Run the Foundation Sprint, a structured two-day workshop (Knapp/Zeratsky) that converts fuzzy early-stage product beliefs into a single, testable Founding Hypothesis plus an assumption scorecard.
This workflow chains the 7 tool-foundation-sprint-* skills in their canonical sequence, with tool-note-and-vote invoked at decision moments throughout. For each step, read the skill instructions and follow them to produce the artifact.
Note: Foundation Sprint is a workshop methodology, NOT an agile / Scrum sprint. For pm-skills' agile sprint planning, use
/workflow-sprint-planning.
Workflow Steps
Step 1: Readiness
Use the tool-foundation-sprint-readiness skill from skills/tool-foundation-sprint-readiness/SKILL.md to diagnose whether the team should run a Foundation Sprint now, postpone, or do prerequisite work first.
Step 2: Brief
Use the tool-foundation-sprint-brief skill from skills/tool-foundation-sprint-brief/SKILL.md to lock scope, team, logistics, and success criteria before Day 1.
Step 3: Basics (Day 1 morning)
Use the tool-foundation-sprint-basics skill from skills/tool-foundation-sprint-basics/SKILL.md to produce the target customer, important problem, team advantage, and competitor map as one coherent strategic frame.
Step 4: Differentiation (Day 1 afternoon)
Use the tool-foundation-sprint-differentiation skill from skills/tool-foundation-sprint-differentiation/SKILL.md to produce scored differentiators, a 2x2 chart, decision principles, and a Mini Manifesto.
Step 5: Approach Options (Day 2 morning)
Use the tool-foundation-sprint-approach-options skill from skills/tool-foundation-sprint-approach-options/SKILL.md to generate 3-7 candidate approaches as one-page summaries for Magic Lenses evaluation.
Step 6: Magic Lenses (Day 2 afternoon)
Use the tool-foundation-sprint-magic-lenses skill from skills/tool-foundation-sprint-magic-lenses/SKILL.md to evaluate the approaches through the 4 classic plus at least 1 custom lens, then name the top bet and a backup.
Step 7: Founding Hypothesis (Day 2 end)
Use the tool-foundation-sprint-founding-hypothesis skill from skills/tool-foundation-sprint-founding-hypothesis/SKILL.md to produce the canonical hypothesis sentence, assumption scorecard, and recommended next test.
Throughout, use the tool-note-and-vote skill from skills/tool-note-and-vote/SKILL.md to run structured group decisions at each decision moment.
Output
Produce each artifact in sequence. The Founding Hypothesis (Step 7) is the final output and the input to a Design Sprint (/workflow-design-sprint), customer research, or a focused experiment.
Reference the Foundation Sprint workflow at _workflows/foundation-sprint.md for additional guidance.
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