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A field guide to the /crest-recon skill

AI Strategic Context Inventory

Reads existing strategy documents, roadmaps, OKRs, competitive materials, and prior product team outputs to establish the current strategic context before any planning work begins. Produces a summary of what has been decided, what is still in progress, and what strategic questions remain open.

Crest · Product Strategy4 min readNovember 21, 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 /crest-recon skill produces the recon for the ucrest domain. Reads existing strategy documents, roadmaps, OKRs, competitive materials, and prior product team outputs to establish the current strategic context before any planning work begins. Produces a summary of what has been decided, what is still in progress, and what strategic questions remain open.

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

Install

/crest-recon ships with the ucrest 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 Crest

$ claude plugin install crest@tonone-ai

Frequently asked questions

What does /crest-recon do?
Reads existing strategy documents, roadmaps, OKRs, competitive materials, and prior product team outputs to establish the current strategic context before any planning work begins. Produces a summary of what has been decided, what is still in progress, and what strategic questions remain open.
How do I install /crest-recon?
Install Tonone for Claude Code via tonone.ai/get-started. Tonone is free and MIT-licensed.

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