# North Star Metric Agent Skill > Define a single customer-centric North Star Metric and 3-5 input metrics, then validate against seven criteria—start free in seconds. - Canonical: https://nanoskill.ai/da/skills/north-star-metric-agent-skill - Markdown: https://nanoskill.ai/da/skills/north-star-metric-agent-skill.md - Author: phuryn - Published: 2026-11-10T07:30:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-10T09:52:33.829Z - Language: da - Source type: github - Popularity signal: 25858 ## Sources - https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills/tree/main/pm-marketing-growth/skills/north-star-metric ## Install ```shell npx skills add https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills/tree/main/pm-marketing-growth/skills/north-star-metric ``` ## About Define a North Star Metric and 3-5 supporting input metrics for your product, growth, or marketing team. This skill helps founders, product managers, and data analysts replace scattered metrics with one customer-centric KPI that reflects the value customers get and predicts long-term business success. The output is a validated metrics constellation you can use to focus optimization efforts and track progress. The skill classifies your business into an Attention, Transaction, or Productivity game before proposing a North Star Metric. It then validates the decision against seven criteria: easy to understand, customer-centric, sustainable value, vision alignment, quantitative, actionable, and leading indicator. Built-in guidance also clarifies what a North Star Metric is not—such as a revenue/LTV metric, an OKR, or a strategy—so you avoid common framework mistakes. Use it when choosing what to measure, setting up a metrics tracking system, or evaluating existing North Star candidates. Provide details about your business model, revenue model, vision, current metrics, and customer segments to get more precise input metrics. Teams in startups, SaaS, marketplaces, and content platforms can adapt the framework to their business game. ## Key features - **Classify the business game**: Determine whether you play an Attention, Transaction, or Productivity game before choosing your North Star Metric. - **Define a customer-centric North Star Metric**: Produce one clear, measurable KPI that reflects customer value, not just revenue or activity, and acts as a leading indicator of long-term success. - **Build 3-5 input metrics**: Generate a metrics constellation of leading indicators that directly drive your North Star Metric and focus optimization efforts. - **Validate against 7 criteria**: Test your metric for clarity, customer-centricity, sustainability, vision alignment, measurability, actionability, and predictive power. - **Avoid common NSM mistakes**: Guidance clarifies that a North Star Metric is not multiple metrics, a revenue/LTV metric, an OKR, or a strategy. ## Use cases - **Choose a North Star Metric for your company**: For founders and product leaders defining their key metric framework, the skill returns a single customer-centric KPI based on your business game. - **Set up a metrics tracking system**: Product, growth, and operations teams can create 3-5 input metrics and a tracking plan to monitor leading indicators. - **Evaluate existing North Star candidates**: Audit current metrics against seven criteria to decide what to measure and optimize for. - **Learn the North Star Framework**: Use the built-in prompt and free PDF to understand Attention, Transaction, and Productivity games and common NSM pitfalls. ## Result preview See one North Star, five inputs, and why DAU, conversion, and churn were all rejected. ![the demo of north star metric agent skill](https://file.nanoskill.ai/north-star-metric-agent-skill-demo-1.png) ![the demo of north star metric agent skill](https://file.nanoskill.ai/north-star-metric-agent-skill-demo-2.png) ![the demo of north star metric agent skill](https://file.nanoskill.ai/north-star-metric-agent-skill-demo-3.png) ![the demo of north star metric agent skill](https://file.nanoskill.ai/north-star-metric-agent-skill-demo-4.png) ## Result walkthrough ### Install Add the North Star Metric Skill to your AI agent. ![the step of north star metric agent skill](https://file.nanoskill.ai/north-star-metric-agent-skill-step-1.png) ### Describe Your Business Share your model, vision, and current metrics. ![the step of north star metric agent skill](https://file.nanoskill.ai/north-star-metric-agent-skill-step-2.png) ### Get Your Metric Framework Receive one validated North Star, its input metrics, and the case against the alternatives. ![the step of north star metric agent skill](https://file.nanoskill.ai/north-star-metric-agent-skill-step-3.png) ## Skill definition # North Star Metric Identify a North Star Metric and 3-5 Input Metrics that form a metrics constellation. Classifies the business game being played and validates against criteria for an effective North Star. Use when defining key metrics, setting up a metrics framework, or choosing what to measure. ## Domain Context NSM is **NOT**: multiple metrics, a revenue/LTV metric (must be customer-centric), an OKR (that's a goal-setting technique), or a strategy (but choosing the right NSM is a strategic choice). NSM **IS**: a single, customer-centric KPI that reflects the value customers get from the product and serves as a leading indicator of long-term business success. You can use Key Results (OKRs) to express expected change in NSM. Free resource: [The North Star Framework 101 (PDF)](https://learn.productcompass.pm/nsm101) ## When to Use - Defining your company's key metric framework - Setting up a metrics tracking system - Choosing what to measure and optimize for - Evaluating potential North Star candidates - Triggers: North Star metric, north star, key metric, what to measure, metrics framework, OMTM ## The Three Business Games Before identifying your North Star, classify your business into one of these three games: - **Attention Game**: How much time do customers spend using your product? (Examples: Facebook, Spotify, YouTube, TikTok) - **Transaction Game**: How many transactions occur between customers and your platform? (Examples: Amazon, Uber, Airbnb, PayPal) - **Productivity Game**: How efficiently can someone complete their work or achieve their goals? (Examples: Canva, Dropbox, Loom, Notion) ## Prompt You are a metrics strategist specializing in North Star metrics and growth measurement frameworks. Given the following business context: $ARGUMENTS **Step 1: Classify the Business Game** Determine which game this company plays: Attention, Transaction, or Productivity. **Step 2: Identify the North Star Metric** Suggest a single metric that meets all seven criteria for an effective North Star: 1. **Easy to Understand**: Clear definition that everyone in the organization comprehends 2. **Customer-Centric**: Reflects value delivered to customers, not just revenue or activity 3. **Sustainable Value**: Indicates habits and long-term customer engagement 4. **Vision Alignment**: Represents meaningful progress toward the company's vision and mission 5. **Quantitative**: Measurable with clear, numeric tracking 6. **Actionable**: Teams can directly influence it through product, marketing, and operational changes 7. **Leading Indicator**: Predicts future business success and revenue growth **Step 3: Identify Input Metrics** Define 3-5 Input Metrics (also called leading indicators) that most directly influence and drive the North Star Metric. Each input metric should: - Be easier to move in the short term - Directly contribute to the North Star outcome - Help identify where optimization efforts should focus ## Tips for Best Results - Provide details about your business model and revenue model - Share your company's vision, mission, or long-term goals - Include current metrics you're tracking - Mention key customer segments and use cases - Describe the primary value you deliver to customers --- ### Further Reading - [The North Star Framework 101](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/the-north-star-framework-101) - [AARRR (Pirate) Metrics: The 5-Stage Framework for Growth](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/aarrr-pirate-metrics) - [The Google HEART Framework: Your Guide to Measuring User-Centric Success](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/the-google-heart-framework) - [The Ultimate List of Product Metrics](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/the-ultimate-list-of-product-metrics) ## FAQ ### What is a North Star Metric? A North Star Metric is a single customer-centric KPI that reflects the value customers get from your product and acts as a leading indicator of long-term business success. It is not multiple metrics, a revenue/LTV metric, an OKR, or a strategy. ### How is a North Star Metric different from an OKR? An OKR is a goal-setting technique; a North Star Metric is the single customer-centric KPI you measure. You can use Key Results to express the expected change in your North Star Metric. ### What are the three business games in the North Star Framework? Attention (time spent, e.g. Facebook, Spotify), Transaction (number of transactions, e.g. Amazon, Uber), and Productivity (efficiency of completing work or goals, e.g. Canva, Notion). ### How do I choose a North Star Metric? Classify your business game, then suggest a single metric that meets seven criteria: easy to understand, customer-centric, sustainable value, vision alignment, quantitative, actionable, and leading indicator. The skill prompt guides this step by step. ### What are input metrics? Input metrics (also called leading indicators) are 3-5 supporting metrics that directly influence the North Star Metric. They are easier to move in the short term and help identify where optimization efforts should focus. ### Does this skill include a free resource? Yes, the repository includes a free downloadable PDF, 'The North Star Framework 101,' and the skill is MIT licensed. You can use it to learn the framework at no cost.