Agent skill · product strategy · yonatangross
okr-design
OKR trees, KPIs, North Star metric, leading and lagging indicators, experiment guardrails. Use when setting goals or success metrics.
Why this skill is useful
Provides a structured framework for defining and measuring team goals and success metrics that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
About 4k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 215 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
OKR Design & Metrics Framework Structure goals, decompose metrics into KPI trees, identify leading indicators, and design rigorous experiments. OKR Structure Objectives are qualitative and inspiring. Key Results are quantitative and outcome-focused — never a list of outputs. OKR Quality Checks Check Objective Key Result ------- ----------- ------------ Has a number NO YES Inspiring / energizing YES not required Outcome-focused (not "ship X features") YES YES 70% achievable (stretch, not sandbagged) YES YES Aligned to higher-level goal YES YES See references/okr-workshop-guide.md for a full facilitation agenda (3-4 hours, dot voting, finalization template). See rules/metrics-okr.md for pitfalls and alignment cascade patterns. --- KPI Tree & North Star Decompose the top-level metric into components with clear cause-effect relationships. North Star + Input Metrics Template North Star Selection by Business Type Business North Star Example Why ---------- -------------------- ----- SaaS Weekly Active Users Indicates ongoing value delivery Marketplace Gross Merchandise Value Captures both buyer and seller sides Media Time spent Engagement signals content value E-commerce Purchase frequency Repeat = satisfaction See rules/metrics-kpi-trees.md for the full revenue and product health KPI tree examples. --- Leading vs Lagging Indicators Every lagging metric you want to improve needs 2-3 leading predictors. Indicator Review Cadence Action Timeline ----------- ---------------- ----------------- Leading Daily / Weekly Immediate course correction Lagging Monthly / Quarterly Strategic adjustments See rules/metrics-leading-lagging.md for a balanced dashboard template. --- Metric Instrumentation Every metric needs a formal definition before instrumentation. Event naming: objectaction in snakecase — usersignedup, featureactivated, subscriptionupgraded. See rules/metrics-instrumentation.md for the full metric definition template, alerting thresholds, and dashboard design principles. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills yonatangross/okr-design--2aff12