saas-valuation-compression

Analyze SaaS company valuation compression between funding rounds. Use this skill whenever the user asks about: how much a SaaS company's valuation multiple changed between rounds, why the ARR multiple compressed or expanded, comparing a company's compression to macro benchmarks, or explaining what drove valuation changes for any VC-backed software company. Trigger on phrases like "valuation compression", "ARR multiple", "round-to-round valuation", "multiple change", or when the user asks to compare a company's funding rounds. Always use this skill for any multi-round SaaS valuation analysis — do not try to answer from memory alone.

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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 is highly actionable with a clear sequenced workflow, but it inlines substantial time-sensitive reference data that should live in a separate references file, hurting conciseness and progressive disclosure.

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Move the macro-multiples table, comparables table, and April 2026 public-SaaS drawdown table into a references/ file (e.g., references/benchmarks.md) and link to it from the body to improve conciseness and progressive disclosure.

Add an explicit validate→fix→retry feedback loop for estimated ARR (e.g., cross-check customer-count×ARPC against the heuristic range and re-estimate if outside it) to lift workflow clarity.

Quarantine time-sensitive figures (April 2026 meltdown dates and drawdown percentages) into a clearly labeled, easily-updatable reference section so they do not silently decay in the main workflow.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Prose is efficient and assumes Claude's competence, but ~110 lines of inlined reference data (macro multiples table, comparables table, 20-row public SaaS drawdown table) and time-sensitive April 2026 figures bloat the overview and could be tightened by extraction to a reference file.	3 / 5
Actionability	Provides copy-paste-ready search query strings, explicit compression formulas, a data-model table with 'How to get it' guidance, numeric ARR estimation heuristics, a rated cause-attribution checklist, and concrete visualization specs — fully executable coverage of common cases.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	A clear 6-step sequenced workflow with confidence-flagging checkpoints and an Edge Cases section, but validation is flag-based rather than an explicit validate→fix→retry feedback loop, leaving minor validation gaps.	4 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Section headers provide structure, but no bundle files exist and large benchmark/comparables/drawdown reference tables are inlined in SKILL.md rather than split into a separate referenced file; no file references are signaled at all.	3 / 5
	Total	15 / 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 excellent: third-person voice, concrete actions, explicit trigger phrases with synonyms, and a clear niche that minimizes conflict risk. It fully answers both what the skill does and when to use it.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the domain and multiple concrete analytical actions ('how much a SaaS company's valuation multiple changed', 'why the ARR multiple compressed or expanded', 'comparing...to macro benchmarks', 'explaining what drove valuation changes'), giving comprehensive coverage of the analytical surface.	5 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both 'what' (Analyze SaaS company valuation compression between funding rounds) and 'when' (explicit 'Use this skill whenever...', 'Trigger on phrases like...', 'Always use this skill for any multi-round SaaS valuation analysis') with concrete trigger phrases.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Provides comprehensive natural trigger phrases with synonyms ('valuation compression', 'ARR multiple', 'round-to-round valuation', 'multiple change') plus scenario triggers a user would naturally say.	5 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Occupies a clear niche (multi-round SaaS valuation compression) with distinct, specific triggers and minimal overlap risk with other skills.	5 / 5
	Total	20 / 20 Passed

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Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: himself65/finance-skills
Path: plugins/market-analysis/skills/saas-valuation-compression/SKILL.md
Commit: 81e1f50

Reviewed: 7 days ago

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