This skill provides a systematic 6-phase workflow for investigating and understanding existing systems, codebases, and architectures. Unlike development workflows optimized for implementation, this workflow is optimized for exploration, understanding, and knowledge capture.
Create detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, and feature specs
Example: Generate user stories for 'password reset feature' with acceptance criteria, edge cases, and test scenarios
Reduce spec writing time by 50%, ensure comprehensive coverage
Research competitors, compare features, identify gaps
Example: Analyze 5 competitor products, create feature comparison matrix, suggest differentiation opportunities
Complete competitive research in 2 hours instead of 2 days
Evaluate features using frameworks (RICE, ICE, Kano) and create prioritized backlogs
Example: Score 20 feature ideas using RICE framework, generate prioritized roadmap with rationale
Make data-driven prioritization decisions faster
Draft PRDs, status updates, and stakeholder presentations
Example: Create executive summary of Q3 roadmap, monthly progress report, feature launch announcement
Save 3-5 hours/week on communication overhead
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epx add rysweet/amplihack --skill investigation-workflowCompatible with
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Before installing skills in Cursor, ensure your development environment meets these requirements:
node --versioninvestigation-workflowExecute the skills CLI command in your project's root directory to begin installation:
epx add rysweet/amplihack --skill investigation-workflowFetches investigation-workflow from rysweet/amplihack and configures it for Cursor.
The CLI shows a list of agents. Use arrow keys and space to select Cursor:
Confirm successful installation by checking the skill directory location:
.cursor/skills/investigation-workflow
Restart Cursor to activate investigation-workflow. Access via /investigation-workflowin your agent's command palette.
Learn more:View source on GitHubSkills CLI docsAbout CursorWhat are agent skills?
Time estimate: 30-60 minutes to see productivity improvements
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Use for user story writing, competitive research, roadmap prioritization, stakeholder communication, and PRD drafting. Best for reducing repetitive documentation and research work.
✗ Avoid when
Avoid for strategic product vision (requires deep customer empathy), pricing decisions (needs market and financial expertise), or when face-to-face customer discovery is more valuable than speed.
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Useful defaults in investigation-workflow — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.
Solid pick for teams standardizing on skills: investigation-workflow is focused, and the summary matches what you get after install.
investigation-workflow has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.
investigation-workflow is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.
Keeps context tight: investigation-workflow is the kind of skill you can hand to a new teammate without a long onboarding doc.
Keeps context tight: investigation-workflow is the kind of skill you can hand to a new teammate without a long onboarding doc.
investigation-workflow is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.
investigation-workflow has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.
Solid pick for teams standardizing on skills: investigation-workflow is focused, and the summary matches what you get after install.
Useful defaults in investigation-workflow — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.
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