Claude Code skills based on Save Your Startup by Rick Manelius.
In Claude Code:
/plugin marketplace add rickmanelius/skills
/plugin install save-your-startup
That's it — Claude Code will fetch the repo and register all 13 skills automatically.
This book stands on the shoulders of giants. You'll see well cited playbooks in the list below, which I've adapted for startups.
| Skill | Command | When to use |
|---|---|---|
| Paint Done | /sys:paint-done |
Define "done" before any work begins |
| Chunk | /sys:chunk |
Break a 10-year vision into today's next action |
| High Medium Low | /sys:high-medium-low |
Define scope tiers so you build the right amount |
| Assumptions Audit | /sys:assumptions-audit |
Surface hidden cost and revenue assumptions |
| Napkin Math | /sys:napkin-math |
Walk backward from a revenue target to daily growth |
| Capability Willingness Matrix | /sys:capability-willingness-matrix |
Assess if you have the skills AND willingness |
| Founder Type Check | /sys:founder-type-check |
Honest check — delusional, pretender, or real deal |
| Fear Setting | /sys:fear-setting |
Name fears, write mitigations, rate severity |
| WIIFM Check | /sys:wiifm-check |
7 questions every prospect silently asks |
| Five Finger Pitch | /sys:five-finger-pitch |
Build a 5-finger, 5-minute verbal pitch |
| Ruthless Elimination | /sys:ruthless-elimination |
Reclaim 5-15 hours/week with Delete, Delegate, Delay |
| Break Bottleneck | /sys:break-bottleneck |
Find and fix your #1 throughput constraint |
| Prioritize (companion) | /sys:prioritize |
Rank a list across 2-4 dimensions with coarse 1-5 scoring |
Over 50 candidate skills were identified from the book — the 12 above scored highest on universality, power, and AI-transferability. See the full ranking and file an issue if you'd like another one included. /sys:prioritize is a companion skill — not from the book, but in the same spirit.
Not sure where to begin? See starter-questions.md for 2-3 sample prompts per skill you can copy-paste to try them out immediately.
Built by Rick Manelius — repeat founder, Techstars All-Star Mentor.
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