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A field guide to the /helm-recon skill

AI Product Landscape Inventory

Reads existing product briefs, research documents, strategy docs, roadmap files, and prior agent outputs to build a complete picture of the product before writing anything new. Identifies what has already been decided, what work is currently in progress, and where the gaps are in current product thinking.

Helm · Head of Product4 min readNovember 22, 2025

Reconnaissance is the first thing a senior engineer does on an inherited project: read the lay of the land before changing anything. Skip it and the first change reveals an assumption that turned out to be wrong.

The /helm-recon skill produces the recon for the uhelm domain. Reads existing product briefs, research documents, strategy docs, roadmap files, and prior agent outputs to build a complete picture of the product before writing anything new. Identifies what has already been decided, what work is currently in progress, and where the gaps are in current product thinking.

Tonone's /helm-recon skill produces a focused inventory of the uhelm domain before changes are made.

Install

/helm-recon ships with the uhelm agent in Tonone for Claude Code. Install Tonone via tonone.ai/get-started. Tonone is free and MIT-licensed.

1. Add to marketplace

$ claude plugin marketplace add tonone-ai/tonone

2. Install Helm

$ claude plugin install helm@tonone-ai

Frequently asked questions

What does /helm-recon do?
Reads existing product briefs, research documents, strategy docs, roadmap files, and prior agent outputs to build a complete picture of the product before writing anything new. Identifies what has already been decided, what work is currently in progress, and where the gaps are in current product thinking.
How do I install /helm-recon?
Install Tonone for Claude Code via tonone.ai/get-started. Tonone is free and MIT-licensed.

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