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jobs-to-be-done

Category: Product  ·  Sub-category: discovery  ·  Last updated:
Discover what customers truly need by analyzing the "job" they hire your product to do. Use when the user mentions "customer discovery", "why customers churn", "what job does this solve", "competing against luck", "product-market fit", "switching behavior", "milkshake moment", or "functional vs emotional jobs". Also trigger when investigating why users choose competitors, designing features around real customer needs, or reframing product value propositions. Covers JTBD interviews, competition analysis, and jobs-oriented roadmaps. For product positioning, see obviously-awesome. For rapid validation, see design-sprint.

About this skill (catalog notes)

jobs-to-be-done includes worked examples; pricing or quota commentary. At roughly 2,869 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

License
MIT
Indexed lastmod
Catalog position
Product · discovery
Indexed related skills
10

How jobs-to-be-done fits the catalog

jobs-to-be-done sits in the Product category under the discovery sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

Framework for discovering innovation based on a fundamental truth: customers don't buy products - they "hire" them to do a specific job in their lives.

What this skill does

jobs-to-be-done is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the discovery sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/wondelai-jobs-to-be-done/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when the user mentions "customer discovery", "why customers churn", "what job does this solve", "competing against luck", "product-market fit", "switching behavior", "milkshake moment", or "functional vs emotional jobs". Also trigger when investigating why users choose competitors, designing features around real customer needs, or reframing product value propositions.

Who uses this skill

The jobs-to-be-done Claude Code skill is built for product managers, product designers, and cross-functional teams planning, shipping, and measuring product features. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 116,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/wondelai-jobs-to-be-done
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/wondelai-jobs-to-be-done/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/wondelai-jobs-to-be-done/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/wondelai-jobs-to-be-done/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/wondelai-jobs-to-be-done/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\wondelai-jobs-to-be-done\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the jobs-to-be-done Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/wondelai-jobs-to-be-done/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.
What does the jobs-to-be-done skill do?
Discover what customers truly need by analyzing the "job" they hire your product to do. Use when the user mentions "customer discovery", "why customers churn", "what job does this solve", "competing against luck", "product-market fit", "switching behavior", "milkshake moment", or "functional vs emotional jobs". Also trigger when investigating why users choose competitors, designing features around real customer needs, or reframing product value propositions. Covers JTBD interviews, competition analysis, and jobs-oriented roadmaps. For product positioning, see obviously-awesome. For rapid validation, see design-sprint.
Is this skill free to install?
Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.
When should I use the jobs-to-be-done skill?
Use jobs-to-be-done when your Claude Code task falls under the Product category — specifically in the discovery area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use jobs-to-be-done" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/product/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the jobs-to-be-done skill fit in?
A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. jobs-to-be-done is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Product category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

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ClaudSkills. (2026). jobs-to-be-done [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/wondelai-jobs-to-be-done/
BibTeX
@misc{wondelai-jobs-to-be-done-2026,
  author    = {ClaudSkills},
  title     = {jobs-to-be-done [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/wondelai-jobs-to-be-done/}
}

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