Vc Industry Research

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Tasks that involve Fundraising and pitch decks
• Tasks that involve Deep research
• Tasks that involve Market research

Example prompts

• “/vc-industry-research”

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Understand the research scope from user query: target industry, sub-topics, depth, page count
2. 2Determine report style based on user preference or task context
3. 3Plan content structure using the appropriate structure contract (see references)
4. 4Research and gather data using web search and data source tools as needed
5. 5Review investment & financing history for the sector: search for key funding rounds, deal sizes, lead investors, IPO/exit events, and…
6. 6Generate the report following the style and structure contracts precisely
7. 7Review for completeness: ensure all exhibits are numbered, sources cited, and formatting consistent

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7ff9fbb. 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

Vc Industry Research loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~6.9k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 105 tokens; SKILL.md has 641 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~105

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.6k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~6.9k

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

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 zebbern/claude-code-guide at commit 7ff9fbb, republished under its MIT licence (© zebbern). 641 words, ~1,617 tokens.

name

vc-industry-research

description

Generate professional primary market / venture capital industry research reports, including sector deep-dives, investment memos, and market analysis. Produces detailed PDF reports covering TMT, consumer, healthcare, and industrials. Triggered by requests to analyze an industry, create a market report, write a sector deep-dive, or generate any PE/VC-style research document in Chinese or English.

Cover Page:
  [White background]
  [Institution logo (top-right): icon + institution name (bilingual)]
  [Main title: bold KaiTi, left-aligned, large, dark-red accent underline]
  [Author line: "Cr.: [Author Name]"]
  [Date line: "Date: YYYY-Mon"]
  [QR code (right side)]

Executive Summary (~1 page)
  [Bordered/quoted paragraph block]

01 [Chapter Title]
  [Section Heading in red/dark-red KaiTi]
  [Subsection Heading in red/dark-red KaiTi]

Cover Page:
  [White background, ultra-minimal]
  [Full title: centered, KaiTi, large]
  [Institution logo: centered below title]
  [Institution name: centered below logo]
  [Date: centered, bottom area (YYYY.MM format)]

Table of Contents (page 2-3)
  [Title "目录": centered, large character spacing]
  [1  [Main Chapter]..................p3]
  [  1.1 [Section]...................p3]

Content Pages:
  [Header: report title centered + horizontal rule below]
  [Footer: page number]

© zebbern, 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 2 other files (references) in skills/vc-industry-research of zebbern/claude-code-guide.

• SKILL.md
• references/structure_contract.md
• references/style_contract.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7ff9fbb