startup-pitch

Build investor-ready pitch scripts in multiple formats (10-min, 5-min, 2-min, 1-min elevator, investor email). Produces pitch narratives, Q&A preparation, pitch scoring rubric, and optional investor roleplay practice. Use when the user wants to create a pitch, prepare for investor meetings, craft a startup pitch, write a fundraising narrative, or practice their pitch. Triggers for "pitch deck", "investor pitch", "pitch my startup", "fundraising deck", "seed deck", "how to pitch", "investor meeting", "demo day", "prepare pitch", "pitch script", "elevator pitch for investors", "pitch practice", "practice my pitch", "investor roleplay", or any request to present a startup to investors, accelerators, or partners. Works standalone — no prior startup-design session needed, but leverages its output if available.

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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.

A well-structured, complex multi-phase skill with excellent actionability, clear sequencing, and exemplary progressive disclosure. The main weakness is conciseness — several sections articulate general pitching philosophy that Claude already knows and could be condensed.

Suggestions

Tighten the 'Core Philosophy' and prose passages in Phase 3 to directive guidance only; drop general aphorisms like 'A pitch isn't a monologue' that Claude already understands, keeping the specific ordering rules.

Consider moving the detailed honesty anti-pattern table (Phase: Honesty Protocol) into honesty-protocol.md and summarizing the top 3 anti-patterns inline, since the full protocol already lives in that reference file.

The 'Delivery Tips' section in Phase 4 partly re-states philosophy from earlier phases; consolidate to avoid repeating the '60-second rule' / 'invite conversation' points.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Mostly efficient and dense with actionable specs, but several prose sections explain general pitching wisdom Claude already knows ('A pitch isn't a monologue. The more investors talk, the more they convince themselves', the Core Philosophy principles) that could be trimmed without losing guidance value.	3 / 5
Actionability	Highly concrete guidance throughout: exact intake questions, per-format output file specs with content bullets, a 9-row scorecard table with named dimensions, defined roleplay personas with specific behaviors, and an anti-pattern table pairing each failure with a fix.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Clear multi-phase sequence (Phase 0 → 4) with explicit validation checkpoints: Post-Research Checkpoint, the Phase 3 'PAUSE — User Review', the Phase 3.5 verification pass with Critical/Warning branching, and a re-scoring iteration loop in Phase 4, plus PROGRESS.md tracking.	5 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	SKILL.md is an overview pointing to 8 real reference files (all present in references/), each signaled inline with a '> Reference: Read references/...' callout at the relevant phase and consolidated in a final 'Reference Files' table with when-to-read and purpose; references are one level deep with no nested chaining.	5 / 5
	Total	18 / 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.

The description is comprehensive, specific, and uses third-person voice throughout. It cleanly answers both what the skill does and when to invoke it, with abundant natural trigger phrases. No vague fluff or over-claims.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple specific concrete actions and deliverables — 'Build investor-ready pitch scripts in multiple formats (10-min, 5-min, 2-min, 1-min elevator, investor email)' plus 'pitch narratives, Q&A preparation, pitch scoring rubric, and optional investor roleplay practice' — giving comprehensive capability coverage.	5 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what (build pitch scripts in multiple formats; produce narratives, Q&A prep, scorecard, roleplay) and when ('Use when the user wants to create a pitch... Triggers for...') with concrete trigger phrases.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Comprehensive natural trigger coverage with many synonyms a user would actually say: 'pitch deck', 'investor pitch', 'pitch my startup', 'fundraising deck', 'seed deck', 'demo day', 'elevator pitch for investors', 'pitch practice', 'investor roleplay'.	5 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Clear niche (investor pitching) with distinct triggers; explicitly notes it 'leverages' output from sibling startup-design skills rather than competing with them, keeping conflict risk minimal.	5 / 5
	Total	20 / 20 Passed

Validation

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

Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: ferdinandobons/startup-skill
Path: startup-pitch/SKILL.md
Commit: a5f97c3

Reviewed: 7 days ago

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