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title: "Prototype Strategy - Air Market"
description: "You are about to build a prototype and are not sure how far to take it. This helps you choose the fidelity and the method based on what design question you are trying to answer and which decision han…"
canonical: "https://airmarket.ai/app/prototype-strategy"
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[Air Market](/) / [Design](/category/design) / Prototype Strategy

Skill by [MC Dean](/@owl-listener)

# Prototype Strategy

Work out how rough the prototype can be before you build it

## What this does

You are about to build a prototype and are not sure how far to take it. This helps you choose the fidelity and the method based on what design question you are trying to answer and which decision hangs on it. Reach for it before you start building, not after.

### Top 3 things it does for you

- Choose how polished a prototype needs to be
- Pick a prototyping method to match the question
- Tie the prototype to the decision at stake

## Information

**Prototype Strategy at a glance**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Kind | Skill |
| Publisher | [MC Dean](/@owl-listener) |
| Category | [Design](/category/design) |
| Works with | Agent Skills - an open standard supported by 40+ agents |
| Size | 2 KB |
| Licence | MIT |
| Repository | [Owl-Listener/designer-skills](https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills/tree/20e34c4a587e5eb09fcdf8351fa97b3ad761b31e/prototyping-testing/skills/prototype-strategy) |
| GitHub stars | 2,144 (as of Nov 2026) |

## Security report

**Verified.** AIR scanned this exact version of Prototype Strategy and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: **safe**.

**What Prototype Strategy's check was run against**

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| --- | --- |
| Commit | 20e34c4a587e5eb09fcdf8351fa97b3ad761b31e |
| Content hash | 42b935ca8990a01ed465320c54cdb66061ba8d43e1a6c0c648b547e0a89ca721 |
| Files read | [Browse the files at this exact commit](https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills/blob/20e34c4a587e5eb09fcdf8351fa97b3ad761b31e/prototyping-testing/skills/prototype-strategy/SKILL.md) |

A scan is named by the exact content it read, not by a version number. A different version is a different artifact, and nothing here applies to a version AIR has not scanned.

[Read the full security report for Prototype Strategy](/security/prototype-strategy)

## About Prototype Strategy

This is about choosing prototype fidelity and method so they match the design question you are asking and the decision that depends on the answer.

Use it before you build the prototype. Once it exists, working out what to test with it is covered by a test scenario.

## What's inside

- SKILL.md - instructions

## Questions

### Is Prototype Strategy safe to install?

AIR scanned this exact version of Prototype Strategy and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: safe. The verdict is named by the content that was read, at commit 20e34c4a587e, so it cannot drift onto a version nobody scanned. The full report is at https://airmarket.ai/security/prototype-strategy.

### How do I install Prototype Strategy?

Open https://airmarket.ai/app/prototype-strategy on Air Market and use the install action: Air Market hands Claude a prompt naming this exact skill, and Claude sets it up. Source, pinned to the exact commit this listing describes: https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills/tree/20e34c4a587e5eb09fcdf8351fa97b3ad761b31e/prototyping-testing/skills/prototype-strategy. Install from that link, not the branch.

## Related on Air Market

- [More Design listings](/category/design)
- [Everything by MC Dean](/@owl-listener)

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Canonical URL: <https://airmarket.ai/app/prototype-strategy>