Founder Skills — 568 business frameworks, one slash command

Quick Start • The /founder Command • All Commands • Multi-Platform

--- You know that thing where you're staring at a business problem at 2am and thinking *"there's probably a framework for this"*? There are 568 of them. And now they live in your terminal. **Founder Skills** gives you instant access to the best thinking from **Porter, Christensen, Reid Hoffman, Brian Balfour, Teresa Torres, Paul Graham**, and dozens more — as AI-powered slash commands that actually apply the frameworks to *your* specific situation. Not generic advice. Not Wikipedia summaries. Real analysis, with assumptions called out and recommendations you can test. Works with **Claude Code**, **OpenAI**, **Gemini**, and any LLM. > *"Like having McKinsey, YC, and a16z in your terminal, except they give you straight answers and don't charge $500/hr."* --- ## Quick Start ### Claude Code **One command. That's it.** ``` /plugins marketplace TasteDotDev/founder-skills ``` Install the `founder-skills` plugin when prompted. Done. You now have 16 slash commands and 568 frameworks. Check what's installed anytime: ``` /plugins ```
Prefer git clone? ```bash # Global install (all projects) git clone https://github.com/TasteDotDev/founder-skills ~/.claude/skills/founder-skills # Project-only install git clone https://github.com/TasteDotDev/founder-skills .claude/skills/founder-skills ```
**Now try it:** ``` /founder We're a 50-person B2B SaaS doing $5M ARR, growth slowed from 3x to 1.5x ``` That's it. `/founder` figures out you need Four Fits + Growth Accounting + Unit Economics, applies all three to your situation, and gives you a prioritized action plan with validation steps. No framework selection needed. --- ## The `/founder` Command `/founder` is the one command to rule them all. Describe any business problem in plain English and it will: 1. **Diagnose** what you're actually dealing with (not what you think you're dealing with) 2. **Select** the 2-4 best frameworks from 568 options 3. **Apply** each one with full rigor — every section, every dimension, no shortcuts 4. **Challenge** its own analysis (devil's advocate, assumption stress-test, pre-mortem) 5. **Synthesize** into a prioritized action plan with specific validation gates ``` /founder Should we pivot from B2C to B2B? /founder I need to pitch investors for our Series A /founder Our team is growing from 10 to 50, how should we restructure? /founder Competitor just raised $100M and is undercutting our prices /founder How will AI agents disrupt our industry in the next 3 years? ``` **The secret sauce:** Every analysis ends with an assumptions table and a "here's how to test this before committing" section. Because the honest answer to most strategy questions is *"it depends, and here's how to find out."*

Terminal showing /founder in action

--- ## All Commands `/founder` handles everything. Go direct to a category only when you know exactly what you need. | Command | # | Frameworks | |:--------|:-:|:-----------| | **`/founder`** | **568** | **The brain. Picks the right frameworks for you.** | | `/founder-strategy` | 48 | Porter, Blitzscaling, Wardley Maps, Cold Start, AI GTM | | `/founder-marketing` | 54 | PLG, Build in Public, TikTok Growth, Dark Social | | `/founder-innovation` | 50 | Superhuman PMF, Amazon PR/FAQ, RICE/ICE | | `/founder-finance` | 46 | Sequoia Deck, SAFE Notes, Growth Accounting | | `/founder-organization` | 40 | Async-First, Team Topologies, Kotter Change | | `/founder-decision-making` | 39 | Decision Matrix, Cynefin, Pre-Mortem, OODA | | `/founder-communication` | 38 | Pyramid Principle, SCQA, Elevator Pitch | | `/founder-productivity` | 34 | GTD, Deep Work, OKRs, Atomic Habits | | `/founder-leadership` | 33 | Founder Mode, Radical Candor, GROW Model | | `/founder-sales` | 30 | Cold Email, MEDDIC, Land & Expand | | `/founder-design` | 27 | Design Thinking, UX Research, Service Blueprint | | `/founder-operations` | 25 | Lean, Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints | | `/founder-mental-models` | 23 | First Principles, Inversion, Second-Order Thinking | | `/founder-negotiation` | 22 | BATNA, Harvard Method, Anchoring | | `/founder-psychology` | 14 | Nudge Theory, Cognitive Bias Audit, Flow State | --- ## What Makes This Different **It's not a chatbot that read a business book once.** Every framework has: - A **structured expert prompt** — the AI adopts the mindset of a specialist in that exact domain - **Required inputs** — it asks you the right questions, not generic ones - **Full output structure** — every section, every dimension, no hand-waving - **Assumptions audit** — every analysis surfaces what it assumed and how to validate it - **Contrarian check** — the AI argues against its own recommendation to stress-test it The result reads like something you'd get from a top-tier strategy consultant, except it's honest about what it doesn't know. --- ## Highlights
### Growth & Strategy - **Blitzscaling** (Reid Hoffman) - **Four Fits Framework** (Brian Balfour / Reforge) - **Cold Start Problem** (Andrew Chen / a16z) - **North Star Metric** (Sean Ellis) - **PLG Flywheel** (Wes Bush / OpenView) - **Marketplace Liquidity** ### Fundraising & Finance - **Sequoia Pitch Deck** (the gold standard) - **YC Seed Deck Framework** - **SAFE Notes** (caps, discounts, pro rata) - **Growth Accounting** (Tribe Capital) - **Unit Economics** deep dive - **AI Product Pricing**
### Modern Distribution - **Build in Public** (Pieter Levels, Buffer) - **Short-Form Video Growth** (TikTok/Reels) - **Cold Email Framework** (Alex Berman) - **Community-Led Growth** - **Dark Social Strategy** - **Creator-Led Growth** ### AI Era - **AI-First Product Design** - **AI Agent Design Framework** - **AI Go-To-Market Strategy** - **AI Product Pricing** - **AI Future Scenario Planning**
Plus classics: **Porter's Five Forces**, **Jobs To Be Done**, **Design Thinking**, **OKRs**, **SWOT** (but only when it's actually the right tool), and 477+ more. --- ## Multi-Platform Founder Skills works everywhere, not just Claude Code. ### OpenAI (GPTs & Assistants) ```bash git clone https://github.com/TasteDotDev/founder-cli && cd founder-cli python3 build.py ``` | Platform | Instructions | Framework details | |:---------|:------------|:-----------------| | **GPTs** | `dist/openai/gpts//instructions.md` | Upload `knowledge/frameworks.md` as knowledge file | | **Assistants** | `dist/openai/assistants/.json` | Upload `files/-frameworks.md` to vector store | ### Gemini (Gems & API) | Platform | Instructions | Framework details | |:---------|:------------|:-----------------| | **Gems** | `dist/gemini/gems//instructions.md` | Upload `knowledge/frameworks.md` as knowledge file | | **API** | `dist/gemini/api/.md` (all-in-one) | Included inline | ### Standalone Individual self-contained prompts at `dist/standalone//.md` — copy-paste into any LLM. ### Build it yourself ```bash python3 build.py # Build all platforms (640 files) python3 build.py --clean # Clean rebuild ```
Output structure ``` dist/ openai/ gpts//instructions.md + knowledge/frameworks.md assistants/.json + files/-frameworks.md gemini/ gems//instructions.md + knowledge/frameworks.md api/.md standalone//.md manifest.json ```
--- ## Under the Hood Each skill has two files: ``` skills/strategy/ ├── SKILL.md # System prompt + framework catalog └── frameworks.md # Detailed expert prompts for each framework ``` **SKILL.md** is what runs when you invoke a slash command. **frameworks.md** is the deep reference the AI reads when applying a specific framework — expert persona, required inputs, output structure, origin attribution. --- ## Standing on the Shoulders of Giants These frameworks come from decades of the best business thinking: | Domain | Thinkers | |:-------|:---------| | **Strategy** | Michael Porter, Clayton Christensen, Reid Hoffman, Andrew Chen | | **Growth** | Brian Balfour (Reforge), Sean Ellis, Wes Bush, Elena Verna | | **VC / Startup** | Y Combinator, Sequoia, a16z, First Round, OpenView | | **Product** | Teresa Torres, Rahul Vohra, Marty Cagan, Jeff Bezos | | **Leadership** | Paul Graham, Kim Scott, Patrick Lencioni, Brian Chesky | | **AI** | Anthropic, OpenAI, a16z AI team, Kyle Poyar | | **Psychology** | Daniel Kahneman, Richard Thaler, Robert Cialdini | | **Communication** | Barbara Minto, Chip & Dan Heath, Jonah Berger | We built the prompts. They built the ideas. Credit where it's due. --- ## Meanwhile...

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--- ## Contributing Want to add a framework? PRs welcome. 1. Add a JSON definition to `server/tools/definitions//.json` 2. Run the skill regeneration script 3. Submit a PR ---

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