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/cs:vpe-review <plan — Throughput-first VP of Engineering interrogation of any plan that touches delivery, eng hiring, team structure, or production discipline.
Install Vpe Review
$ npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill vpe-review -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install alirezarezvani/claude-skills vpe-review --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/c-level-agents/skills/vpe-review .claude/skills/vpe-review && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "vpe-review" agent skill from https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/main/c-level-agents/skills/vpe-review into .claude/skills/vpe-review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vpe-review", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/main/c-level-agents/skills/vpe-reviewType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill vpe-review -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install alirezarezvani/claude-skills vpe-review --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/c-level-agents/skills/vpe-review .agents/skills/vpe-review && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "vpe-review" agent skill from https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/main/c-level-agents/skills/vpe-review into .agents/skills/vpe-review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vpe-review", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill vpe-review -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install alirezarezvani/claude-skills vpe-review --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/c-level-agents/skills/vpe-review .cursor/skills/vpe-review && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "vpe-review" agent skill from https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/main/c-level-agents/skills/vpe-review into .cursor/skills/vpe-review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vpe-review", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git --path c-level-agents/skills/vpe-review--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill vpe-review -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install alirezarezvani/claude-skills vpe-review --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/c-level-agents/skills/vpe-review .gemini/skills/vpe-review && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "vpe-review" agent skill from https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/main/c-level-agents/skills/vpe-review into .gemini/skills/vpe-review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vpe-review", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install alirezarezvani/claude-skills vpe-reviewInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill vpe-review -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/c-level-agents/skills/vpe-review .github/skills/vpe-review && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "vpe-review" agent skill from https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/main/c-level-agents/skills/vpe-review into .github/skills/vpe-review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vpe-review", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill vpe-review -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install alirezarezvani/claude-skills vpe-review --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/c-level-agents/skills/vpe-review .opencode/skills/vpe-review && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "vpe-review" agent skill from https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/main/c-level-agents/skills/vpe-review into .opencode/skills/vpe-review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vpe-review", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
vpe-review- GitHub stars
- 28k
- Token cost
- ~1.2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 396 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 342
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
/cs:vpe-review <plan — Throughput-first VP of Engineering interrogation of any plan that touches delivery, eng hiring, team structure, or production discipline.
- Works in 6 steps: What's the cycle time, and where does… → What's the DORA performance level on all… → Where is the hiring funnel leaking? → …
- Cycle time balloons
- SKILL.md covers When to Run, The Six VPE Questions, Workflow and Output Format, plus 2 more sections
- Calls python
What it does
Vpe Review is an agent skill from alirezarezvani/claude-skills. /cs:vpe-review <plan — Throughput-first VP of Engineering interrogation of any plan that touches delivery, eng hiring, team structure, or production discipline. Use when cycle time balloons, DORA metrics slide, or before committing to an eng hiring wave or a reorg.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Slides and decks. The repository describes itself as: 380 Claude Code skills & agent skills & plugins (30+ Agents, 70+ custom commands, 380+ skills, customizable references, scripts)for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and 8… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Cycle time balloons
- DORA metrics slide
- Before committing to an eng hiring wave
Example prompts
- “/vpe-review”
Requirements
- Python 3
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 19392f7. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
python
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Vpe Review loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 69 tokens; SKILL.md has 396 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from alirezarezvani/claude-skills at commit 19392f7, republished under its MIT licence (© alirezarezvani). 396 words, ~1,198 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/vpe-review/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- vpe-review
- description
- /cs:vpe-review <plan> — Throughput-first VP of Engineering interrogation of any plan that touches delivery, eng hiring, team structure, or production discipline. Use when cycle time balloons, DORA metrics slide, or before committing to an eng hiring wave or a reorg.
/cs:vpe-review — VPE Forcing Questions
Command: /cs:vpe-review <plan>
The throughput-first VPE pressure-tests any plan touching eng operations. Six questions before any delivery commitment, eng hiring expansion, team restructure, or production-discipline change.
When to Run
- Before quarterly delivery commitment (sprint planning, OKR review)
- Before approving an eng hiring plan
- Before restructuring eng teams (splitting/merging squads, adding tribes)
- Before deciding whether to hire a VPE separately from CTO (or merge them)
- When production incidents are increasing
- When sprint velocity is dropping but everyone says "we're working hard"
The Six VPE Questions
1. What's the cycle time, and where does work wait?
No DORA, no diagnosis.
- Lead Time for Changes is the single best health metric
- If you can't decompose cycle time into stages, you can't fix the bottleneck
- Run
delivery_throughput_analyzer.py
2. What's the DORA performance level on all 4 metrics?
One Elite metric and three Lows = bad. Four Highs = healthy.
- Deployment Frequency, Lead Time, MTTR, Change Failure Rate
- The worst metric defines overall level
- Fix lead time first; everything else follows
3. Where is the hiring funnel leaking?
"Can't find good engineers" is wrong.
- Specific stage is over-filtering OR top-of-funnel volume is too low OR offer-to-accept is broken
- Run
eng_hiring_funnel_calculator.py - If offer-to-accept < 70%, comp is below market or close discipline is weak
4. Is the team structure healthy for the headcount?
5-9 ICs per squad; 5-8 ICs per EM; 4-6 EMs per director.
- Run
eng_team_structure_designer.py - Manager-trigger fires when 5+ ICs have no dedicated EM
- Director-trigger fires when 3+ EMs report directly to VPE/CTO
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5. What's the production discipline maturity?
Level 1-5; aim for Level 3 at growth stage.
- On-call rotation ≥ 6 people
- Severity-defined incident response with blameless postmortems
- SLOs on customer-facing services (pair with
engineering/slo-architect/) - Continuous deployment OR scheduled — not "usually one, sometimes the other"
6. Are we adding a VPE separately, or is CTO doing both?
If CTO is spending > 50% on management vs strategy, VPE is needed.
- Or: VPE complement when CTO is co-founder more comfortable with strategy
- VPE owns operating model; CTO owns architecture
- At small scale (< 20 eng), one person can do both
Workflow
# 1. Delivery throughput
python ../../../c-level-advisor/skills/vpe-advisor/scripts/delivery_throughput_analyzer.py sprint_metrics.json
# 2. Hiring funnel
python ../../../c-level-advisor/skills/vpe-advisor/scripts/eng_hiring_funnel_calculator.py funnel.json
# 3. Team structure
python ../../../c-level-advisor/skills/vpe-advisor/scripts/eng_team_structure_designer.py team.jsonOutput Format
# VPE Review: <plan>
**Date:** YYYY-MM-DD
## The Decision Being Made
[throughput | hiring | structure | production | VPE-vs-CTO]
## Delivery Throughput (if applicable)
- DORA overall: Elite / High / Medium / Low
- Worst metric: <DF | LT | MTTR | FR>
- Bottleneck: <stage> (X% of cycle time)
- Top fix: <action + owner>
## Hiring Funnel (if applicable)
- End-to-end conversion: X%
- Weakest stage: <stage>
- Pipeline gap: +N candidates needed
- Top fix: <specific action>
## Team Structure (if applicable)
- Recommended: <informal pods / squads / tribes>
- Manager trigger fired: yes/no
- Director trigger fired: yes/no
- Action: <hire EM | hire director | split squad>
## Production Discipline (if applicable)
- Current maturity level: 1-5
- Next practice to add: <specific>
- SLO coverage: X / Y services
## Verdict
🟢 SHIP | 🟡 SHARPEN | 🔴 BLOCK
## Next Steps
[3 concrete actions]Routing
/cs:cto-review— for architectural causes of throughput problemscs-chro-advisoragent — for hiring funnel comp/leveling issues/cs:cfo-review— for cost-per-hire envelope and eng budget/cs:ciso-review— for production discipline + compliance overlap/cs:decide— log the verdict/cs:freeze 30— on multi-year hiring commitments
Related
- Agent:
cs-vpe-advisor - Skill:
vpe-advisor - Adjacent:
../../../engineering/slo-architect/,../../../engineering/feature-flags-architect/,../../../engineering/chaos-engineering/
Version: 1.0.0
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Files
Just SKILL.md in c-level-agents/skills/vpe-review of alirezarezvani/claude-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 19392f7
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What does Vpe Review do?
/cs:vpe-review <plan — Throughput-first VP of Engineering interrogation of any plan that touches delivery, eng hiring, team structure, or production discipline. Vpe Review is an agent skill from alirezarezvani/claude-skills. /cs:vpe-review <plan — Throughput-first VP of Engineering interrogation of any plan that touches delivery, eng hiring, team structure, or production discipline.
When should I use Vpe Review?
Vpe Review fits situations like: cycle time balloons; DORA metrics slide; before committing to an eng hiring wave.
How do I install Vpe Review in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill vpe-review -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (c-level-agents/skills/vpe-review in alirezarezvani/claude-skills) into .claude/skills/vpe-review in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Vpe Review in Codex?
Run `npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill vpe-review -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (c-level-agents/skills/vpe-review in alirezarezvani/claude-skills) into .agents/skills/vpe-review in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Vpe Review in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill vpe-review -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/vpe-review, .gemini/skills/vpe-review, .github/skills/vpe-review and .opencode/skills/vpe-review in your project.
What does Vpe Review need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Vpe Review needs the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Vpe Review access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Vpe Review safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Vpe Review use?
Vpe Review is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Vpe Review use?
About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Vpe Review?
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Who maintains Vpe Review?
alirezarezvani (a GitHub user) maintains it in alirezarezvani/claude-skills, which has 27,938 GitHub stars. The repository holds 342 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 30, 2026.
Source: alirezarezvani/claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.