Agent skill

Childcare Comparison

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Compare childcare options — nursery/daycare, childminder, nanny, family, or a mix — for your family's real needs, budget, and values.

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Install Childcare Comparison

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill childcare-comparison -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills childcare-comparison --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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/childcare-comparison .claude/skills/childcare-comparison && 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
childcare-comparison
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
505 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Compare childcare options — nursery/daycare, childminder, nanny, family, or a mix — for your family's real needs, budget, and values.

  • Works in 5 steps: Define priorities first. There's no… → Compare on what matters to them. Line up… → Cost it honestly. Compare total cost… → …
  • Asked to compare childcare options
  • SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework: Match Options To… and Output Format, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Childcare Comparison is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Compare childcare options — nursery/daycare, childminder, nanny, family, or a mix — for your family's real needs, budget, and values. Use when asked to compare childcare options, nursery vs nanny, how to choose childcare, or find the right childcare. Produces a needs-and-values profile, a side-by-side of the realistic options on cost/flexibility/socialization/control, the questions to ask and red flags to check on visits, a total-cost read (including subsidies), and a decision that fits your priorities — not a…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked to compare childcare options
  • Nursery vs nanny
  • How to choose childcare
  • Find the right childcare

Example prompts

  • “/childcare-comparison”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Define priorities first. There's no universal best — clarify what this family most needs (cost, flexibility, socialization, control)…
  2. Compare on what matters to them. Line up the realistic options against those priorities plus the practical must-haves (sick-day backup…
  3. Cost it honestly. Compare total cost including subsidies/tax support and extras (meals, deposits, agency fees, holiday pay for a nanny).
  4. Equip the visit. Give the questions to ask and red flags to watch (ratios, turnover, licensing, safety, and the hard-to-fake warmth of the…
  5. Recommend for the family. Land on the best fit — often a combination — tied explicitly to their stated priorities, not a generic verdict.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. 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

Childcare Comparison loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 138 tokens; SKILL.md has 505 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~138
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 505 words, ~1,114 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/childcare-comparison/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
childcare-comparison
description
Compare childcare options — nursery/daycare, childminder, nanny, family, or a mix — for your family's real needs, budget, and values. Use when asked to compare childcare options, nursery vs nanny, how to choose childcare, or find the right childcare. Produces a needs-and-values profile, a side-by-side of the realistic options on cost/flexibility/socialization/control, the questions to ask and red flags to check on visits, a total-cost read (including subsidies), and a decision that fits your priorities — not a generic ranking.

Childcare Comparison

Childcare is one of the biggest, most emotional decisions a family makes, and the "best" option is entirely personal — it depends on your hours, budget, values, and child. This builds a clear comparison of the realistic options against your priorities, arms you with the right questions and red flags for visits, and lands on a recommendation that fits your family rather than a one-size ranking.

What This Skill Produces

  • A needs-and-values profile — hours, budget, what matters most (socialization, flexibility, one-on-one, cost, values)
  • A side-by-side comparison — nursery/daycare vs. childminder vs. nanny vs. family/mix on cost, flexibility, socialization, sickness backup, control, and continuity
  • Visit questions & red flags — what to ask and observe (ratios, staff turnover, safety, warmth, licensing)
  • A true-cost read — full cost including any subsidies, tax help, and hidden extras
  • A fitting recommendation — the option (or combination) that best matches the family's priorities and constraints

Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:

  • The need — child's age, hours/days required, start date
  • Budget — what's realistic, and awareness of any subsidies/support
  • Priorities — socialization, flexibility, one-on-one care, cost, specific values
  • Constraints — location, work schedules, backup for sick days, family nearby
  • Options considered — what's available/appealing locally

Framework: Match Options To Your Priorities

  1. Define priorities first. There's no universal best — clarify what this family most needs (cost, flexibility, socialization, control) before comparing.
  2. Compare on what matters to them. Line up the realistic options against those priorities plus the practical must-haves (sick-day backup, hours, continuity).
  3. Cost it honestly. Compare total cost including subsidies/tax support and extras (meals, deposits, agency fees, holiday pay for a nanny).
  4. Equip the visit. Give the questions to ask and red flags to watch (ratios, turnover, licensing, safety, and the hard-to-fake warmth of the place).
  5. Recommend for the family. Land on the best fit — often a combination — tied explicitly to their stated priorities, not a generic verdict.
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Output Format

Childcare: child age [x] · [hours needed] · budget [y] · priorities [z]

Options side-by-side

OptionCost (total)FlexibilitySocializationSick backupControl
Nursery/daycare
Childminder
Nanny
Family/mix

On visits — ask/observe: [ratios · turnover · licensing · safety · warmth · daily routine]. True cost: include [subsidies/tax help + hidden extras]. Best fit for you: [option/combo] — because [ties to their priorities].

Quality Checks

  • Starts from the family's priorities, not a generic ranking
  • Compares realistic options on the dimensions that matter to them
  • Includes total cost with subsidies and hidden extras
  • Provides visit questions and red flags
  • Recommends a fit (often a combination) tied to their priorities
  • Accounts for practical needs (sick backup, hours, continuity)

Anti-Patterns

  • Declaring one option "best" regardless of the family.
  • Comparing headline price without subsidies/extras.
  • No visit guidance — missing the red flags that matter.
  • Ignoring practical realities like sick-day backup.
  • Overlooking a mix that might fit better than any single option.

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Nursery or a nanny — which is right for us?"
  • "Help me compare childcare options for our 1-year-old."
  • "What should I ask when visiting a daycare?"
  • "How do I choose childcare on a tight budget?"
  • "We need part-time care with backup for sick days — what fits?"

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/childcare-comparison of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Questions about Childcare Comparison

What does Childcare Comparison do?

Compare childcare options — nursery/daycare, childminder, nanny, family, or a mix — for your family's real needs, budget, and values. Childcare Comparison is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Compare childcare options — nursery/daycare, childminder, nanny, family, or a mix — for your family's real needs, budget, and values.

When should I use Childcare Comparison?

Childcare Comparison fits situations like: asked to compare childcare options; nursery vs nanny; how to choose childcare; find the right childcare.

How do I install Childcare Comparison in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill childcare-comparison -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/childcare-comparison in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/childcare-comparison in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Childcare Comparison in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill childcare-comparison -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/childcare-comparison in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/childcare-comparison in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Childcare Comparison 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill childcare-comparison -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/childcare-comparison, .gemini/skills/childcare-comparison, .github/skills/childcare-comparison and .opencode/skills/childcare-comparison in your project.

What does Childcare Comparison need to run?

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

Does Childcare Comparison 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 Childcare Comparison 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 Childcare Comparison use?

Childcare Comparison 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 Childcare Comparison use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.5k 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 Childcare Comparison?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Childcare Comparison: Options (asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks, 69k stars), Compare Options (nano-muse/nanoMuse, 813 stars), Active Comparator Single Soc Faers Safety Comparison (aipoch/medical-research-skills, 1.9k stars) and Options Strategy Backtesting (HKUDS/Vibe-Trading, 35k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Childcare Comparison?

mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,434 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.