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startup-founder-skills

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fundraising-email

skills/fundraising-email/SKILL.md

When the user wants to write an email to an investor — cold outreach, warm intro request, follow-up after a meeting, monthly investor update, or thank-you note. Also activates for "intro email", "investor email", "follow up with VC", or "investor update".

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interview-kit

skills/interview-kit/SKILL.md

When the user needs to design an interview process, create interview questions, build scorecards, calibrate interviewers, or evaluate candidates for a role.

66

investor-research

skills/investor-research/SKILL.md

When the user wants to identify, evaluate, or prioritize potential investors for a fundraising round. Also activates when the user asks "who should I pitch?", "find me investors", "build an investor list", or mentions VC/angel targeting.

64

job-description

skills/job-description/SKILL.md

When the user needs to write, review, or improve a job posting for a startup role.

52

landing-page

skills/landing-page/SKILL.md

When the user needs to create, critique, or optimize a landing page for conversion -- including headline rewrites, CTA placement, layout restructuring, or full page copy drafts.

61

launch-strategy

skills/launch-strategy/SKILL.md

When the user needs to plan or execute a product launch — including pre-launch content sequences, launch funnels, JV/affiliate launches, cart open/close strategy, or evergreen launch funnels.

58

lead-scoring

skills/lead-scoring/SKILL.md

When a founder needs to qualify inbound leads, define their ICP, build a lead scoring model, set MQL criteria, or route prospects through pipeline stages. Activate when the user mentions lead scoring, ICP, MQL, SQL, lead qualification, inbound leads, or pipeline design.

68

market-research

skills/market-research/SKILL.md

When the user needs to estimate market size, understand market dynamics, or validate that a market opportunity is large enough to pursue.

48

mvp-scoping

skills/mvp-scoping/SKILL.md

When the user needs to decide what to build, cut, and defer for a first release or minimum viable version of a product or feature.

52

onboarding-flow

skills/onboarding-flow/SKILL.md

When the user needs to design, improve, or audit a post-signup activation flow to get new users to their first value moment. Activate when activation is lagging, time-to-value feels excessive, or first sessions lack impact.

55

partnership-outreach

skills/partnership-outreach/SKILL.md

When a founder needs to write partnership or BD emails, craft integration pitches, or create co-marketing proposals. Activate when the user mentions partnerships, business development, integration proposals, co-marketing, channel partnerships, or strategic alliances.

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pitch-deck

skills/pitch-deck/SKILL.md

When the user wants to create, review, or restructure a fundraising pitch deck for seed or Series A. Also activates when the user mentions "deck", "pitch", "investor presentation", or "slide structure".

68

prd-writing

skills/prd-writing/SKILL.md

When the user needs to define a product feature, write a product requirements document, or translate an idea into a structured spec.

56

privacy-policy

skills/privacy-policy/SKILL.md

When the user needs to draft, review, or update a privacy policy for their product, or needs to understand data privacy obligations across jurisdictions.

51

process-docs

skills/process-docs/SKILL.md

When the user needs to create SOPs, playbooks, runbooks, or other operational documentation that defines how a recurring process should be executed.

68

proposal-generation

skills/proposal-generation/SKILL.md

When a founder needs to create a sales proposal, statement of work, contract, NDA, or master service agreement. Activate when the user mentions proposal, SOW, quote, contract, NDA, MSA, or needs to formalize a deal.

66

review-mining

skills/review-mining/SKILL.md

When the user wants to research customer pain points, complaints, or sentiment using review platforms like Trustpilot, G2, Capterra, or app stores. Also use when the user mentions "what are users saying", "competitor reviews", "pain points", or "voice of customer research".

58

roadmap-planning

skills/roadmap-planning/SKILL.md

When the user needs to organize product initiatives into a prioritized, time-sequenced plan with outcomes and dependencies.

56

sales-script

skills/sales-script/SKILL.md

When a founder needs demo scripts, discovery call frameworks, objection handling, RFP/RFI responses, competitive feature matrices, POC planning, or closing playbooks. Activate for sales calls, demo prep, talk tracks, bid responses, competitor comparisons, or pre-sales engineering.

66

security-review

skills/security-review/SKILL.md

When the user needs a security assessment — threat modeling, vulnerability review, auth flow audit, dependency scanning, or says "is this secure", "review for vulnerabilities", "threat model", "security audit", "pen test prep".

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