iterate-lessons-log
Agent skill fromproduct-on-purpose/pm-skills
Creates a structured lessons learned entry for organizational memory. Use after an incident, a completed project, or a significant learning to record knowledge for future teams and initiatives. Distinct from iterate-retrospective, which facilitates the team ceremony; this skill writes the durable lessons entry that outlives it.
How to install iterate-lessons-log
install iterate-lessons-log
# install the pm-skills pack with the skills CLI
npx skills add product-on-purpose/pm-skills# or add only this skill to Claude Code: copy the folder
skills/iterate-lessons-log/
# into
~/.claude/skills/iterate-lessons-log/ (all projects)
.claude/skills/iterate-lessons-log/ (one project)
1<!-- PM-Skills | https://github.com/product-on-purpose/pm-skills | Apache 2.0 -->2# Lessons Log34A lessons log entry captures significant learning from projects, incidents, or experiences in a format that's useful to future teams who weren't there. Unlike retrospectives (which focus on team improvement), lessons logs focus on organizational knowledge that transcends individual teams.patterns, anti-patterns, and hard-won wisdom.56## When to Use78- After completing a significant project or initiative9- Following a major incident, outage, or failure10- When you realize something important that others should know11- After discovering a pattern that keeps recurring12- When experienced team members leave (capture their knowledge)13- During post-mortems to preserve learnings1415## When NOT to Use1617- You are facilitating the team ceremony itself -> use `iterate-retrospective`; this skill banks the durable entry that outlives it18- You are deciding whether to change direction based on results -> use `iterate-pivot-decision`19- The learning is an experiment readout -> use `measure-experiment-results` first, then bank the transferable lesson here20- You are updating stakeholders on what was learned -> use `foundation-stakeholder-update`2122## Instructions2324When asked to create a lessons log entry, follow these steps:25261. **Choose a Descriptive Title**27…
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