Operational Design
magnus919/hermes-profiles
COO methodology for process design, organizational scaling, operational metrics, compliance and audit, vendor management, and team topology.
Design and improve operational processes, controls, metrics, vendors, and scaling models through bounded pilots and evidence.
Install Operational Design
$ npx skills add magnus919/agent-skills --skill operational-design -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install magnus919/agent-skills operational-design --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/magnus919/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/operational-design .claude/skills/operational-design && 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 "operational-design" agent skill from https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills/tree/main/operational-design into .claude/skills/operational-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "operational-design", 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/magnus919/agent-skills/tree/main/operational-designType 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 magnus919/agent-skills --skill operational-design -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install magnus919/agent-skills operational-design --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/operational-design .agents/skills/operational-design && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "operational-design" agent skill from https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills/tree/main/operational-design into .agents/skills/operational-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "operational-design", 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 magnus919/agent-skills --skill operational-design -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install magnus919/agent-skills operational-design --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/operational-design .cursor/skills/operational-design && 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 "operational-design" agent skill from https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills/tree/main/operational-design into .cursor/skills/operational-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "operational-design", 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/magnus919/agent-skills.git --path operational-design--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 magnus919/agent-skills --skill operational-design -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install magnus919/agent-skills operational-design --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/operational-design .gemini/skills/operational-design && 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 "operational-design" agent skill from https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills/tree/main/operational-design into .gemini/skills/operational-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "operational-design", 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 magnus919/agent-skills operational-designInstalls 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 magnus919/agent-skills --skill operational-design -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/operational-design .github/skills/operational-design && 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 "operational-design" agent skill from https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills/tree/main/operational-design into .github/skills/operational-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "operational-design", 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 magnus919/agent-skills --skill operational-design -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install magnus919/agent-skills operational-design --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/operational-design .opencode/skills/operational-design && 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 "operational-design" agent skill from https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills/tree/main/operational-design into .opencode/skills/operational-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "operational-design", 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
operational-design- GitHub stars
- 115
- Token cost
- ~1.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 466 words
- Files
- 9 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 131
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Design and improve operational processes, controls, metrics, vendors, and scaling models through bounded pilots and evidence.
- Works in 6 steps: Process before automation. Automating a… → Scale is a discontinuous function. An… → Lead with leading indicators. Lagging… → …
- Engineering delivery
- SKILL.md covers Domain Model, When to Load, Loading Order and Reference Files, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Operational Design is an agent skill from magnus919/agent-skills. Design and improve operational processes, controls, metrics, vendors, and scaling models through bounded pilots and evidence. Do not use for engineering delivery, financial modeling, technology evaluation, or legal advice. design, operational metrics, compliance and audit, vendor management, and team topology. Covers value stream mapping, BPMN, bottleneck analysis, scaling from 10 to 100 to 1000 people, KPI design, balanced scorecard, SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR readiness, RFP processes, SLA design, vendor scorecards…
Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 10 other files, including reference files (for example `README.md`, `evals/evals.json` and `references/compliance.md`).
It sits in Legal & Compliance, covering SOC 2 and security compliance, OKRs and executive reporting and Vendor and procurement management. The repository describes itself as: Curated collection of AI agent skills for Hermes and other agent frameworks. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Engineering delivery
- Financial modeling
- Technology evaluation
Example prompts
- “s Law, and Dunbar”
- “/operational-design”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Process before automation. Automating a bad process makes bad output faster. Map and optimize the workflow before selecting tools.
- Scale is a discontinuous function. An organization that works at 10 people will break at 50, 200, and 1,000 — each requires a different…
- Lead with leading indicators. Lagging indicators tell you what already happened. Leading indicators tell you what will happen. A good…
- Compliance is a system, not a project. SOC 2 certification is not a one-time effort. Compliance requires embedded controls, continuous…
- Vendors are partners, not passengers. The cheapest vendor is usually the most expensive in total cost. Invest in vendor relationships…
- Structure follows strategy. Team topology should be driven by the communication patterns the work requires (Conway's Law), not by…
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 22b4723. 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
Operational Design loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~12k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 168 tokens; SKILL.md has 466 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 magnus919/agent-skills at commit 22b4723, republished under its MIT licence (© magnus919). 466 words, ~1,354 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/operational-design/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 8 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- operational-design
- description
- Design and improve operational processes, controls, metrics, vendors, and scaling models through bounded pilots and evidence. Do not use for engineering delivery, financial modeling, technology evaluation, or legal advice. design, operational metrics, compliance and audit, vendor management, and team topology. Covers value stream mapping, BPMN, bottleneck analysis, scaling from 10 to 100 to 1000 people, KPI design, balanced scorecard, SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR readiness, RFP processes, SLA design, vendor scorecards, team topologies, Conway's Law, and Dunbar's Number. Do not use for engineering delivery, financial modeling, or technology evaluation.
- license
- MIT
- metadata.tags
- coo, operations, process-design, scaling, compliance, vendor-management, team-topologies
- metadata.source_repo
- https://github.com/magnus919/hermes-profiles
Operational Design
COO methodology for designing and scaling operations, managing compliance, selecting and managing vendors, and measuring operational health. These frameworks help a COO build the systems and processes that enable the organization to execute reliably at scale.
Domain Model
| Domain | Covers | Artifact |
|---|---|---|
| Process Design | Value stream mapping, BPMN, bottleneck analysis, workflow optimization | Process maps, VSM current/future state |
| Scaling Frameworks | 10-to-100-to-1000 transitions, organizational design, delegation patterns | Scaling plan, org design |
| Operational Metrics | KPI design, balanced scorecard, leading vs lagging indicators | Operations dashboard |
| Compliance & Audit | SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR readiness, audit preparation | Compliance roadmap, control matrix |
| Vendor Management | RFP process, SLA design, vendor scorecards, relationship tiers | Vendor management framework |
| Organizational Patterns | Team topologies, Conway's Law, Dunbar's number, span of control | Team design, communication model |
When to Load
Load this skill when the task involves:
- Mapping and optimizing a business process (value stream, BPMN)
- Planning organizational scaling through growth phases
- Designing operational KPIs and a balanced scorecard
- Preparing for SOC 2, ISO 27001, or GDPR compliance
- Running an RFP or vendor selection process
- Designing SLAs and vendor scorecards
- Restructuring teams using team topologies
- Analyzing bottlenecks and throughput constraints
- Designing delegation and span-of-control models
Loading Order
skill_view('operational-design') # This — methodology index
skill_view('strategy-frameworks') # Shared decision frameworks
skill_view('artifact-pyramids') # Output contract
skill_view('operational-design', file_path='references/process-design.md')
skill_view('operational-design', file_path='references/scaling-frameworks.md')
skill_view('operational-design', file_path='references/operational-metrics.md')
skill_view('operational-design', file_path='references/compliance.md')
skill_view('operational-design', file_path='references/vendor-management.md')Reference Files
| Reference | Load When | File |
|---|---|---|
| Process Design | You need to map, analyze, or optimize a business process | references/process-design.md |
| Scaling Frameworks | You're planning organizational growth or restructuring | references/scaling-frameworks.md |
| Operational Metrics | You're designing KPIs, dashboards, or a balanced scorecard | references/operational-metrics.md |
| Compliance & Audit | You're preparing for SOC 2, ISO 27001, or GDPR compliance | references/compliance.md |
| Vendor Management | You're running an RFP, designing SLAs, or evaluating vendors | references/vendor-management.md |
| Decision Workflow | You need a bounded operating-model choice, pilot, KPI, control, or owner handoff | references/decision-workflow.md |
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Design Principles
- Process before automation. Automating a bad process makes bad output faster. Map and optimize the workflow before selecting tools.
- Scale is a discontinuous function. An organization that works at 10 people will break at 50, 200, and 1,000 — each requires a different operating model. Design for the next phase, not the current one.
- Lead with leading indicators. Lagging indicators tell you what already happened. Leading indicators tell you what will happen. A good operations dashboard has a balanced mix of both.
- Compliance is a system, not a project. SOC 2 certification is not a one-time effort. Compliance requires embedded controls, continuous monitoring, and periodic testing.
- Vendors are partners, not passengers. The cheapest vendor is usually the most expensive in total cost. Invest in vendor relationships proportional to business criticality.
- Structure follows strategy. Team topology should be driven by the communication patterns the work requires (Conway's Law), not by reporting lines that are convenient for management.
Related Skills
strategy-frameworks— CEO-side strategic direction, competitive analysis, and shared decision frameworkstechnology-radar— CTO-side technology evaluation and architecture governancefinancial-modeling— CFO-side unit economics and SaaS metricsartifact-pyramids— output contract specification
© magnus919, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 8 other files (references) in operational-design of magnus919/agent-skills.
- SKILL.md
- README.md
- evals/evals.json
- references/compliance.md
- references/decision-workflow.md
- references/operational-metrics.md
- references/process-design.md
- references/scaling-frameworks.md
- references/vendor-management.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 22b4723
Compare with similar skills
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Operational Designmagnus919/hermes-profiles | 289 | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Find Law Firmjeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace | 2.8k | — | ~3.6k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
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| Tech Contract Negotiation Patrick Munrolawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills | 847 | — | ~4.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | AGPL-3.0 | |
| Privacy Program Metricsmukul975/Privacy-Data-Protection-Skills | 301 | — | ~5.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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Questions about Operational Design
What does Operational Design do?
Design and improve operational processes, controls, metrics, vendors, and scaling models through bounded pilots and evidence. Operational Design is an agent skill from magnus919/agent-skills. Design and improve operational processes, controls, metrics, vendors, and scaling models through bounded pilots and evidence.
When should I use Operational Design?
Operational Design fits situations like: engineering delivery; financial modeling; technology evaluation.
How do I install Operational Design in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add magnus919/agent-skills --skill operational-design -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (operational-design in magnus919/agent-skills) into .claude/skills/operational-design in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Operational Design in Codex?
Run `npx skills add magnus919/agent-skills --skill operational-design -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (operational-design in magnus919/agent-skills) into .agents/skills/operational-design in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Operational Design 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 magnus919/agent-skills --skill operational-design -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/operational-design, .gemini/skills/operational-design, .github/skills/operational-design and .opencode/skills/operational-design in your project.
What does Operational Design need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Operational Design is instructions for the agent only.
Does Operational Design 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 Operational Design 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 Operational Design use?
Operational Design is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Operational Design use?
About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.4k 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 10k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Operational Design?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Operational Design: Operational Design (magnus919/hermes-profiles, 289 stars), Find Law Firm (jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, 2.8k stars), Vendor Monitoring Program (mukul975/Privacy-Data-Protection-Skills, 301 stars) and Tech Contract Negotiation Patrick Munro (lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills, 847 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Operational Design?
magnus919 (a GitHub user) maintains it in magnus919/agent-skills, which has 115 GitHub stars. The repository holds 131 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.
Source: magnus919/agent-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.