What industry standards is this skill grounded in?

It is grounded in the AIPMM (Association of International Product Marketing and Management) standards and the Lean Analytics framework by Croll & Yoskovitz.

How does this skill help avoid vanity metrics?

The skill enforces a metrics hierarchy that prioritizes actionable quality and retention indicators over high-volume data that doesn't correlate with business growth.

Can I use this for experiment planning?

Yes, it provides a structured output artifact including baseline establishment, target setting, success criteria, and review cadences for experiments.

Does it support cohort analysis?

Yes, the skill includes domain context for tracking specific user groups over time to identify behavior patterns and causation.

Product Metrics Framework

Name: Product Metrics Framework
Author: sethdford

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Analytics & Monitoring

Develops data-driven metrics hierarchies and experimentation plans to measure product performance and user behavior effectively.

The Product Metrics Framework skill empowers product managers and developers to transition from gut-feeling decisions to data-informed strategies. It facilitates the creation of structured measurement frameworks, identifying the critical path from high-level North Star metrics to operational leading indicators. By leveraging industry-standard practices from AIPMM and Lean Analytics, this skill helps teams avoid the trap of vanity metrics, design rigorous experiments, and perform cohort analysis to understand the true impact of product changes on user behavior and business growth.

Key Features

01Strategic metrics hierarchy mapping (North Star to Diagnostic)

02Mitigation of vanity metrics and over-tracking anti-patterns

03Cohort analysis and user group segmentation

04Identification of leading vs. lagging indicators

055 GitHub stars

06Experimental design and velocity tracking

Use Cases

01Establishing a success measurement plan for a new feature launch

02Analyzing a drop in retention using diagnostic metrics

03Designing a structured A/B test or experimentation roadmap

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add sethdford/claude-skills metrics-framework

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

Key Features

01Strategic metrics hierarchy mapping (North Star to Diagnostic)

02Mitigation of vanity metrics and over-tracking anti-patterns

03Cohort analysis and user group segmentation

04Identification of leading vs. lagging indicators

055 GitHub stars

06Experimental design and velocity tracking

Use Cases

01Establishing a success measurement plan for a new feature launch

02Analyzing a drop in retention using diagnostic metrics

03Designing a structured A/B test or experimentation roadmap

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add sethdford/claude-skills metrics-framework

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT