Agent skill

Feature Investment Advisor

by deanpeters in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills

Evaluates whether a feature deserves investment by weighing revenue connection, cost structure, ROI and strategic value, then gives a build or don't-build recommendation.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install Feature Investment Advisor

skills CLI
$ npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill feature-investment-advisor -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills feature-investment-advisor --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/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/feature-investment-advisor .claude/skills/feature-investment-advisor && 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
feature-investment-advisor
GitHub stars
7.2k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~5.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,747 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
75
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Evaluates whether a feature deserves investment by weighing revenue connection, cost structure, ROI and strategic value, then gives a build or don't-build recommendation.

  • Works in 6 steps: Gather Context → Identify Revenue Connection → Assess Cost Structure → …
  • Deciding whether a feature is worth building from a financial standpoint
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, Input, Key Concepts and Application, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

The advisor looks at a feature through four lenses. Revenue connection is either direct monetization, like a new tier or add-on, or indirect through retention, conversion and expansion. Cost structure is one-time development plus ongoing COGS and OpEx. ROI is revenue impact over development cost, or LTV impact across the customer base for retention features, with gross margin factored in. Strategic value can override pure ROI, for instance competitive moat, platform enabling, market positioning and risk reduction.

It ends with a build or don't-build recommendation backed by the math. The skill describes itself as a financial lens that complements prioritization methods such as RICE, value versus effort and user research, for decisions where money is a key factor. You give the feature in a sentence or two, plus its revenue connection, rough cost inputs and the strategic argument behind it. An example conversation flow file is included.

When your agent uses it

  • Deciding whether a feature is worth building from a financial standpoint
  • Testing a claim that a feature will unblock enterprise deals
  • Comparing direct and indirect revenue impact against development and support costs

Example prompts

  • “Should we build SSO/SAML? Enterprise deals keep stalling on it; est. 2 engineer-months plus ongoing support burden.”
  • “Work out the ROI of a retention feature that might reduce churn in our SMB segment.”
  • “Challenge the business case for the new analytics dashboard add-on.”

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Gather Context
  2. Identify Revenue Connection
  3. Assess Cost Structure
  4. Evaluate Constraints and Timing
  5. Deliver Recommendations
  6. Allow Follow-Up Questions

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1b5a524. 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

Feature Investment Advisor loads about 5.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 42 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,747 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~42
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~5.6k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 2,747 words (~5,601 tokens).

“Guide product managers through evaluating whether to build a feature based on financial impact analysis. Use this to make data-driven prioritization decisions by assessing revenue connection (direct or indirect), cost structure (dev + COGS + OpEx), ROI calculation, and strategic…”

— opening of SKILL.md by deanpeters, Custom licence
name
feature-investment-advisor
argument-hint
[feature to evaluate]
intent
Guide product managers through evaluating whether to build a feature based on financial impact analysis. Use this to make data-driven prioritization decisions…
type
interactive
best_for
Assessing whether a feature should be built now, Comparing ROI and strategic value of feature ideas, Pressure-testing roadmap requests with financial logic
scenarios
Should we build SSO for mid-market customers this quarter?, Evaluate whether an AI assistant feature is worth the investment, Help me decide if this roadmap…
theme
finance-metrics
estimated_time
15-25 min

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/feature-investment-advisor of deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • examples/conversation-flow.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1b5a524

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Feature Investment Advisor

What does Feature Investment Advisor do?

Evaluates whether a feature deserves investment by weighing revenue connection, cost structure, ROI and strategic value, then gives a build or don't-build recommendation. The advisor looks at a feature through four lenses. Revenue connection is either direct monetization, like a new tier or add-on, or indirect through retention, conversion and expansion.

When should I use Feature Investment Advisor?

Feature Investment Advisor fits situations like: deciding whether a feature is worth building from a financial standpoint; testing a claim that a feature will unblock enterprise deals; comparing direct and indirect revenue impact against development and support costs.

How do I install Feature Investment Advisor in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill feature-investment-advisor -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/feature-investment-advisor in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills) into .claude/skills/feature-investment-advisor in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Feature Investment Advisor in Codex?

Run `npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill feature-investment-advisor -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/feature-investment-advisor in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills) into .agents/skills/feature-investment-advisor in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Feature Investment Advisor 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 deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill feature-investment-advisor -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/feature-investment-advisor, .gemini/skills/feature-investment-advisor, .github/skills/feature-investment-advisor and .opencode/skills/feature-investment-advisor in your project.

What does Feature Investment Advisor need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Feature Investment Advisor is instructions for the agent only.

Does Feature Investment Advisor 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 Feature Investment Advisor 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 Feature Investment Advisor use?

Feature Investment Advisor has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Feature Investment Advisor use?

About 5.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 22k 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 Feature Investment Advisor?

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Who maintains Feature Investment Advisor?

deanpeters (a GitHub user) maintains it in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, which has 7,224 GitHub stars. The repository holds 75 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 1, 2026.

Source: deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.