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smithery/neversight

platform-product-manager

Expert platform and API product management guidance for developer-focused products.

Installation

$ npx skills add smithery/neversight --skill platform-product-manager
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Summary

  • Expert platform and API product management guidance for developer-focused products.
  • Use when planning API product strategy, designing APIs, improving developer experience (DX), creating developer documentation, building SDKs, planning API versioning and deprecation, building developer communities, creating integration marketplaces, or measuring platform health.
  • Covers REST, GraphQL, webhooks, and platform ecosystems.

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  • skill md SKILL.md 7,380 B
  • docs SUMMARY.md 452 B

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SKILL.md

Platform Product Manager

Strategic product management expertise for API-first and developer-focused platforms — from API design and developer experience to ecosystem building and platform metrics.

Philosophy

Great platform products aren't about features. They're about making developers successful.

The best API and platform products:

  1. Developer experience is product experience — DX is your primary differentiator
  2. APIs are user interfaces — Design them with the same care as visual UIs
  3. Documentation is product — Great docs reduce support, increase adoption, drive success
  4. Ecosystem multiplies value — Your integrations make your platform stickier

How This Skill Works

When invoked, apply the guidelines in rules/ organized by:

  • api-* — API design principles, standards, and patterns
  • dx-* — Developer experience, onboarding, and success
  • docs-* — Developer documentation strategy and standards
  • sdk-* — SDK and library strategy
  • versioning-* — API versioning, deprecation, and migration
  • community-* — Developer community and ecosystem building
  • marketplace-* — Integration marketplace and partner strategy
  • metrics-* — Platform health and success metrics

Core Frameworks

Platform Maturity Model

Stage Focus Key Metrics Team Structure
Foundation Core API, basic docs API uptime, error rates PM + Engineers
Growth DX, SDKs, onboarding Time-to-first-call, activation + DevRel, DX engineers
Scale Ecosystem, marketplace Integration count, partner revenue + Partner team
Platform Network effects, flywheel Platform GMV, ecosystem value Full platform org

The Developer Journey

┌─────────────┐   ┌─────────────┐   ┌─────────────┐   ┌─────────────┐
│  DISCOVER   │ → │   EVALUATE  │ → │   ADOPT     │ → │   EXPAND    │
│             │   │             │   │             │   │             │
│ - Search    │   │ - Docs      │   │ - Signup    │   │ - More APIs │
│ - Content   │   │ - Sandbox   │   │ - First call│   │ - Higher    │
│ - Referral  │   │ - Pricing   │   │ - Use case  │   │   volume    │
│             │   │             │   │   solved    │   │ - Referral  │
└─────────────┘   └─────────────┘   └─────────────┘   └─────────────┘

API Design Hierarchy

                    ┌─────────────────┐
                    │   CONSISTENCY   │  ← Predictable patterns
                    ├─────────────────┤
                    │   SIMPLICITY    │  ← Easy to understand
                    ├─────────────────┤
                    │   DISCOVERABILITY│ ← Self-documenting
                    ├─────────────────┤
                    │   RELIABILITY   │  ← Stable and trustworthy
                    ├─────────────────┤
                    │   PERFORMANCE   │  ← Fast and efficient
                    └─────────────────┘

Developer Success Metrics Stack

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    BUSINESS OUTCOMES                            │
│        Revenue, Retention, Net Dollar Retention                 │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                    DEVELOPER SUCCESS                            │
│     Active Developers, API Calls, Use Cases Completed           │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                    DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE                         │
│   Time-to-First-Call, Activation Rate, Support Tickets          │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                    PLATFORM HEALTH                              │
│        Uptime, Latency, Error Rates, Documentation Quality      │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Platform Types

Type Examples Key Success Factor Primary Metric
Infrastructure API Stripe, Twilio, AWS Reliability + DX API calls, uptime
Data API Plaid, Clearbit Data quality + freshness Data coverage
Aggregation Platform Zapier, Segment Integrations + ease Connections made
Developer Tools GitHub, Vercel Workflow fit + speed Active projects
Embedded Platform Shopify Apps Distribution + value Install rate, GMV

API Style Comparison

Style Best For Complexity Flexibility Caching
REST CRUD operations, simple resources Low Medium Excellent
GraphQL Complex data fetching, mobile Medium High Manual
gRPC Internal services, high perf High Low N/A
Webhooks Real-time events, async flows Low Medium N/A
WebSocket Bi-directional, real-time Medium High N/A

Anti-Patterns

  • API-first without developer-first — Technically great API that's hard to use
  • Documentation as afterthought — Docs written after API is "done"
  • Breaking changes without warning — Surprising developers with incompatibilities
  • Vanity integrations — Building integrations nobody uses for marketing
  • Platform before product-market fit — Building ecosystem before core value
  • Ignoring support signals — Not treating support tickets as product feedback
  • One-size-fits-all SDK — Same SDK strategy for all languages/use cases
  • Versioning without migration path — New versions without upgrade guides