple Diamond → use pm-skills
JTBD personas + PRD templates → use phuryn-pm-skills or deanpeters-pm-skills
Product positioning / messaging → use product-position

Bundled files

The model reads these on demand while the skill is loaded. They are exposed as readable files and are never executed.

stub.yaml1 KB

Frequently asked questions

What does the Lenny Skills AI skill do?

Why use Lenny Skills on TypingMind?

Because you install it once and use it with any model. Lenny Skills is plain Markdown rather than provider-specific code, so the same skill runs on GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model — and you can switch model mid-chat without it breaking. TypingMind runs on your own API keys, so you pay providers directly instead of a per-seat subscription, and your skills and chats stay in your own storage.

How do I install Lenny Skills in TypingMind?

Open Plugins → Skills → Install from GitHub in TypingMind and paste https://github.com/podo/design-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/lenny-skills. TypingMind reads its SKILL.md and bundles its files and installs it as a skill you can enable per chat.

Which AI models can use Lenny Skills?

Any model you connect in TypingMind. AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and local models can all load this skill when a request matches it.

How many AI models can I use with Lenny Skills?

As many as you like. As long as a model supports skills, you can use Lenny Skills with it — GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama and more — all on TypingMind with your own API keys.

Is the Lenny Skills AI skill free?

Yes. It is published on GitHub by podo under the MIT license. You only pay your own AI provider for the tokens you use.

What are AI skills?

An AI skill is a reusable instruction bundle that teaches an AI model how to do one specific task. It follows the open Agent Skills format: a SKILL.md file with a name and description, plus any scripts, templates or reference files the model may need. The model reads the instructions only when your request matches the skill, so an installed skill costs nothing until it is used.

How are AI skills different from plugins or MCP servers?

A plugin or MCP server gives a model new tools to call — code that runs somewhere and returns a result. An AI skill gives the model knowledge and process instead: how to approach a task, which steps to follow, what good output looks like. Skills are plain Markdown, so they need no server, no API key and no runtime, and they work with any model.

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Overview

Installation

Install in TypingMind

Install in another agent

Use it in TypingMind

Works with any AI model

Skill instructions

lenny-skills

Decision tree

Invoke after install

What it does

When NOT to use

Bundled files

Frequently asked questions

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