Create or assess an evidence-grounded, falsifiable outcome hypothesis: a testable prediction of what measurable business result will change, for whom, by when, and how leading and lagging indicators will prove or disprove it.
Install
npx skills add microsoft/hve-core --skill outcome-hypothesisnpx skills add microsoft/hve-core --skill outcome-hypothesis -a claude-code -gnpx skills add microsoft/hve-core --skill outcome-hypothesis -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core.git --path .github/skills/project-planning/outcome-hypothesisgh skill install microsoft/hve-core outcome-hypothesisgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core /tmp/microsoft__hve-core
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/microsoft__hve-core/.github/skills/project-planning/outcome-hypothesis ~/.claude/skills/outcome-hypothesis # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/microsoft__hve-core/.github/skills/project-planning/outcome-hypothesis ~/.agents/skills/outcome-hypothesis # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode