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Agent skill

Business Case

by suboss87 in suboss87/FDEOps

Develop a business case for an initiative using costs, benefits, risks and evidence.

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Install Business Case

skills CLI
$ npx skills add suboss87/FDEOps --skill business-case -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install suboss87/FDEOps business-case --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/suboss87/FDEOps.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/business-case .claude/skills/business-case && 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
business-case
GitHub stars
956
Token cost
~343 tokens
SKILL.md length
142 words
Files
5 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
34
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Develop a business case for an initiative using costs, benefits, risks and evidence.

  • Works in 2 steps: Read the task context contract. → Read the method.
  • A sponsor needs budget
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose and Principles
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Business Case is an agent skill from suboss87/FDEOps. Develop a business case for an initiative using costs, benefits, risks and evidence. Use when a sponsor needs budget or timeline justification.

Its SKILL.md is about 340 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including reference files (for example `.fde-generated.json`, `agents/openai.yaml` and `references/business-case.md`).

The repository describes itself as: Forward deployed engineering skills for AI coding agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • A sponsor needs budget
  • Timeline justification

Example prompts

  • “/business-case”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read the task context contract.
  2. Read the method.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 64d1d8a. 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

Business Case loads about 343 tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 39 tokens; SKILL.md has 142 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~39
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~343
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~3.6k

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 suboss87/FDEOps at commit 64d1d8a, republished under its MIT licence (© suboss87). 142 words, ~343 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/business-case/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 4 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
business-case
description
Develop a business case for an initiative using costs, benefits, risks and evidence. Use when a sponsor needs budget or timeline justification.

business-case

<!-- Generated by bin/generate-skills.js; edit the canonical references and catalog. -->

Purpose

An evidence-backed investment case with explicit assumptions.

Before investigating or acting:

  1. Read the task context contract.
  2. Read the method.

Load further references only when the task needs them. Everything linked is included in this skill; no other skill pack is required.

Principles

  • Work directly from the supplied permitted context. Standalone work does not require an engagement folder or initialization. Record filenames in the method are optional persistence destinations when no engagement is bound.
  • If called by @fde, reuse its current sanitized packet and scope. Do not restart setup, discovery or questions already answered.
  • The task context contract controls persistence and authority in both modes. Preserve unknowns and distinguish implementation, verification, deployment and acceptance.
  • Use the customer's repository instructions and available tools. Report a missing capability or unrun check honestly; do not claim that installing a skill provisions infrastructure.

© suboss87, 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 4 other files (references) in skills/business-case of suboss87/FDEOps.

  • SKILL.md
  • .fde-generated.json
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • references/business-case.md
  • references/task-context.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 64d1d8a

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Questions about Business Case

What does Business Case do?

Develop a business case for an initiative using costs, benefits, risks and evidence. Business Case is an agent skill from suboss87/FDEOps. Develop a business case for an initiative using costs, benefits, risks and evidence.

When should I use Business Case?

Business Case fits situations like: A sponsor needs budget; timeline justification.

How do I install Business Case in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add suboss87/FDEOps --skill business-case -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/business-case in suboss87/FDEOps) into .claude/skills/business-case in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Business Case in Codex?

Run `npx skills add suboss87/FDEOps --skill business-case -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/business-case in suboss87/FDEOps) into .agents/skills/business-case in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Business Case 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 suboss87/FDEOps --skill business-case -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/business-case, .gemini/skills/business-case, .github/skills/business-case and .opencode/skills/business-case in your project.

What does Business Case need to run?

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

Does Business Case 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 Business Case 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 Business Case use?

Business Case 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 Business Case use?

About 343 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.4k 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 3.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Business Case?

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Who maintains Business Case?

suboss87 (a GitHub user) maintains it in suboss87/FDEOps, which has 956 GitHub stars. The repository holds 34 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: suboss87/FDEOps on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.