Founder Skills

Agent skills for founders — covering GTM, product, engineering, design, and content.

Built by a three-time founder who scaled an open-source authorization platform to Fortune 100 companies and acquisition. These skills encode hard-won playbooks into reusable Agent instructions.

Install

# Browse available skills
npx skills add firatcand/founder-skills --list

# Install a specific skill
npx skills add firatcand/founder-skills --skill copywriter-skill -a claude-code

# Install multiple skills
npx skills add firatcand/founder-skills --skill sales-skill --skill product-position -a claude-code

# Install all skills
npx skills add firatcand/founder-skills --all -a claude-code

# Install globally (available in every project)
npx skills add firatcand/founder-skills --skill copywriter-skill -g -a claude-code

Alternative installer (cross-agent — works with Cursor, Windsurf, Aider, Codex too):

npx openskills install firatcand/founder-skills

Skills

Go-To-Market

Skill	What it does
sales-skill	B2B SaaS sales execution — discovery, demos, objection handling, MEDDPICC, deal reviews, negotiation
prospecting	ICP definition, account tiering, cadence design, cold calling, LinkedIn outreach, signal-based selling
channel-expert	Acquisition channel strategy — CAC benchmarks, channel selection, outbound vs inbound, budget allocation
product-position	Positioning, messaging hierarchy, competitive framing, category design, strategic narratives
copywriter-skill	Clarity-first commercial copy — landing pages, emails, CTAs, headlines. Grounded in Ogilvy, Zinsser, Hopkins
seo	SEO & AEO for early-stage startups — keyword strategy, technical audits, schema markup, AI citation optimization
plg-skill	Product-Led Growth — freemium/trial design, activation metrics, PQL definitions, viral loops, PLG readiness
pricing	SaaS pricing strategy — value metrics, tier design, packaging, WTP research, pricing page optimization

Product & Engineering

Skill	What it does
product-spec	PRDs, feature specs, user stories, acceptance criteria. Includes spec audit mode
software-architect	Architecture decisions — monolith vs micro, database selection, CQRS, tech stack tradeoffs. Fowler, Richardson, Kleppmann
devops	Cloud architecture, CI/CD, Kubernetes, IaC, observability, SRE, platform engineering
data-analysis	Product and GTM analytics — funnels, cohort retention, A/B testing, dashboards, metric design

Design

Skill	What it does
ui-design	UI design principles — spacing, visual hierarchy, typography, color systems, accessibility
ux-design	UX audit and design specs — Gestalt principles, progressive disclosure, affordance, feedback
graphic-design	Color, typography, layout, branding, WCAG accessibility, design systems for non-designers

Content & Prompting

Skill	What it does
script-writer-skill	Video and podcast scripts — TikTok, Reels, YouTube Shorts/long-form, hooks, retention, CTAs
motion-picture	Video production planning — storyboards, shot lists, color scripts, pacing, animation principles
prompt-architect	Write, critique, rewrite, compare, and template LLM prompts. Prompt Architect 3.0 methodology
prompt-engineering-patterns	Advanced prompt engineering — chain-of-thought, few-shot, system prompts, optimization techniques

How Skills Work

Each skill is a SKILL.md file with optional references/ for deep knowledge bases. Claude Code loads the skill description into context at all times (for triggering), then reads the full SKILL.md + references only when the skill activates.

skill-name/
├── SKILL.md              # Orchestration layer (frontmatter + instructions)
└── references/           # Deep knowledge bases loaded on demand
    └── knowledge-base.md

Skills follow Anthropic's Agent Skills specification.

Manual Install

If you prefer not to use the CLI:

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/firatcand/founder-skills.git

# Symlink a skill into Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
ln -s $(pwd)/founder-skills/copywriter-skill ~/.claude/skills/copywriter-skill

Or for project-level:

mkdir -p .claude/skills
ln -s /path/to/founder-skills/copywriter-skill .claude/skills/copywriter-skill

License

MIT