# proto-persona

> Claude/Codex skill by [@deanpeters](https://omgskills.com/library/deanpeters/index.md) · 7.5k stars · Updated 2026-10-16

Create a proto-persona from current research, market signals, and team knowledge. Use when you need a working customer profile before deeper validation.

Tags: ai-agents, ai-product-management, claude-skills, pm-frameworks, product-management

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills /tmp/Product-Manager-Skills && ln -s /tmp/Product-Manager-Skills/skills/proto-persona ~/.claude/skills/proto-persona
```

## From README

Purpose Create an initial, assumption-based persona profile that synthesizes available user research, market data, and stakeholder knowledge into a working hypothesis about your target user. Use this to align teams early in product development, guide initial design decisions, and identify gaps in understanding that require validation through research. This is not a validated persona—it's a "proto" (prototype) persona that evolves as you learn more. Think of it as a structured placeholder that prevents design-by-committee while acknowledging you don't have all the answers yet. Input Works best with: The target user or segment you need a working profile for. Also useful: Whatever signal exists — support themes, sales anecdotes, analytics, prior research — plus the decision the persona will guide. Anything supplied with the invocation itself — text after the skill name, a pasted context dump, or an appended ARGUMENTS: line — counts as answers already given.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/skills/deanpeters/product-manager-skills/proto-persona/
- GitHub: https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills
- Author: [@deanpeters](https://omgskills.com/library/deanpeters/index.md)

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