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Purpose
This tool provides a collection of 27 skill prompts and a TypeScript-based operating system designed to guide non-technical founders through product development stages using AI coding agents like Claude and Codex.

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SUMMARY

24 agent skills for non-technical founders building world-class products. Works with pi, Claude Code, and Codex.

README.md

Founder Skills OS

Founder Skills is evolving from a 27-skill founder pack into an agent-agnostic company operating system for coding agents.

Site: https://fskills.xyz

Today this repo has two layers:

  • Legacy pack: 27 published founder skills for pi, Claude, and Codex
  • Founder Skills OS beta: a TypeScript rebuild with canonical source, sequences, host adapters, generated outputs, and install/export flows for coding hosts

Founder Skills OS beta

Current coding-host scope:

  • 6 coding hosts: pi, Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Hermes
  • 17 canonical skills in the new source-driven system
  • 3 canonical sequences: validate-to-build, build-to-release, weekly-operating-rhythm
  • coding-host-first install/export flows that move generated bundles into real host locations

OS quickstart

npm install
npm run os:doctor
npm run os:gen

npm run os:install -- --host pi
npm run os:install -- --host claude-code --scope project
npm run os:install -- --host codex
npm run os:install -- --host opencode
npm run os:install -- --host openclaw
npm run os:install -- --host hermes

Useful docs:

Legacy skill pack

The original 27-skill pack remains in the repo and published package.
Every skill produces a concrete .md artifact — not option lists, not framework overviews. Opinionated decisions, worked examples, and a clear next step.

The Journey

The skills map to seven phases of building a product:

Strategy → Design → Build → Launch → Compound → PMF → Scale

You don't need all 27. Start where you are.

Skills

Strategy — Validate before you build

Skill What it produces Invoke with
mvp-scoper mvp-brief.md — scoped MVP with 3 must-have features "Scope my MVP"
problem-validator problem-validation-report.md — evidence the problem is real "Validate my problem"
customer-hypothesis customer-profile.md — specific customer portrait "Define my customer"
assumption-mapper assumptions-map.md — ranked risky bets with cheap tests "Map my assumptions"
user-interview-guide research-report.md — validated insights from 5 user interviews "Run user interviews"
competitor-mapper competitor-map.md — competitive landscape + positioning gap "Map my competition"

Design — UX before UI

Skill What it produces Invoke with
ux-flow-designer user-flows.md — 3 core flows mapped step by step "Design my user flows"
design-direction-setter design-brief.md — visual vocabulary and moodboard brief "Set my design direction"
ux-heuristics-reviewer ux-review.md — 10 heuristics scored with fixes "Review my UX"

Build — Decisions, not debates

Skill What it produces Invoke with
stack-selector stack-decision.md — specific tech stack with rationale "Pick my stack"
feature-sequencer build-sequence.md — ordered build sequence "Sequence my features"
integration-picker integrations-plan.md — specific tools per job-to-be-done "Pick my integrations"
architecture-explainer architecture-overview.md — system explained in plain English "Explain my architecture"

Launch — Ship with confidence

Skill What it produces Invoke with
positioning-writer positioning.md — one-liner, elevator pitch, tagline "Write my positioning"
landing-page-copywriter landing-page-copy.md — full landing page copy "Write my landing page"
launch-plan-builder launch-plan.md — week-by-week plan across 3 channels "Build my launch plan"
pricing-model-framer pricing-model.md — pricing model with rationale "Frame my pricing"

Compound — The recurring ritual

Skill What it produces Invoke with
build-cycle cycles/YYYY-MM-DD.md — cycle record with MPP + PMF signal "Start a build cycle"
mpp-evaluator mpp-scorecard.md — Minimum Proud Product score across 5 criteria "Evaluate my MPP"
failure-navigator diagnosis.md — root cause of stagnation + pivot prescription "Help me through a failure"

PMF — Find and amplify what's working

Skill What it produces Invoke with
pmf-signal-reader pmf-assessment.md — signal strength across retention/WoM/engagement/revenue "Read my PMF signals"
north-star-definer north-star.md — the one metric to obsess over "Define my north star"
retention-loop-designer retention-loop.md — complete Hook Canvas design "Design my retention loop"
growth-loop-builder growth-loop.md — self-reinforcing growth mechanism "Build my growth loop"
churn-diagnostician churn-diagnosis.md — root cause + specific experiment "Diagnose my churn"

Partner — Your co-founder in a skill

Skill What it produces Invoke with
founder-partner Updated founder-context.md + direction for the session "Partner" or "Check in with my partner"

Scale — Your first hires (human and AI)

Skill What it produces Invoke with
first-hire-brief human-hire-brief.md or agent-hire-brief.md — who or what to hire first "Help me make my first hire"

Founder Skills OS install and export

Generate the latest coding-host bundles, then install them into the harness you want:

npm run os:gen
npm run os:install -- --host pi
npm run os:install -- --host claude-code --scope project
npm run os:install -- --host codex
npm run os:install -- --host opencode
npm run os:install -- --host openclaw
npm run os:install -- --host hermes

Default export targets:

  • pi → ~/.pi/agent/skills/founder-skills-os/
  • Claude Code → .claude/skills/founder-skills-os/ or ~/.claude/skills/founder-skills-os/
  • Codex → .codex/founder-skills-os/ + managed AGENTS.md section
  • OpenCode → .opencode/founder-skills-os/ + managed AGENTS.md section
  • OpenClaw → .openclaw/founder-skills-os/ + managed AGENTS.md section
  • Hermes → ~/.hermes/skills/founder-skills-os/

See docs/founder-skills-os-install-export-flows.md for the full matrix.

Legacy pack install

No clone required (recommended):

# Install all skills for pi
npx founder-skills install --agent pi

# Install all skills for Claude globally
npx founder-skills install --agent claude

# Install Claude skills in current project only
npx founder-skills install --agent claude --scope project

# Generate Codex AGENTS file in current directory
npx founder-skills install --agent codex --out ./AGENTS.founder-skills.md

Install a single phase:

npx founder-skills install --agent pi --phase strategy
npx founder-skills install --agent claude --phase pmf

Optional: clone + bash installer (legacy path):

git clone https://github.com/gvkhosla/founder-skills.git
cd founder-skills
bash scripts/install.sh pi

How Skills Work

Every skill is a SKILL.md file. Each file contains:

  1. What you'll get — the exact output artifact
  2. How it works — step-by-step process the agent follows
  3. Parallel execution (where applicable) — independent workstreams run simultaneously
  4. Worked example — a real scenario showing inputs and outputs
  5. Related skills — what to use before and after

Skills are self-contained. No internet required. No API keys. No setup beyond installing the files.

Multi-Agent

Skills with independent workstreams spawn parallel subagents. pi and Claude execute this natively. Codex runs the same steps sequentially (every parallelized skill includes a Sequential Fallback section).

Skills with parallel execution:

  • assumption-mapper — N agents, one per assumption
  • mpp-evaluator — 5 agents, one per MPP criterion
  • failure-navigator — 5 agents, one per failure hypothesis
  • build-cycle (Phase 3) — 3 agents for scoring and pattern reading
  • launch-plan-builder — 3 agents for Owned/Rented/Borrowed channels
  • pmf-signal-reader — 4 agents for retention/WoM/engagement/revenue
  • north-star-definer — N agents, one per candidate metric
  • retention-loop-designer — 4 agents for Trigger/Action/Reward/Investment
  • growth-loop-builder — 4 agents for viral/content/product/sales loops
  • churn-diagnostician — 3 agents for timing/behavior/feedback

The founder-context.md Convention

The founder-partner skill keeps a persistent memory of your product's story in founder-context.md at your project root.

Every skill that benefits from context will read this file if it exists. Create yours from the template:

cp skills/partner/founder-partner/context-template.md [your-project-root]/founder-context.md

Then run a founder-partner session to fill it in.

Philosophy

Opinionated, not comprehensive. Every skill makes a recommendation — not a menu of options. You can disagree. But you'll have to think to disagree.

Artifacts, not advice. Every skill produces a .md file. You can read it, share it, argue with it, update it, and use it with the next skill.

The MPP, not the MVP. Minimum Proud Product: the version you'd show without apologizing. The bar is pride, not mere functionality.

Compounding, not linear. The Compound phase is a recurring ritual, not a one-time step. Each cycle builds on the last. The journal of cycle records is the product's memory.

The partner over tools. The founder-partner skill is the most important skill in the pack. Not because it does the most, but because it holds the context across all the others.

Full philosophy: docs/PHILOSOPHY.md

Documentation

Contributing

Read docs/AUTHORING.md first. Every skill must follow the 7 laws and the canonical template. Skills that produce option lists instead of recommendations won't be accepted. Skills that don't produce a concrete artifact won't be accepted.

Run validation before opening a PR:

npm run check

Open an issue before writing a new skill — check the existing ones for overlap first.

License

MIT — use freely, commercially included. Attribution appreciated, not required.

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