Technical Analyst
tradermonty/claude-trading-skills
This skill should be used when analyzing weekly price charts for stocks, stock indices, cryptocurrencies, or forex pairs.
Apply Porter's Value Chain Analysis to identify competitive advantage sources within an organization's activities.
Install Biz Value Chain
$ npx skills add asgard-ai-platform/skills --skill biz-value-chain -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install asgard-ai-platform/skills biz-value-chain --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/asgard-ai-platform/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/biz-value-chain .claude/skills/biz-value-chain && 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 "biz-value-chain" agent skill from https://github.com/asgard-ai-platform/skills/tree/main/biz-value-chain into .claude/skills/biz-value-chain/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "biz-value-chain", 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/asgard-ai-platform/skills/tree/main/biz-value-chainType 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 asgard-ai-platform/skills --skill biz-value-chain -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install asgard-ai-platform/skills biz-value-chain --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/asgard-ai-platform/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/biz-value-chain .agents/skills/biz-value-chain && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "biz-value-chain" agent skill from https://github.com/asgard-ai-platform/skills/tree/main/biz-value-chain into .agents/skills/biz-value-chain/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "biz-value-chain", 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 asgard-ai-platform/skills --skill biz-value-chain -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install asgard-ai-platform/skills biz-value-chain --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/asgard-ai-platform/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/biz-value-chain .cursor/skills/biz-value-chain && 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 "biz-value-chain" agent skill from https://github.com/asgard-ai-platform/skills/tree/main/biz-value-chain into .cursor/skills/biz-value-chain/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "biz-value-chain", 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/asgard-ai-platform/skills.git --path biz-value-chain--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 asgard-ai-platform/skills --skill biz-value-chain -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install asgard-ai-platform/skills biz-value-chain --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/asgard-ai-platform/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/biz-value-chain .gemini/skills/biz-value-chain && 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 "biz-value-chain" agent skill from https://github.com/asgard-ai-platform/skills/tree/main/biz-value-chain into .gemini/skills/biz-value-chain/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "biz-value-chain", 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 asgard-ai-platform/skills biz-value-chainInstalls 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 asgard-ai-platform/skills --skill biz-value-chain -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/asgard-ai-platform/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/biz-value-chain .github/skills/biz-value-chain && 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 "biz-value-chain" agent skill from https://github.com/asgard-ai-platform/skills/tree/main/biz-value-chain into .github/skills/biz-value-chain/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "biz-value-chain", 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 asgard-ai-platform/skills --skill biz-value-chain -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install asgard-ai-platform/skills biz-value-chain --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/asgard-ai-platform/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/biz-value-chain .opencode/skills/biz-value-chain && 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 "biz-value-chain" agent skill from https://github.com/asgard-ai-platform/skills/tree/main/biz-value-chain into .opencode/skills/biz-value-chain/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "biz-value-chain", 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
biz-value-chain- GitHub stars
- 242
- Token cost
- ~1.9k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 664 words
- Files
- 3 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 207
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Apply Porter's Value Chain Analysis to identify competitive advantage sources within an organization's activities.
- Works in 5 steps: Map Primary Activities → Map Support Activities → Assess Each Activity → …
- The user needs to find where value is created
- SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use, Framework and Output Format, plus 3 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Biz Value Chain is an agent skill from asgard-ai-platform/skills. Apply Porter's Value Chain Analysis to identify competitive advantage sources within an organization's activities. Use this skill when the user needs to find where value is created or lost in their operations, analyze cost structure by activity, optimize internal processes, or identify outsourcing candidates — even if they say 'where do we make money' or 'which activities should we keep in-house'.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including reference files (for example `examples/sample_scenario.md` and `references/framework-comparison.md`).
It sits in Business, Finance & HR. The repository describes itself as: 301 open-source coding agent skills across 22 domains — methodology, judgment & gotchas packaged as Claude Agent Skills for the Asgard AI Platform. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- The user needs to find where value is created
- Lost in their operations
- Analyze cost structure by activity
- Optimize internal processes
Example prompts
- “where do we make money”
- “which activities should we keep in-house”
- “/biz-value-chain”
Workflow steps
5 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 4e7f4f8. 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 (its code samples are markdown).
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
Biz Value Chain loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 104 tokens; SKILL.md has 664 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 asgard-ai-platform/skills at commit 4e7f4f8, republished under its MIT licence (© asgard-ai-platform). 664 words, ~1,860 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/biz-value-chain/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- biz-value-chain
- description
- Apply Porter's Value Chain Analysis to identify competitive advantage sources within an organization's activities. Use this skill when the user needs to find where value is created or lost in their operations, analyze cost structure by activity, optimize internal processes, or identify outsourcing candidates — even if they say 'where do we make money' or 'which activities should we keep in-house'.
- metadata.category
- WP-13 商學院—策略
- metadata.tags
- business-strategy, value-chain, operations
Value Chain Analysis
Overview
Value Chain Analysis decomposes an organization into strategically relevant activities to understand where competitive advantage originates. Each activity either adds value (customer willingness to pay) or adds cost. The gap between total value created and total cost is the margin.
When to Use
Trigger conditions:
- User wants to understand which activities drive competitive advantage
- User analyzing cost structure to find savings
- User deciding what to keep in-house vs outsource
- User asks "where do we create value?" or "why are our margins low?"
When NOT to use:
- For industry-level analysis → use Porter's Five Forces
- For product portfolio decisions → use BCG Matrix
- For macro-environment scanning → use PESTEL
Framework
IRON LAW: Primary + Support Activities Are a Complete Set
Analyze ALL nine categories. Skipping support activities (like HR or
technology development) misses critical advantage sources. Amazon's
competitive advantage comes more from Technology Development (support)
than from any single primary activity.Step 1: Map Primary Activities
Primary activities directly create and deliver value to the customer:
- Inbound Logistics — Receiving, storing, distributing inputs (warehouse, inventory, supplier scheduling)
- Operations — Transforming inputs into the final product (manufacturing, assembly, packaging, testing)
- Outbound Logistics — Collecting, storing, distributing product to buyers (delivery, order fulfillment)
- Marketing & Sales — Informing buyers about the product and enabling purchase (advertising, pricing, channel management)
- Service — Maintaining and enhancing product value after sale (installation, repair, training, support)
Step 2: Map Support Activities
Support activities enable and improve primary activities:
- Firm Infrastructure — General management, planning, finance, accounting, legal, government affairs
- Human Resource Management — Recruiting, hiring, training, compensation, culture
- Technology Development — R&D, product design, process improvement, IT systems
- Procurement — Purchasing inputs, negotiating with suppliers, managing vendor relationships
Step 3: Assess Each Activity
For each of the 9 activities, evaluate:
- Value contribution: How much does this activity contribute to what the customer is willing to pay?
- Cost: What percentage of total cost does this activity represent?
- Competitive comparison: Is this activity performed better, same, or worse than competitors?
- Linkage: Does this activity critically enable or depend on another activity?
Step 4: Identify Advantage Sources
Competitive advantage comes from:
- Cost advantage: Performing activities at lower cost than competitors
- Differentiation advantage: Performing activities in a way that increases buyer willingness to pay
- Linkage advantage: Coordinating between activities better than competitors (e.g., tight integration between Operations and Outbound Logistics)
Step 5: Formulate Recommendations
For each activity:
- Strengthen if it's an advantage source
- Optimize if it's a cost center with improvement potential
- Outsource if competitors or specialists do it better and it's not an advantage source
- Invest if it's a support activity that could unlock advantage in primary activities
Output Format
# Value Chain Analysis: {Company}
## Primary Activities
| Activity | Key Processes | Value Contribution | Cost % | vs Competitors |
|----------|-------------|-------------------|--------|----------------|
| Inbound Logistics | {processes} | High/Med/Low | X% | Better/Same/Worse |
| Operations | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Outbound Logistics | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Marketing & Sales | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Service | ... | ... | ... | ... |
## Support Activities
| Activity | Key Processes | Value Contribution | Cost % | vs Competitors |
|----------|-------------|-------------------|--------|----------------|
| Infrastructure | {processes} | High/Med/Low | X% | Better/Same/Worse |
| HR Management | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Technology Dev | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Procurement | ... | ... | ... | ... |
## Advantage Sources
- **Cost advantage in**: {activities}
- **Differentiation advantage in**: {activities}
- **Key linkages**: {activity A ↔ activity B}
## Recommendations
1. **Strengthen**: {activity} — {why and how}
2. **Optimize**: {activity} — {specific improvement}
3. **Outsource**: {activity} — {rationale}Show full SKILL.md (265 more words)Show less
Examples
Correct Application
Scenario: Value Chain for a Taiwanese direct-to-consumer (DTC) skincare brand
| Activity | Advantage? | Analysis |
|---|---|---|
| Inbound Logistics | Same | Standard ingredient sourcing from OEM suppliers |
| Operations | Differentiation ✓ | Proprietary formulation process co-developed with dermatologists |
| Outbound Logistics | Same | Standard logistics via 黑貓/宅配通 |
| Marketing & Sales | Differentiation ✓ | Strong KOL relationships and community-driven content on social media |
| Service | Same | Standard customer service |
| Technology Dev | Differentiation ✓ | Data-driven product development using customer feedback loops |
| Procurement | Cost advantage ✓ | Long-term contracts with local ingredient suppliers at volume discounts |
Key linkage: Technology Development ↔ Marketing & Sales — customer data from social media directly feeds product R&D.
Incorrect Application
What went wrong:
- Only analyzed Operations and Marketing, skipped other 7 activities → Missed that Procurement was a key cost advantage source. Violates Iron Law: complete set required.
- Listed "brand reputation" as a primary activity → Brand reputation is an outcome, not an activity. Activities are verbs (procure, manufacture, deliver), not nouns.
Gotchas
- Activities are verbs, not assets: "Strong brand" is not an activity. "Investing in KOL partnerships to build brand awareness" is a Marketing & Sales activity.
- Support activities are often the hidden advantage: Many companies' real competitive edge is in Technology Development, HR, or Procurement — not the primary activities. Don't treat support as overhead.
- Linkages are where magic happens: The connection between activities often matters more than individual activities. ZARA's advantage is the linkage between Design (Technology Dev) → Manufacturing (Operations) → Store delivery (Outbound Logistics) — not any single activity alone.
- Service company adaptation: For service businesses, "Operations" = service delivery, "Outbound Logistics" may not apply. Adapt the framework to fit the business model.
References
- For comparison with other strategy frameworks, see
references/framework-comparison.md
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Files
SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in biz-value-chain of asgard-ai-platform/skills.
- SKILL.md
- examples/sample_scenario.md
- references/framework-comparison.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4e7f4f8
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Questions about Biz Value Chain
What does Biz Value Chain do?
Apply Porter's Value Chain Analysis to identify competitive advantage sources within an organization's activities. Biz Value Chain is an agent skill from asgard-ai-platform/skills. Apply Porter's Value Chain Analysis to identify competitive advantage sources within an organization's activities.
When should I use Biz Value Chain?
Biz Value Chain fits situations like: the user needs to find where value is created; lost in their operations; analyze cost structure by activity; optimize internal processes.
How do I install Biz Value Chain in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add asgard-ai-platform/skills --skill biz-value-chain -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (biz-value-chain in asgard-ai-platform/skills) into .claude/skills/biz-value-chain in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Biz Value Chain in Codex?
Run `npx skills add asgard-ai-platform/skills --skill biz-value-chain -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (biz-value-chain in asgard-ai-platform/skills) into .agents/skills/biz-value-chain in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Biz Value Chain 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 asgard-ai-platform/skills --skill biz-value-chain -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/biz-value-chain, .gemini/skills/biz-value-chain, .github/skills/biz-value-chain and .opencode/skills/biz-value-chain in your project.
What does Biz Value Chain need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Biz Value Chain is instructions for the agent only.
Does Biz Value Chain 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 Biz Value Chain 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 Biz Value Chain use?
Biz Value Chain 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 Biz Value Chain use?
About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.4k 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 2.5k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Biz Value Chain?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Biz Value Chain: Technical Analyst (tradermonty/claude-trading-skills, 3k stars), Theme Detector (tradermonty/claude-trading-skills, 3k stars), Creating Financial Models (Chen-zexi/open-ptc-agent, 729 stars) and Stock API (zhangxiangliang/stock-api, 2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Biz Value Chain?
asgard-ai-platform (a GitHub organization) maintains it in asgard-ai-platform/skills, which has 242 GitHub stars. The repository holds 207 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 6, 2026.
Source: asgard-ai-platform/skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.