Startup Skill

<p align="center"> <img src="assets/banner.png" alt="Startup Skill — From startup idea to validated strategy. In one afternoon. Radically honest. Completely free." width="100%" /> </p>

What a $10K strategy consultant would deliver: market research, competitive battle cards, positioning, financial projections, and a 30-day action plan. If your idea should die, it will tell you.

Works with Claude Code and any agent that supports skills.

Website: startupskill.me

Contributions welcome! Open a PR or an issue.

Available Skills

| Skill | What you get | |-------|-------------| | startup-design | Complete startup strategy: market research, competitive analysis, brand, product definition, financial projections, and validation experiments. 8 phases, 30+ structured deliverables. | | startup-competitors | Battle cards for every competitor, pricing landscape, feature matrix, and strategic report. Built from real reviews, forums, and web data. | | startup-positioning | Market positioning using April Dunford's framework. Positioning doc, competitive alternatives map, market category analysis, and messaging implications. |

Usage

Describe what you need — skills trigger automatically:

"I want to build a SaaS for real estate agents that automates follow-up emails. Is it worth building?"

→ startup-design runs the full 8-phase process

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"Who are my competitors in the project management space for creative agencies? I need battle cards and a pricing comparison."

→ startup-competitors profiles 5-8+ competitors across 3 research waves

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"Quick validation — fast track mode."

→ startup-design runs a compressed go/no-go analysis

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"How should we position our product? We're in the project management space but we're different from Asana and Monday."

→ startup-positioning builds positioning through Dunford's 5+1 components

Or invoke directly: /startup:startup-design, /startup:startup-competitors, /startup:startup-positioning

Token usage: These skills run multiple research agents and can consume a large number of tokens. For the best experience, use Claude Max 5x. If a session hits the limit, just ask Claude to "resume from where you left off" — it will pick up the process.

Installation

Claude Code Plugin (Recommended)

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