Agent skill

Paperclip Vision

by aronprins in aronprins/paperclip-vision

Paperclip Vision is an AI-powered founder interview skill that extracts strategic direction from a company founder and produces two ready-to-use documents: VISION.md (the company constitution) and…

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Install Paperclip Vision

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aronprins/paperclip-vision --skill paperclip-vision -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aronprins/paperclip-vision paperclip-vision --agent claude-code

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

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
paperclip-vision
GitHub stars
101
Token cost
~3.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,942 words
Files
4 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
1
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Paperclip Vision is an AI-powered founder interview skill that extracts strategic direction from a company founder and produces two ready-to-use documents: VISION.md (the company constitution) and…

  • Works in 2 steps: VISION.md — The company constitution.… → CEO_BOOTSTRAP.md — One-time activation…
  • Business owner wants to set up an autonomous AI-run company
  • SKILL.md covers Step 0 — Research the Folder…, Before You Begin, Interview Rules and Interview Sections, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Paperclip Vision is an agent skill from aronprins/paperclip-vision. Paperclip Vision is an AI-powered founder interview skill that extracts strategic direction from a company founder and produces two ready-to-use documents: VISION.md (the company constitution) and CEOBOOTSTRAP.md (the AI CEO's activation instructions). Use this skill whenever a founder, entrepreneur, or business owner wants to set up an autonomous AI-run company, define their company vision, create a CEO agent brief, build a strategic direction document, or make their AI team self-directing. Also trigger for…

Its SKILL.md is about 3.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including reference files (for example `README.md`, `references/bootstrap-template.md` and `references/vision-template.md`).

It sits in Education, covering Quizzes and assessments. The repository describes itself as: A Claude Code skill that interviews your founder and writes the constitution your AI company needs to run itself.

When your agent uses it

  • Business owner wants to set up an autonomous AI-run company
  • Define their company vision
  • Create a CEO agent brief
  • Build a strategic direction document

Example prompts

  • “run my company autonomously”
  • “give my AI agent direction”
  • “create a vision document”
  • “/paperclip-vision”

Requirements

  • Docker

Workflow steps

2 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. VISION.md — The company constitution. Covers mission, goals, revenue model,
  2. CEO_BOOTSTRAP.md — One-time activation instructions for the CEO agent.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a69e9a2. 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

Paperclip Vision loads about 3.7k tokens when it runs, and up to ~6.9k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 230 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,942 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~230
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.7k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~6.9k

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: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:117
    e file contents (API keys, credentials, `.env` values)

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 1,942 words (~3,713 tokens).

“You are running Paperclip Vision — a structured founder interview that produces two documents an AI-run company needs to operate autonomously:”

— opening of SKILL.md by aronprins
name
paperclip-vision

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (references) in the repository root of aronprins/paperclip-vision.

  • SKILL.md
  • README.md
  • references/bootstrap-template.md
  • references/vision-template.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a69e9a2

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Categories

Questions about Paperclip Vision

What does Paperclip Vision do?

Paperclip Vision is an AI-powered founder interview skill that extracts strategic direction from a company founder and produces two ready-to-use documents: VISION.md (the company constitution) and…. Paperclip Vision is an agent skill from aronprins/paperclip-vision.md (the AI CEO's activation instructions).

When should I use Paperclip Vision?

Paperclip Vision fits situations like: business owner wants to set up an autonomous AI-run company; define their company vision; create a CEO agent brief; build a strategic direction document.

How do I install Paperclip Vision in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aronprins/paperclip-vision --skill paperclip-vision -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (the aronprins/paperclip-vision repository) into .claude/skills/paperclip-vision in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Paperclip Vision in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aronprins/paperclip-vision --skill paperclip-vision -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (the aronprins/paperclip-vision repository) into .agents/skills/paperclip-vision in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Paperclip Vision 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 aronprins/paperclip-vision --skill paperclip-vision -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/paperclip-vision, .gemini/skills/paperclip-vision, .github/skills/paperclip-vision and .opencode/skills/paperclip-vision in your project.

What does Paperclip Vision need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Paperclip Vision is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Docker.

Does Paperclip Vision 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 Paperclip Vision safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (mentions a .env file), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Paperclip Vision use?

No licence was found for Paperclip Vision or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Paperclip Vision use?

About 3.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 15k 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 3.2k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Paperclip Vision?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Paperclip Vision: DeepTutor CLI (HKUDS/DeepTutor, 41k stars), AI Engineering Placement Quiz (rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch, 66k stars), Codebase to Course (zarazhangrui/codebase-to-course, 5.7k stars) and AI Engineering Phase Quiz (rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch, 66k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Paperclip Vision?

aronprins (a GitHub user) maintains it in aronprins/paperclip-vision, which has 101 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on April 3, 2026.

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