Is the Working Backwards Coach skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from nwadmark/working-backwards-coach. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Working Backwards Coach SkillProof Score?

9.2/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 4/5.

How do I install Working Backwards Coach?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Working Backwards Coach with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Working Backwards Coach

Coaches Amazon-style PR/FAQ, PRD, and 1-pager product docs with a hard anti-fabrication rule.

by nwadmark · nwadmark/working-backwards-coach

Tested · Works

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Tested · Works
Score: 9.2/10
Tested: Jul 16, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · fe0f627

Ran a real 'should we build an AI meal-planner' 1-pager: the skill version forced a named persona, a risk-labeled assumptions table, and [RESEARCH NEEDED] placeholders instead of invented market numbers, landing on 'Investigate' with concrete next steps -- the baseline free-write just hand-waved a pros/cons list. Only knock: frontmatter says 'LICENSE.txt' but the repo file is plain 'LICENSE'.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 5/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 9/10
Docs & honesty 4/5

What Working Backwards Coach does

Walks a product idea through customer-first documentation (Quick 1-Pager, PR/FAQ, or PRD), forcing a named persona, risk-labeled assumptions, and an evidence-vs-opinion split before recommending Build/Investigate/Pivot/Kill. Triggers on 'should we build', PR/FAQ, PRD, or product-validation requests; refuses to invent market sizes or competitor data, using [PLACEHOLDER]/[RESEARCH NEEDED] tags instead.

How to install Working Backwards Coach

git clone https://github.com/nwadmark/working-backwards-coach
cd working-backwards-coach
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r . ~/.claude/skills/working-backwards-coach

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Working Backwards Coach

/working-backwards-coach Coaches Amazon-style PR/FAQ, PRD, and 1-pager product docs with a hard anti-fabrication rule.

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Should we build an AI meal-planning feature for our fitness app?
Write a PR/FAQ for our new subscription tier before we commit engineering
Help me draft a PRD for the mobile checkout redesign we're proposing

Frequently asked questions

Is the Working Backwards Coach skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from nwadmark/working-backwards-coach. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Working Backwards Coach work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 16, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Ran a real 'should we build an AI meal-planner' 1-pager: the skill version forced a named persona, a risk-labeled assumptions table, and [RESEARCH NEEDED] placeholders instead of invented market numbers, landing on 'Investigate' with concrete next steps -- the baseline free-write just hand-waved a pros/cons list. Only knock: frontmatter says 'LICENSE.txt' but the repo file is plain 'LICENSE'.
What is the Working Backwards Coach SkillProof Score?: 9.2/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 4/5.
How do I install Working Backwards Coach?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Working Backwards Coach with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.