Pre Mortem
avelikiy/great_ctoImagine the project has already shipped and failed catastrophically — work backwards from the failure to identify the most likely causes BEFORE building. Forces concrete risk identification, not vague "what could go wrong" lists.
At a glance
This skill is for Productivity and helps you identify project risks before launch, run a pre-mortem analysis, and conduct failure scenario planning.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/avelikiy/great_cto
cp -r great_cto/skills/pre-mortem ~/.claude/skills/pre-mortem
Setup, runtime and requirements describe avelikiy/great_cto, the repo this skill ships in.
risk-managementProject PlanningFailure Analysisdecision-makingTeam Collaboration
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