Signals Synthesis Skill

Procedural guidance for synthesizing signals across Slack, Linear, HubSpot, transcripts, and other sources.

When to Use

• Running /synthesize [topic]

• Running /synthesize --all

• Investigating persona-specific or source-specific patterns

Inputs

• Topic or filter (--persona , --source , date range)

• Signal corpus in pm-workspace-docs/signals/

• Optional hypothesis index in pm-workspace-docs/hypotheses/_index.json

Workflow

• Load signals and apply requested filters.

• Group by recurring problems, requested outcomes, and affected persona.

• Separate open problems from tracked, in-progress, or resolved items.

• Score signal strength:

• Strong : 5+ occurrences, 3+ sources, multiple personas

• Moderate : 3-4 occurrences, 2+ sources

• Weak : 1-2 occurrences, single source

• Match themes to existing hypotheses where possible.

• Propose net-new hypotheses only when evidence is strong enough.

Required Output

• Executive summary

• Theme clusters with evidence

• Signal strength table

• Existing hypothesis matches

• New hypothesis candidates

• Recommended actions and owners

Save Location

• pm-workspace-docs/research/synthesis/YYYY-MM-DD-[topic].md

Next Actions

• New strong pattern: /hypothesis new [name]

• Existing pattern strengthened: /hypothesis validate [name]

• Pattern ready for commitment: /hypothesis commit [name]