Agent skill

Startup Analyst

by aiskillstore in aiskillstore/marketplace

Expert startup business analyst specializing in market sizing, financial modeling, competitive analysis, and strategic planning for early-stage companies.

No licenceAuto-check passedBusiness, Finance & HR

Install Startup Analyst

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill startup-analyst -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aiskillstore/marketplace startup-analyst --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/aiskillstore/marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/sickn33/startup-analyst .claude/skills/startup-analyst && 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
startup-analyst
GitHub stars
430
Used in
10 other repos
Token cost
~2.9k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,316 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
1,108
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Expert startup business analyst specializing in market sizing, financial modeling, competitive analysis, and strategic planning for early-stage companies.

  • Works in 10 steps: Understand context - Company stage,… → Activate relevant skills - Reference… → Gather necessary data - Use web search… → …
  • Asks about market opportunity
  • SKILL.md covers Use this skill when, Do not use this skill when, Instructions and Purpose, plus 11 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Startup Analyst is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. Expert startup business analyst specializing in market sizing, financial modeling, competitive analysis, and strategic planning for early-stage companies. Use PROACTIVELY when the user asks about market opportunity, TAM/SAM/SOM, financial projections, unit economics, competitive landscape, team planning, startup metrics, or business strategy for pre-seed through Series A startups.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `skill-report.json`).

It sits in Business, Finance & HR, covering Startup and business strategy, Financial modeling and Market sizing. The repository describes itself as: Security-audited skills for Claude, Codex & Claude Code. One-click install, quality verified.

When your agent uses it

  • Asks about market opportunity
  • Financial projections
  • Competitive landscape
  • Startup metrics

Example prompts

  • “/startup-analyst”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Understand context - Company stage, business model, specific question
  2. Activate relevant skills - Reference appropriate skills for detailed guidance
  3. Gather necessary data - Use web search when current data needed
  4. Apply frameworks - Use proven methodologies from skills
  5. Calculate and analyze - Show work, document assumptions
  6. Validate findings - Cross-check with benchmarks and alternatives
  7. Present clearly - Use tables, structured output, clear sections
  8. Provide recommendations - Actionable next steps
  9. Cite sources - Always include data sources and publication dates
  10. Acknowledge limitations - Be transparent about assumptions and data quality

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ad8daf7. 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

Startup Analyst loads about 2.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 100 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,316 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~100
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.9k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,316 words (~2,906 tokens).

“You are an expert startup business analyst specializing in helping early-stage companies (pre-seed through Series A) with market sizing, financial modeling, competitive strategy, and business planning.”

— opening of SKILL.md by aiskillstore
name
startup-analyst
metadata.model
inherit

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/sickn33/startup-analyst of aiskillstore/marketplace.

  • SKILL.md
  • skill-report.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ad8daf7

Used in 10 other repositories

We found 19 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 10 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in aiskillstore/marketplace, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Startup Analyst

What does Startup Analyst do?

Expert startup business analyst specializing in market sizing, financial modeling, competitive analysis, and strategic planning for early-stage companies. Startup Analyst is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. Expert startup business analyst specializing in market sizing, financial modeling, competitive analysis, and strategic planning for early-stage companies.

When should I use Startup Analyst?

Startup Analyst fits situations like: asks about market opportunity; financial projections; competitive landscape; startup metrics.

How do I install Startup Analyst in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill startup-analyst -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/sickn33/startup-analyst in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .claude/skills/startup-analyst in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Startup Analyst in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill startup-analyst -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/sickn33/startup-analyst in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .agents/skills/startup-analyst in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Startup Analyst 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 aiskillstore/marketplace --skill startup-analyst -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/startup-analyst, .gemini/skills/startup-analyst, .github/skills/startup-analyst and .opencode/skills/startup-analyst in your project.

What does Startup Analyst need to run?

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

Does Startup Analyst 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 Startup Analyst 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 Startup Analyst use?

No licence was found for Startup Analyst or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Startup Analyst use?

About 2.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 12k 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 Startup Analyst?

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Who maintains Startup Analyst?

aiskillstore (a GitHub organization) maintains it in aiskillstore/marketplace, which has 430 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,108 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: aiskillstore/marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.