Agent skill

Schloss Cigar Butt

by questflowai in questflowai/investorskills

A skill your agent uses when evaluating Walter Schloss-style cigar-butt value: cheap stocks, balance sheets, diversification across many bargains, and avoiding glamorous stories.

MITAuto-check passedBusiness, Finance & HR

Install Schloss Cigar Butt

skills CLI
$ npx skills add questflowai/investorskills --skill schloss-cigar-butt -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install questflowai/investorskills schloss-cigar-butt --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/questflowai/investorskills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/schloss-cigar-butt .claude/skills/schloss-cigar-butt && 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
schloss-cigar-butt
GitHub stars
1.9k
Token cost
~468 tokens
SKILL.md length
205 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
63
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when evaluating Walter Schloss-style cigar-butt value: cheap stocks, balance sheets, diversification across many bargains, and avoiding glamorous stories.

  • Works in 4 steps: Screen for cheap asset-based value. → Check debt and asset quality. → Build a diversified basket. → …
  • Evaluating Walter Schloss-style cigar-butt value: cheap stocks
  • SKILL.md covers When To Use, Do Not Use When, Inputs Needed and Process, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Schloss Cigar Butt is an agent skill from questflowai/investorskills. Use when evaluating Walter Schloss-style cigar-butt value: cheap stocks, balance sheets, diversification across many bargains, and avoiding glamorous stories.

Its SKILL.md is about 470 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `invest.md`).

It sits in Business, Finance & HR, covering Financial analysis. The repository describes itself as: Investor Skills is an open-source library that turns durable investing judgment into portable, structured formats. It collects how great investors think, filter opportunities… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Evaluating Walter Schloss-style cigar-butt value: cheap stocks
  • Diversification across many bargains
  • Avoiding glamorous stories

Example prompts

  • “/schloss-cigar-butt”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Screen for cheap asset-based value.
  2. Check debt and asset quality.
  3. Build a diversified basket.
  4. Sell when no longer cheap or assets impair.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2844d78. 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 (its code samples are markdown).

    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

Schloss Cigar Butt loads about 468 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 44 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
~44
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~468

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 questflowai/investorskills at commit 2844d78, republished under its MIT licence (© questflowai). 205 words, ~468 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/schloss-cigar-butt/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
schloss-cigar-butt
description
Use when evaluating Walter Schloss-style cigar-butt value: cheap stocks, balance sheets, diversification across many bargains, and avoiding glamorous stories.
invest
./invest.md

Schloss Cigar-Butt Value

Use this skill to apply Walter Schloss-style judgment.

When To Use

Use this skill when the user asks for:

  • cigar-butt portfolio
  • cheap stock basket
  • balance-sheet value screen
  • Schloss-style deep value

Trigger phrases include Schloss, cigar butt, cheap stock basket, book value discount, deep value diversification.

Do Not Use When

  • The setup is outside this model's universe and another investor skill fits better.
  • Critical data is missing and the model requires it.
  • The user wants guaranteed returns or unbounded leverage.
  • The request is only generic market chatter with no decision.

Inputs Needed

  • Asset, portfolio, theme, or market context
  • Relevant financial, market, regime, or structural data
  • Time horizon and risk constraints
  • Current price/valuation or portfolio weights if sizing is requested

Process

  1. Screen for cheap asset-based value.
  2. Check debt and asset quality.
  3. Build a diversified basket.
  4. Sell when no longer cheap or assets impair.

Output Format

md
# Schloss Cigar-Butt Value View: [Subject]

## Verdict
Buy Basket / Add / Hold / Asset Impaired / Pass

## Setup / Thesis

## Evidence

## Risks

## Action Plan

## Invalidation

## Missing Data

Guardrails

  • Do not force a trade when filters fail.
  • Do not ignore risk, liquidity, or regime constraints.
  • Do not mix this model with another unless comparison is requested.
  • Separate facts, assumptions, and judgment.

Questflow Use

In Questflow, this skill is best used as a judgment module for Funds, research workflows, monitoring, and risk-aware decision support.

© questflowai, 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 1 other file in skills/schloss-cigar-butt of questflowai/investorskills.

  • SKILL.md
  • invest.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2844d78

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Longbridgehelsome/folio2701 repos~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassNone

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Questions about Schloss Cigar Butt

What does Schloss Cigar Butt do?

A skill your agent uses when evaluating Walter Schloss-style cigar-butt value: cheap stocks, balance sheets, diversification across many bargains, and avoiding glamorous stories. Schloss Cigar Butt is an agent skill from questflowai/investorskills. Use when evaluating Walter Schloss-style cigar-butt value: cheap stocks, balance sheets, diversification across many bargains, and avoiding glamorous stories.

When should I use Schloss Cigar Butt?

Schloss Cigar Butt fits situations like: evaluating Walter Schloss-style cigar-butt value: cheap stocks; diversification across many bargains; avoiding glamorous stories.

How do I install Schloss Cigar Butt in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add questflowai/investorskills --skill schloss-cigar-butt -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/schloss-cigar-butt in questflowai/investorskills) into .claude/skills/schloss-cigar-butt in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Schloss Cigar Butt in Codex?

Run `npx skills add questflowai/investorskills --skill schloss-cigar-butt -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/schloss-cigar-butt in questflowai/investorskills) into .agents/skills/schloss-cigar-butt in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Schloss Cigar Butt 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 questflowai/investorskills --skill schloss-cigar-butt -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/schloss-cigar-butt, .gemini/skills/schloss-cigar-butt, .github/skills/schloss-cigar-butt and .opencode/skills/schloss-cigar-butt in your project.

What does Schloss Cigar Butt need to run?

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

Does Schloss Cigar Butt 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 Schloss Cigar Butt 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 Schloss Cigar Butt use?

Schloss Cigar Butt 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 Schloss Cigar Butt use?

About 468 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 Schloss Cigar Butt?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Schloss Cigar Butt: Longbridge Earnings (helsome/folio, 270 stars), Financial Analyzing (huangjia2019/claude-code-engineering, 1.1k stars), Earnings Analysis (Wind-Alice/AliceMarket, 130 stars) and Buy Side Equity Research Memo (haskaomni/serenity-skill, 633 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Schloss Cigar Butt?

questflowai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in questflowai/investorskills, which has 1,896 GitHub stars. The repository holds 63 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 23, 2026.

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