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Use when managing growth experiments, when a product area faces diminishing returns, or when deciding whether to generalize or specialize in career or product strategy
npx skill4agent add coowoolf/insighthunt-skills explore-exploit-cycles ┌─────────────────┐
│ EXPLORATION │
│ (Find Mountain) │
└────────┬────────┘
│
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┌─────────────────┐
│ VALIDATION │
│ (Prove Insight) │
└────────┬────────┘
│
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┌─────────────────┐
│ EXPLOITATION │
│ (Scale/Optimize)│
└────────┬────────┘
│
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┌─────────────────┐
│ SATURATION │◄──── Signal to restart
│(Diminishing ROI)│
└────────┬────────┘
│
└──────────────► Back to EXPLORE| Mode | Mindset | Activities |
|---|---|---|
| Explore | Divergent | Find new levers, user psychology, hypotheses |
| Exploit | Convergent | Scale proven insight, optimize, A/B test |
| Signal | Action |
|---|---|
| Experiments hitting < 1% lifts | → Explore |
| Found high-leverage insight | → Exploit |
| Team feels "stuck" | → Explore |
| Clear winner validated | → Exploit |