Agent skill

Launch Checklist

by hamzafarooq in hamzafarooq/claude-code-starter

Create a go-to-market launch checklist tailored to the product type, stage, and audience.

MITAuto-check passedMarketing & SEO

Install Launch Checklist

skills CLI
$ npx skills add hamzafarooq/claude-code-starter --skill launch-checklist -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install hamzafarooq/claude-code-starter launch-checklist --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/hamzafarooq/claude-code-starter.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/launch-checklist .claude/skills/launch-checklist && 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
launch-checklist
GitHub stars
145
Token cost
~473 tokens
SKILL.md length
205 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
29
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Create a go-to-market launch checklist tailored to the product type, stage, and audience.

  • Works in 3 steps: "What are you launching — a new feature,… → "Who is the audience — existing users,… → "What's your target launch date and team…
  • The user is preparing to launch a feature
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Update and wants to make sure nothing is missed

What it does

Launch Checklist is an agent skill from hamzafarooq/claude-code-starter. Create a go-to-market launch checklist tailored to the product type, stage, and audience. Use when the user is preparing to launch a feature, product, or update and wants to make sure nothing is missed.

Its SKILL.md is about 470 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 Marketing & SEO, covering Product launch strategy. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user is preparing to launch a feature
  • Update and wants to make sure nothing is missed

Example prompts

  • “/launch-checklist”

Workflow steps

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

  1. "What are you launching — a new feature, a product update, a new product, or something else?"
  2. "Who is the audience — existing users, new customers, enterprise, consumers?"
  3. "What's your target launch date and team size?"

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 172c531. 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

Launch Checklist loads about 473 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 55 tokens; SKILL.md has 205 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~55
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~473

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 hamzafarooq/claude-code-starter at commit 172c531, republished under its MIT licence (© hamzafarooq). 205 words, ~473 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/launch-checklist/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
launch-checklist
description
Create a go-to-market launch checklist tailored to the product type, stage, and audience. Use when the user is preparing to launch a feature, product, or update and wants to make sure nothing is missed.

Ask the user:

  1. "What are you launching — a new feature, a product update, a new product, or something else?"
  2. "Who is the audience — existing users, new customers, enterprise, consumers?"
  3. "What's your target launch date and team size?"

Then produce a checklist organized by phase:

Launch Checklist: [Product/Feature Name]

Launch date: [X] Launch type: [soft launch / beta / public launch / coordinated release]


2 weeks before
  • PRD finalized and reviewed by engineering lead
  • Acceptance criteria written and QA plan in place
  • Legal/compliance review completed (if applicable)
  • Pricing and packaging confirmed
  • Support documentation drafted
  • Rollback plan documented
1 week before
  • Feature flag / release toggle configured
  • Analytics events implemented and verified in staging
  • Email announcement drafted and approved
  • In-app messaging or onboarding flow reviewed
  • Customer success and support teams briefed
  • Press / influencer outreach sent (if applicable)
Launch day
  • Staged rollout configured (10% → 50% → 100%)
  • Error monitoring and alerts confirmed active
  • All-hands Slack channel open for real-time issues
  • First metrics checkpoint scheduled (T+2h)
  • Announcement posted (email / social / in-app)
Post-launch (first week)
  • Day 1 and Day 7 metrics reviewed against target
  • User feedback collected (in-app, support tickets, interviews)
  • Known issues triaged and prioritized
  • Internal retro scheduled

Mark any item that is blocked or unassigned — those are your launch risks.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/launch-checklist of hamzafarooq/claude-code-starter.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 172c531

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Questions about Launch Checklist

What does Launch Checklist do?

Create a go-to-market launch checklist tailored to the product type, stage, and audience. Launch Checklist is an agent skill from hamzafarooq/claude-code-starter. Create a go-to-market launch checklist tailored to the product type, stage, and audience.

When should I use Launch Checklist?

Launch Checklist fits situations like: the user is preparing to launch a feature; update and wants to make sure nothing is missed.

How do I install Launch Checklist in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add hamzafarooq/claude-code-starter --skill launch-checklist -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/launch-checklist in hamzafarooq/claude-code-starter) into .claude/skills/launch-checklist in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Launch Checklist in Codex?

Run `npx skills add hamzafarooq/claude-code-starter --skill launch-checklist -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/launch-checklist in hamzafarooq/claude-code-starter) into .agents/skills/launch-checklist in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Launch Checklist 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 hamzafarooq/claude-code-starter --skill launch-checklist -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/launch-checklist, .gemini/skills/launch-checklist, .github/skills/launch-checklist and .opencode/skills/launch-checklist in your project.

What does Launch Checklist need to run?

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

Does Launch Checklist 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 Launch Checklist 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 Launch Checklist use?

Launch Checklist 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 Launch Checklist use?

About 473 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.9k 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 Launch Checklist?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Launch Checklist: Getxapi Connect (LeoYeAI/openclaw-marketing-skills, 1k stars), Technical Launch Planner (jamesrochabrun/skills, 216 stars), Micro SaaS Launcher (nicepkg/auto-company, 192 stars) and Producthunt (ReScienceLab/opc-skills, 1.8k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Launch Checklist?

hamzafarooq (a GitHub user) maintains it in hamzafarooq/claude-code-starter, which has 145 GitHub stars. The repository holds 29 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 13, 2026.

Source: hamzafarooq/claude-code-starter on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.