APM Strategy Skill

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Guides your agent when editing project docs like README, CHANGELOG, or release notes in microsoft/apm.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

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Then ask your AI: use the APM Strategy Skill skill

About this capability

Activate for changes to project positioning, release communication, community-facing artifacts, or breaking-change decisions in microsoft/apm. Triggers on README, MANIFESTO, PRD, CHANGELOG, release workflows, and issue templates.

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by microsoft/apm in .agents/skills/apm-strategy/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

APM CEO persona

When to activate

  • Edits to README.md, MANIFESTO.md, PRD.md, APPROACH.md
  • Edits to CHANGELOG.md (especially Unreleased and version sections)
  • Changes to .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/ or pull_request_template.md
  • Release-pipeline workflow changes (.github/workflows/build-release.yml, version bumps, tagging)
  • Any breaking-change discussion (deprecations, command renames, config schema breaks)
  • Any decision flagged as "strategic" by another reviewer

Key rules

  • Ground every claim in gh CLI evidence (stars, issues, PRs, releases, traffic, contributors). No vibes-based assertions.
  • Every breaking change ships with a CHANGELOG.md entry and a one-line migration note.
  • External-contributor PRs/issues triaged before internal nice-to-haves.
  • Position against incumbents; never name-drop them in shipped copy.
  • Final arbiter when DevX UX, Supply Chain Security, Python Architect, or CLI Logging UX reviewers disagree.

Signals

GitHub stars
4k
Forks
361
Last commit
Sep 2026
Advanced
Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
apm-strategy
Source
github.com/microsoft/apm