Claude Code Does Your $10K Strategy Consulting Homework

What it does

startup-skill is a bundle of four skill packs for Claude Code (and other agents that support the skill format). You describe a startup idea in plain English, and the agent executes structured, multi-phase workflows: market research, customer discovery, competitive battle cards, positioning analysis via April Dunford’s framework, financial projections, and investor pitch prep. The startup-design skill alone spans eight phases with more than 30 structured deliverables, plus a compressed “fast track” mode for rapid go/no-go verdicts.

The interesting bit

Instead of open-ended brainstorming, these skills embed actual management-consulting frameworks—competitive feature matrices, positioning docs, scoring rubrics, even investor roleplay—into agent prompts. The README promises radical honesty: if the idea is hopeless, the skill is supposed to say so.

Key highlights

• Four modular skills: startup-design, startup-competitors, startup-positioning, and startup-pitch
• startup-design runs an 8-phase workflow with pre-flight checks, customer discovery gates, and validation experiments
• startup-competitors profiles 5–8+ rivals across three research waves, generating battle cards and pricing landscapes
• startup-pitch outputs 1-minute elevator to 10-minute investor formats, complete with slide outlines and Q&A prep
• Explicit fast-track mode for compressed idea validation

Caveats

• These are agent skill definitions (prompts and workflows), not a standalone application—you need Claude Code or a compatible agent runner
• Token consumption is high; the README warns that full sessions burn through a large number of tokens and recommends Claude Max 5x

Verdict

Founders and product managers already living inside Claude Code who want structured strategy frameworks injected into their sessions. Skip it if you need a self-contained tool or are watching your API budget.