Agent skill

High Output Management Framework

by amplitude in amplitude/builder-skills

Applies Andy Grove's High Output Management ideas to diagnose where a team loses output and to design meetings, processes and management decisions.

No licenceAuto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install High Output Management Framework

skills CLI
$ npx skills add amplitude/builder-skills --skill high-output-management -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install amplitude/builder-skills high-output-management --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/amplitude/builder-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/product-skills/skills/high-output-management .claude/skills/high-output-management && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
high-output-management
GitHub stars
159
Token cost
~1.9k tokens
SKILL.md length
181 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
61
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Applies Andy Grove's High Output Management ideas to diagnose where a team loses output and to design meetings, processes and management decisions.

  • Diagnosing why a team keeps missing deadlines
  • SKILL.md covers Prompt Template and Tips
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Redesigning recurring meetings or one-on-ones

What it does

This skill frames a manager's output as the output of their organization plus that of neighboring organizations under their influence, and uses Andy Grove's High Output Management principles to look for where a team is losing output. You describe the team, the situation or the management challenge, and the agent works through a prompt template that casts it as an experienced operational leader.

Detailed principles and diagnostic frameworks sit in `references/framework.md`. The tips call out common traps: spending time on low-payoff work because it feels productive, one-on-ones that turn into status updates, and teams that miss deadlines because the bottleneck is elsewhere. Training your team is named as the highest-payoff activity, and the skill suggests pairing it with a prioritization skill when too much is in flight.

When your agent uses it

  • Diagnosing why a team keeps missing deadlines
  • Redesigning recurring meetings or one-on-ones
  • Deciding how to structure a team or delegate decisions
  • Auditing a calendar for low-payoff activities

Example prompts

  • “Our design team misses every deadline. Use Grove's production principles to find the bottleneck.”
  • “Review my weekly calendar for low-payoff work and suggest what to drop.”
  • “My one-on-ones feel like status updates. How should I restructure them?”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 51838c2. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    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

High Output Management Framework loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 66 tokens; SKILL.md has 181 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~66
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.9k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~4.2k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 181 words (~1,889 tokens).

“A manager's output = the output of their organization + the output of neighboring organizations under their influence.”

— opening of SKILL.md by amplitude
name
high-output-management
suggest_when
User asks about team productivity, "how should I run my team", "meeting cadence", "performance reviews", "delegation", "1:1s", "team scaling", "management…

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in product-skills/skills/high-output-management of amplitude/builder-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/framework.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 51838c2

Compare with similar skills

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High Output Management Framework this skillamplitude/builder-skills159—~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassNone
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Customizeanthropics/claude-for-legal9.6k2 repos~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Team Composition Analysiswshobson/agents40k—~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Marketing Project Managerjeffstric/ZJT228—~875Automated safety check: PassCustom licence

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Questions about High Output Management Framework

What does High Output Management Framework do?

Applies Andy Grove's High Output Management ideas to diagnose where a team loses output and to design meetings, processes and management decisions. This skill frames a manager's output as the output of their organization plus that of neighboring organizations under their influence, and uses Andy Grove's High Output Management principles to look for where a team is losing output. You describe the team, the situation or the management challenge, and the agent works through a prompt template that casts it as an experienced operational leader.

When should I use High Output Management Framework?

High Output Management Framework fits situations like: diagnosing why a team keeps missing deadlines; redesigning recurring meetings or one-on-ones; deciding how to structure a team or delegate decisions; auditing a calendar for low-payoff activities.

How do I install High Output Management Framework in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add amplitude/builder-skills --skill high-output-management -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (product-skills/skills/high-output-management in amplitude/builder-skills) into .claude/skills/high-output-management in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install High Output Management Framework in Codex?

Run `npx skills add amplitude/builder-skills --skill high-output-management -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (product-skills/skills/high-output-management in amplitude/builder-skills) into .agents/skills/high-output-management in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use High Output Management Framework 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 amplitude/builder-skills --skill high-output-management -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/high-output-management, .gemini/skills/high-output-management, .github/skills/high-output-management and .opencode/skills/high-output-management in your project.

What does High Output Management Framework need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: High Output Management Framework is instructions for the agent only.

Does High Output Management Framework 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 High Output Management Framework 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 High Output Management Framework use?

No licence was found for High Output Management Framework or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does High Output Management Framework use?

About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to High Output Management Framework?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with High Output Management Framework: Milestone Project Manager (finna/project-manager-skill, 136 stars), Pm Skills (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars), Customize (anthropics/claude-for-legal, 9.6k stars) and Team Composition Analysis (wshobson/agents, 40k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains High Output Management Framework?

amplitude (a GitHub organization) maintains it in amplitude/builder-skills, which has 159 GitHub stars. The repository holds 61 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 24, 2026.

Source: amplitude/builder-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.