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Startup Skill

Claude Code skills that turn a startup idea into a validated strategy in one afternoon.

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What is Startup Skill?

Startup Skill is a collection of Claude Code skills for founders who want strategy-grade output without the $10K consultant bill. It covers the full startup cycle: startup-design runs market research, customer discovery, competitive analysis, brand, product definition, financial projections and validation experiments across eight phases; startup-competitors builds battle cards, pricing landscapes and feature matrices from real reviews, forums and web data; startup-positioning applies April Dunford's framework to find the right market category and messaging; and startup-pitch produces investor-ready pitches in 10-, 5-, 2- and 1-minute formats plus Q&A prep. Each skill is invoked naturally or with slash commands, and works with any agent that supports skills.

Pros

  • Covers the whole startup validation loop in one skill set
  • Uses real web, forum and review data for competitive intelligence
  • Free, MIT-licensed and installable as a Claude Code plugin

Cons

  • Consumes a lot of tokens on deep research runs
  • Best with Claude Max or a high-context model

Who should use Startup Skill

Founders, indie hackers and strategists who want structured startup validation inside Claude Code.

Who may not need it

Teams already paying for dedicated strategy consultants or market-research platforms.

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