Develop Spike Summary

After you spend three days figuring out whether that new API actually works for your use case, this helps you write it up so the rest of the team can make a decision without you having to explain it in five different meetings. It walks you through documenting what you tried, what you found with actual evidence like code samples or benchmarks, and making a clear recommendation: yes, no, or yes but. The structure is sensible: original question, time spent, approach, findings, recommendation, links to any prototype code, and what you still don't know. Honestly, the main value is forcing you to answer the question directly instead of hedging.

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$ npx -y skills add product-on-purpose/pm-skills --skill develop-spike-summary --agent claude-code

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Spike Summary

A spike summary documents the results of a time-boxed exploration - a focused investigation to reduce uncertainty before committing to implementation. Spikes answer specific questions like "Can we integrate with this API?" or "Is this technology viable for our use case?" The summary captures findings so the team can make informed decisions without the spike participants needing to repeat explanations.