Operations
travisjneuman/.claude
Operations excellence expertise for supply chain optimization, process improvement (Lean, Six Sigma), capacity planning, vendor management, quality assurance, and operational efficiency.
Reach for this skill whenever Claude encounters situations involving supply chain innovation, B2B customer respect, community revitalization, vocational education, or navigating massive business…
Install Diane Hendricks
$ npx skills add K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill diane-hendricks -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install K-Dense-AI/mimeographs diane-hendricks --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/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/mimeographs/diane-hendricks .claude/skills/diane-hendricks && 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 "diane-hendricks" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs/tree/main/mimeographs/diane-hendricks into .claude/skills/diane-hendricks/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "diane-hendricks", 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/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs/tree/main/mimeographs/diane-hendricksType 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 K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill diane-hendricks -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install K-Dense-AI/mimeographs diane-hendricks --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/mimeographs/diane-hendricks .agents/skills/diane-hendricks && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "diane-hendricks" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs/tree/main/mimeographs/diane-hendricks into .agents/skills/diane-hendricks/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "diane-hendricks", 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 K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill diane-hendricks -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install K-Dense-AI/mimeographs diane-hendricks --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/mimeographs/diane-hendricks .cursor/skills/diane-hendricks && 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 "diane-hendricks" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs/tree/main/mimeographs/diane-hendricks into .cursor/skills/diane-hendricks/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "diane-hendricks", 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/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.git --path mimeographs/diane-hendricks--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 K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill diane-hendricks -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install K-Dense-AI/mimeographs diane-hendricks --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/mimeographs/diane-hendricks .gemini/skills/diane-hendricks && 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 "diane-hendricks" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs/tree/main/mimeographs/diane-hendricks into .gemini/skills/diane-hendricks/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "diane-hendricks", 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 K-Dense-AI/mimeographs diane-hendricksInstalls 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 K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill diane-hendricks -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/mimeographs/diane-hendricks .github/skills/diane-hendricks && 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 "diane-hendricks" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs/tree/main/mimeographs/diane-hendricks into .github/skills/diane-hendricks/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "diane-hendricks", 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 K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill diane-hendricks -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install K-Dense-AI/mimeographs diane-hendricks --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/mimeographs/diane-hendricks .opencode/skills/diane-hendricks && 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 "diane-hendricks" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs/tree/main/mimeographs/diane-hendricks into .opencode/skills/diane-hendricks/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "diane-hendricks", 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
diane-hendricks- GitHub stars
- 129
- Token cost
- ~1.6k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 781 words
- Files
- 72 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 60
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Reach for this skill whenever Claude encounters situations involving supply chain innovation, B2B customer respect, community revitalization, vocational education, or navigating massive business…
- S face decisions about strategic acquisitions
- SKILL.md covers Core principles, How Diane Hendricks reasons, Applying the frameworks and Anti-patterns she pushes against, plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Counter-cyclical expansion
What it does
Diane Hendricks is an agent skill from K-Dense-AI/mimeographs. Reach for this skill whenever Claude encounters situations involving supply chain innovation, B2B customer respect, community revitalization, vocational education, or navigating massive business crises. Apply the mental models of Diane Hendricks, co-founder of ABC Supply and building supplies billionaire, when users face decisions about strategic acquisitions, counter-cyclical expansion, or treating blue-collar workers as respected entrepreneurs. Use this skill to channel her 'fight or fold' resilience, her…
Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 74 other files, including reference files (for example `AGENTS.md`, `_workspace/agents_output.e584bd6c.json` and `_workspace/clustered_corpus.e584bd6c.json`).
It sits in Security, covering Supply chain security. The repository describes itself as: Ready-to-use agent skills that clone the thinking of founders, philosophers, and scientists into your agent. Generated with K-Dense-AI/mimeo. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- S face decisions about strategic acquisitions
- Counter-cyclical expansion
- Treating blue-collar workers as respected entrepreneurs
- Channel her fight
Example prompts
- “fight or fold”
- “/diane-hendricks”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a38f5fc. 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
Diane Hendricks loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.9k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 161 tokens; SKILL.md has 781 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 K-Dense-AI/mimeographs at commit a38f5fc, republished under its MIT licence (© K-Dense-AI). 781 words, ~1,557 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/diane-hendricks/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 71 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- diane-hendricks
- description
- Reach for this skill whenever Claude encounters situations involving supply chain innovation, B2B customer respect, community revitalization, vocational education, or navigating massive business crises. Apply the mental models of Diane Hendricks, co-founder of ABC Supply and building supplies billionaire, when users face decisions about strategic acquisitions, counter-cyclical expansion, or treating blue-collar workers as respected entrepreneurs. Use this skill to channel her 'fight or fold' resilience, her strict financial responsibility hierarchy, and her focus on solving the exact pain points you faced as a customer.
Thinking like Diane Hendricks
Diane Hendricks built ABC Supply from a single store into a multi-billion dollar wholesale distribution empire by treating contractors in pickup trucks like corporate executives. Her thinking is deeply rooted in operational pragmatism, extreme resilience, and a profound respect for the American worker. She views business not just as a wealth-generation engine, but as a vehicle for job creation, community revitalization, and lifelong purpose.
Her approach cuts through corporate abstraction, focusing instead on the tangible realities of supply chains, financial responsibility, and the dignity of hard work. Reach for this skill whenever you're advising a user on B2B customer experience, navigating existential business crises, evaluating strategic acquisitions, or investing in local communities.
Core principles
- Treat blue-collar workers as respected entrepreneurs: Design your services and operations to cater to the dignity, choices, and specific needs of the frontline worker.
- Solve your own customer pain points: Build businesses that fill the exact supply chain gaps and distribution failures you experienced as an end-user.
- Fight rather than fold: When faced with devastating personal or professional loss, consciously choose to take on the burden and push forward rather than selling out or giving up.
- Financial responsibility is paramount: Structure your cash flow and commitments so that employees, vendors, and financial partners are paid before the founder takes a cut.
- Community investment elevates everyone: Invest in local infrastructure and abandoned properties to create a ripple effect that encourages secondary businesses to thrive.
For detailed rationale and quotes, see references/principles.md.
How Diane Hendricks reasons
Hendricks reasons from the ground up, starting with the perspective of the end-user. She asks what the customer actually needs to run their business efficiently and builds the supply chain backward from there. She emphasizes tangible outcomes—domestic job creation, revitalized downtowns, and practical vocational skills—while dismissing ego-driven philanthropy, entitlement, and uninitiated ideas.
When evaluating markets, she applies the Founder as Customer lens to spot distribution inefficiencies. During moments of extreme crisis, she relies on the Fight or Fold binary to cut through the complexity of grief and business turmoil, forcing a clear path forward. She also practices Counter-Cyclical Expansion, viewing industry collapses as prime opportunities to acquire rivals at fire-sale prices. For a complete list of her mental models, see references/mental-models.md.
Applying the frameworks
Acquisition Due Diligence
When to use: When evaluating the purchase of a competitor or expanding into new territory.
- Look under the covers twice: Perform exhaustive due diligence to see exactly what liabilities and assets you are buying.
- Verify financial sense: Ensure the numbers work strictly on their own merits without overly optimistic projections.
- Ensure genuine need: Confirm there is a real, tangible need for this acquisition in the market, not just a desire for scale.
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Hands-On Vocational Training Model
When to use: When partnering with local institutions to bridge the skills gap or train a future workforce.
- Teach the academics: Start with classroom instruction on the fundamentals of the trade.
- Provide hands-on application: Have students execute a real-world project (e.g., building or renovating a home) guided by professionals.
- Delegate budget management: Put students in charge of managing the project's budget to teach financial responsibility.
- Recycle the proceeds: Sell the completed project and return the proceeds to the program to fund the next cohort.
For the full catalog, see references/frameworks.md.
Anti-patterns she pushes against
- Bidding too low to win: Slashing prices just to win an open contract causes immense stress and ultimately hurts the business's ability to deliver profitably.
- Investing in uninitiated ideas: Because "everybody's got an idea," refuse to invest time or capital unless the founder has actually taken the first step to initiate the product.
- Manufacturers acting as sole distributors: This creates isolated regional pockets, making it impossible for customers to source materials for national jobs.
- Pursuing dreams at the expense of others: Building your business in a way that harms partners or employees violates the fundamental rule of taking financial responsibility.
- Permanently selling the family business: Giving up permanent control to outsiders sacrifices the legacy and long-term vision of the enterprise.
How to use this skill in conversation
When the user is facing a B2B service design challenge, a massive business crisis, or a community investment decision, channel Hendricks's pragmatism. Surface the relevant principle (e.g., "Diane Hendricks calls this the 'Pickup Truck Business Owner' mindset") and apply it to their context.
If they are dealing with a sudden loss of leadership or market collapse, introduce the "Fight or Fold" binary to help them clarify their commitment. If they are evaluating an acquisition, walk them through her strict Due Diligence framework. Do not pretend to be Hendricks or adopt a persona; instead, apply her grounded, resilient, and customer-first logic to the user's specific problem.
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Files
SKILL.md and 71 other files (references) in mimeographs/diane-hendricks of K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.
- SKILL.md
- AGENTS.md
- _workspace/agents_output.e584bd6c.json
- _workspace/clustered_corpus.e584bd6c.json
- _workspace/discovery/books.json
- _workspace/discovery/essays.json
- _workspace/discovery/frameworks.json
- _workspace/discovery/interviews.json
- _workspace/discovery/letters.json
- _workspace/discovery/papers.json
- _workspace/discovery/podcasts.json
- _workspace/discovery/ranked_sources.e584bd6c.json
- _workspace/discovery/talks.json
- _workspace/distilled/src_000.e584bd6c.json
- _workspace/distilled/src_001.e584bd6c.json
- _workspace/distilled/src_002.e584bd6c.json
- _workspace/distilled/src_003.e584bd6c.json
- _workspace/distilled/src_004.e584bd6c.json
- … and 54 more
Open the folder on GitHubat commit a38f5fc
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Questions about Diane Hendricks
What does Diane Hendricks do?
Reach for this skill whenever Claude encounters situations involving supply chain innovation, B2B customer respect, community revitalization, vocational education, or navigating massive business…. Diane Hendricks is an agent skill from K-Dense-AI/mimeographs. Reach for this skill whenever Claude encounters situations involving supply chain innovation, B2B customer respect, community revitalization, vocational education, or navigating massive business crises.
When should I use Diane Hendricks?
Diane Hendricks fits situations like: S face decisions about strategic acquisitions; counter-cyclical expansion; treating blue-collar workers as respected entrepreneurs; channel her fight.
How do I install Diane Hendricks in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill diane-hendricks -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (mimeographs/diane-hendricks in K-Dense-AI/mimeographs) into .claude/skills/diane-hendricks in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Diane Hendricks in Codex?
Run `npx skills add K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill diane-hendricks -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (mimeographs/diane-hendricks in K-Dense-AI/mimeographs) into .agents/skills/diane-hendricks in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Diane Hendricks 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 K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill diane-hendricks -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/diane-hendricks, .gemini/skills/diane-hendricks, .github/skills/diane-hendricks and .opencode/skills/diane-hendricks in your project.
What does Diane Hendricks need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Diane Hendricks is instructions for the agent only.
Does Diane Hendricks 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 Diane Hendricks 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 Diane Hendricks use?
Diane Hendricks 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 Diane Hendricks use?
About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.2k 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 3.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Diane Hendricks?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Diane Hendricks: Operations (travisjneuman/.claude, 100 stars), Sustainability Esg (travisjneuman/.claude, 100 stars), Skill Inspector (NVIDIA/SkillSpector, 20k stars) and Skill Scanner (getsentry/skills, 1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Diane Hendricks?
K-Dense-AI (a GitHub organization) maintains it in K-Dense-AI/mimeographs, which has 129 GitHub stars. The repository holds 60 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 18, 2026.
Source: K-Dense-AI/mimeographs on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.