crossing-the-chasm
crossing-the-chasm is a skill in wondelai/skills, last changed 10 Sept 2026. It can name web addresses. Our pattern check flagged nothing at commit c172996 on 27 Oct 2026.
Pattern check: nothing flagged · commit c172996 · 27 Oct 2026
InstallNavigate the technology adoption lifecycle from early adopters to mainstream market. Use when the user mentions "crossing the chasm", "beachhead segment", "whole product", "early adopters vs mainstream", "tech go-to-market", "bowling pin strategy", "technology adoption lifecycle", "pragmatist buyers", "growth stalled after early adopters", or "our go-to-market plan". Also trigger when planning go-to-market for a technical product. Covers the D-Day analogy, bowling-pin strategy, the tornado, and positioning against incumbents. For product positioning, see obviously-awesome. For new market creation, see blue-ocean-strategy.
- Licence
- MIT
- Repo stars
- 2.5k
- Folder last changed
- 10 Sept 2026 (opens in a new tab)
- Publisher
- wondelai
- Files
- 9 files
- Checked
- c172996 (opens in a new tab) · 27 Oct 2026
Install
Each tab says whether it installs commit c172996, the one we checked, or the latest version.
No tab for your agent? Use Any agent for OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Zed, Roo Code, Factory Droid, Junie, Amp and Antigravity, and Claude Code for Cline. Kiro needs the folder copied by hand.
Pinned to commit c172996, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/wondelai/skills.git "$tmp" &&
git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin c172996495bed0fcd26896a9416b2093fd7073f0 &&
git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- crossing-the-chasm &&
git -C "$tmp" checkout -q c172996495bed0fcd26896a9416b2093fd7073f0 &&
mkdir -p .claude/skills &&
mkdir .claude/skills/crossing-the-chasm &&
cp -R "$tmp"/crossing-the-chasm/. .claude/skills/crossing-the-chasm/ &&
rm -rf "$tmp"If Claude Code was already running and this created the skills folder, run /reload-skills.
Or install the strategy-growth plugin it ships in. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked. Installs everything in the plugin, including any hooks, MCP servers and scripts our check doesn't cover.
claude plugin marketplace add wondelai/skills --scope project &&
claude plugin install strategy-growth@wondelai-skills --scope projectPinned to commit c172996, the one we checked.
Skills in the Claude apps belong to your account rather than to a project.
Make crossing-the-chasm.zip, with the skill folder at the top level:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/wondelai/skills.git "$tmp" &&
git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin c172996495bed0fcd26896a9416b2093fd7073f0 &&
git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- crossing-the-chasm &&
git -C "$tmp" checkout -q c172996495bed0fcd26896a9416b2093fd7073f0 &&
out="$(mktemp -d)" &&
cp -R "$tmp"/crossing-the-chasm "$out"/crossing-the-chasm &&
(cd "$out" && zip -qr - crossing-the-chasm) > crossing-the-chasm.zip &&
rm -rf "$tmp" "$out"In Claude, open Customize > Skills, select +, then + Create skill > Upload a skill, and choose crossing-the-chasm.zip.
On Free, Pro and Max plans, turn on Code execution and file creation (Create and edit files in newer settings) under Settings > Capabilities.
Pinned to commit c172996, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/wondelai/skills.git "$tmp" &&
git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin c172996495bed0fcd26896a9416b2093fd7073f0 &&
git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- crossing-the-chasm &&
git -C "$tmp" checkout -q c172996495bed0fcd26896a9416b2093fd7073f0 &&
mkdir -p .agents/skills &&
mkdir .agents/skills/crossing-the-chasm &&
cp -R "$tmp"/crossing-the-chasm/. .agents/skills/crossing-the-chasm/ &&
rm -rf "$tmp"Codex picks up new skills on its own; restart it if this one does not appear.
Pinned to commit c172996, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/wondelai/skills.git "$tmp" &&
git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin c172996495bed0fcd26896a9416b2093fd7073f0 &&
git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- crossing-the-chasm &&
git -C "$tmp" checkout -q c172996495bed0fcd26896a9416b2093fd7073f0 &&
mkdir -p .cursor/skills &&
mkdir .cursor/skills/crossing-the-chasm &&
cp -R "$tmp"/crossing-the-chasm/. .cursor/skills/crossing-the-chasm/ &&
rm -rf "$tmp"Pinned to commit c172996, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/wondelai/skills.git "$tmp" &&
git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin c172996495bed0fcd26896a9416b2093fd7073f0 &&
git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- crossing-the-chasm &&
git -C "$tmp" checkout -q c172996495bed0fcd26896a9416b2093fd7073f0 &&
mkdir -p .github/skills &&
mkdir .github/skills/crossing-the-chasm &&
cp -R "$tmp"/crossing-the-chasm/. .github/skills/crossing-the-chasm/ &&
rm -rf "$tmp"In a running Copilot CLI session, run /skills reload.
Or install it with gh skill, which also installs the commit we checked. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90 or later.
gh skill install wondelai/skills crossing-the-chasm/SKILL.md@c172996495bed0fcd26896a9416b2093fd7073f0 --agent github-copilot --scope projectPinned to commit c172996, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/wondelai/skills.git "$tmp" &&
git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin c172996495bed0fcd26896a9416b2093fd7073f0 &&
git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- crossing-the-chasm &&
git -C "$tmp" checkout -q c172996495bed0fcd26896a9416b2093fd7073f0 &&
mkdir -p .gemini/skills &&
mkdir .gemini/skills/crossing-the-chasm &&
cp -R "$tmp"/crossing-the-chasm/. .gemini/skills/crossing-the-chasm/ &&
rm -rf "$tmp"In a running session, run /skills reload.
Or use Gemini CLI’s own installer. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked.
gemini skills install https://github.com/wondelai/skills.git --path crossing-the-chasm --scope workspacePinned to commit c172996, the one we checked.
Codex, Cursor, Copilot, VS Code, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Goose, Amp and Zed all read .agents/skills; Claude Code and Kiro list only their own folders.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/wondelai/skills.git "$tmp" &&
git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin c172996495bed0fcd26896a9416b2093fd7073f0 &&
git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- crossing-the-chasm &&
git -C "$tmp" checkout -q c172996495bed0fcd26896a9416b2093fd7073f0 &&
mkdir -p .agents/skills &&
mkdir .agents/skills/crossing-the-chasm &&
cp -R "$tmp"/crossing-the-chasm/. .agents/skills/crossing-the-chasm/ &&
rm -rf "$tmp"Or use the skills CLI from skills.sh. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked. The skills CLI reports installs to skills.sh unless you set DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1.
npx skills@1.7.4 add wondelai/skills --skill crossing-the-chasmWhat it can touch
From the files and frontmatter at commit c172996. This is how much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.
What it can touch: Scripts or outside hosts
Names web addresses
It mentions outside web addresses the agent may visit. We list them but don't follow them.
Pattern check
Pattern check: nothing flagged · commit c172996 · 27 Oct 2026
We checked every text file in this skill, at commit c172996 on 27 Oct 2026, against 45 published patterns such as download-and-run commands, hidden text and credential access. We don't run the skill, we don't read the web pages it points to, and we can't judge everything its instructions might lead an agent to do. In published tests, pattern checks like this one missed most malicious skills. Read the skill before you install it — especially anything it asks you to download or run.
How the check worksReport an incorrect finding
Outside links we did not follow
- https://www.amazon.com/Crossing-Chasm-3rd-Disruptive-Mainstream/dp/0062292986?tag=wondelai00-20
- https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Tornado-Strategies-Developing-Hypergrowth/dp/0060745819?tag=wondelai00-20
Format check
Each agent reads SKILL.md a little differently. We check the file against each one's published rules; we don't run the skill in any agent.
Agent Skills specPasses
The open format from agentskills.io, held to what the strictest agents enforce, so one folder loads everywhere.
- Note
Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/beachhead-selection.md (279 lines), references/buyer-segments.md (300 lines), references/expansion.md (279 lines) and references/positioning.md (272 lines). B5
Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.
- Note
Claude CodePasses
Claude Code reads its own extra fields, ignores unknown ones, and still loads a skill whose frontmatter is broken, without its fields.
- Note
Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/beachhead-selection.md (279 lines), references/buyer-segments.md (300 lines), references/expansion.md (279 lines) and references/positioning.md (272 lines). B5
Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.
- Note
Claude apps & API uploadPasses
Uploading to claude.ai or the Claude API, or packaging with Anthropic's script, accepts only the six spec fields and stops on anything else.
- Note
The description is 629 characters. The claude.ai Help Center says 200 at most, though Anthropic's API docs and validator allow 1,024. D4
Fix: If the claude.ai upload refuses it, trim the description to 200 characters.
- Note
Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/beachhead-selection.md (279 lines), references/buyer-segments.md (300 lines), references/expansion.md (279 lines) and references/positioning.md (272 lines). B5
Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.
- Note
- OpenAI (Codex & API)Passes
- VS Code & CopilotPasses
SKILL.md
Files
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