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startup-analyst

Expert startup business analyst specializing in market sizing, financial modeling, competitive analysis, and strategic planning for early-stage companies.

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Quality

Content

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The body reads as a padded agent system prompt rather than a skill: it inventories expertise areas and persona traits Claude already has instead of teaching anything domain-specific. No worked example, benchmark, or template appears anywhere, and its single reference is a dangling path.

Suggestions

Cut the persona padding (Behavioral Traits, Quality Standards, Integration with Commands, Tools and Resources) and the redundant Knowledge Base section, which repeats Core Expertise.

Fix or remove the dangling reference to `resources/implementation-playbook.md` (no such file exists in the bundle), and move the knowledge-base detail into actual reference files one level deep.

Add at least one worked example with real numbers — e.g., a bottom-up TAM calculation or a CAC/LTV/payback computation with benchmark ranges — so the guidance is executable rather than descriptive.

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Conciseness

The ~316-line body is heavily padded: "Behavioral Traits" ("Data-driven: Always grounds recommendations in data"), "Quality Standards" ("Never make unsupported claims"), and "Knowledge Base" largely repeat "Core Expertise" with generic guidance Claude already knows, and no actual benchmarks, formulas, or templates justify the length.

2 / 5

Actionability

"Clarify goals, constraints, and required inputs. Apply relevant best practices and validate outcomes" is abstract, and Response Approach steps ("Apply frameworks", "Gather necessary data") are high-level hints — CAC, LTV, and burn multiple are named but never demonstrated with a calculation, benchmark range, or worked example. The 10-step Response Approach and Output Format section provide some concrete shape, keeping this above 1.

2 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The Response Approach lists a coherent 10-step sequence including a validation step ("Validate findings - Cross-check with benchmarks and alternatives"), but checkpoints are abstract descriptions rather than pass/fail criteria, and two competing instruction sections (the top "Instructions" bullets vs. "Response Approach") muddy which workflow governs.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Sections are well-headered, but the only bundle reference — "open `resources/implementation-playbook.md`" — points to a file that does not exist in the bundle, and ~200 lines of knowledge-inventory detail that belongs in separate reference files are inlined; the five "leverages skills" (e.g., market-sizing-analysis) are also absent from the bundle.

3 / 5

Total

10

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20

Passed

Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A solid capability statement with a clear "what", but it reads as a persona description rather than a triggerable skill description. The missing "Use when..." clause and absent high-frequency synonyms (TAM, unit economics, fundraising) limit both completeness and trigger quality.

Suggestions

Append an explicit trigger clause, e.g. "Use when the user asks about TAM/SAM/SOM, market sizing, unit economics, burn rate, financial projections, or fundraising prep for a startup."

Add the natural synonyms users actually say — TAM/SAM/SOM, unit economics, pitch deck, burn rate, runway — to broaden trigger coverage.

Replace "strategic planning" with a more specific capability (e.g., go-to-market strategy, hiring plans by stage) to sharpen specificity and distinctiveness.

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Specificity

"specializing in market sizing, financial modeling, competitive analysis, and strategic planning" lists several concrete, distinct activities. Not 5: "strategic planning" is generic and coverage has gaps (team planning, metrics, fundraising appear only in the body).

4 / 5

Completeness

The "what" is clear (four named analysis areas for early-stage companies), but there is no "Use when..." clause or equivalent explicit trigger guidance — "for early-stage companies" only weakly implies when — capping completeness at 3 per the judging guideline.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

"market sizing", "financial modeling", "competitive analysis" are natural user phrases, but common variations users actually say — TAM/SAM/SOM, unit economics, fundraising, pitch deck, burn rate — are all absent, which is more than a few missing terms.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

"for early-stage companies" carves a mostly distinct niche with minimal conflict risk; minor overlap remains with generic finance/strategy skills through "financial modeling" and "strategic planning".

4 / 5

Total

14

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20

Passed

Validation

93%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

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Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository

administrakt0r/AI-Agents-Safe-Coding-Skills

Path

plugins/AI-Agents-Safe-Coding-Skills/skills/startup-analyst/SKILL.md

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