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Best Claude skills for founders and startups

Startup skills help founders move faster: product reviews in the style of a CEO, fundraising prep, pitch decks, go-to-market plans and launch checklists. Garry Tan's gstack, his own Claude Code setup, is the most famous example.

195 startups skills · ranked live · November 2026

The top 10. Ranked by the Alyn Score.

  1. Garry Tan

    Gstack

    #1
    Garry Tan

    Design Review

    Designer's eye QA: finds visual inconsistency, spacing issues, hierarchy problems, AI slop patterns, and slow interactions — then fixes them; --build checks UI while you build it. (gstack)

    Pack141k47kScore 84
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  2. Garry Tan

    Gstack

    #2
    Garry Tan

    IOS QA

    Live-device iOS QA for SwiftUI apps. (gstack)

    Pack141k47kScore 84
    Details
  3. Garry Tan

    Gstack

    #3
    Garry Tan

    Autoplan

    Auto-review pipeline — runs the CEO, design, eng (architecture, edge cases, failure modes, tests) and DX reviews (lean run: one reviewer), auto-deciding. (gstack)

    Pack141k47kScore 82
    Details
  4. wshobson

    Agents

    #4
    wshobson

    Before You Build

    Pre-build product and feature risk review for founders, product managers, and AI-assisted builders. Use this skill when the user is about to build a landing page, MVP, SaaS product…

    Pack42k2.6MScore 81
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  5. #5
    phuryn

    Startup Canvas

    Generate a Startup Canvas combining Product Strategy (9 sections) and Business Model (costs + revenue) for a new product. An alternative to BMC and Lean Canvas that separates strategy from…

    Pack28k245kScore 77
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  6. #6
    phuryn

    Lean Canvas

    Generate a Lean Canvas with problem, solution, metrics, cost structure, UVP, unfair advantage, channels, segments, and revenue. Use when exploring a lean startup canvas, testing a business…

    Pack28k245kScore 76
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  7. #7
    phuryn

    Identify Assumptions New

    Identify risky assumptions for a new product idea across 8 risk categories including Go-to-Market, Strategy, and Team. Use when evaluating startup risks, assessing a new product concept, or…

    Pack28k245kScore 74
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  8. #8
    tradermonty

    Institutional Flow Tracker

    Use this skill to track institutional investor ownership changes and portfolio flows using 13F filings data. Analyzes hedge funds, mutual funds, and other institutional holders to identify…

    Pack3.7k254kScore 74
    Details
  9. alirezarezvani

    Claude Skills

    #9
    alirezarezvani

    Cs Ceo Advisor

    ../../../agents/c-level/cs-ceo-advisor.md

    Pack30k240kScore 71
    Details
  10. ReScienceLab

    Opc Skills

    #10
    ReScienceLab

    SEO GEO

    SEO & GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) for websites. Analyze keywords, generate schema markup, optimize for AI search engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, Claude) and…

    Pack1.9k79kScore 70
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What makes a great startups skill.

  • Opinionated reviews that say no, not only cheerlead.

  • Real templates (pitch deck, investor update).

  • Founder-scale scope: fast, cheap, reversible.

All 195 startups skills.

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

eval-plan

Preregister a paid eval (bars, arms, decoys, stop rules), dry-run it at zero cost, then run a three-item priced pilot whose spend table gates approval. (gstack)

Pack141k47kAI engineering

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

gstack-openclaw-ceo-review

Use when asked to review a plan, challenge a proposal, run a CEO review, poke holes in an approach, think bigger about scope, or decide whether to expand or reduce the plan.

Pack141k47kStartups

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

gstack-openclaw-office-hours

Use when asked to brainstorm, evaluate whether an idea is worth building, run office hours, or think through a new product idea or design direction before any code is written.

Pack141k47kDocuments

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

gstack-openclaw-retro

Weekly engineering retrospective. Analyzes commit history, work patterns, and code quality metrics with persistent history and trend tracking. Team-aware with per-person contributions…

Pack141k47kCoding

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

gstack-plan

Use before building a feature: challenge the scope, then review architecture, code quality, tests and performance, and end with a plan to build. (gstack)

Pack141k47kCoding

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

health

Code quality dashboard. (gstack)

Pack141k47kCoding

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

ios-clean

Remove the DebugBridge SPM package and all #if DEBUG wiring from an iOS app. (gstack)

Pack141k47kCoding

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

ios-design-review

Visual design audit for iOS apps on real hardware. (gstack)

Pack141k47kDesign

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

ios-fix

Autonomous iOS bug fixer. (gstack)

Pack141k47kCoding

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

ios-sync

Regenerate the iOS debug bridge against the latest upstream gstack templates. (gstack)

Pack141k47kCoding

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

land-and-deploy

Land and deploy workflow. (gstack)

Pack141k47kDevOps

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

landing-report

Read-only queue dashboard for workspace-aware ship. (gstack)

Pack141k47kStartups

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

learn

Manage project learnings.

Pack141k47kStartups

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

modernize

Bring an aging PR onto its current base and decide: MODERNIZE, REWORK or CLOSE. (gstack)

Pack141k47kCoding

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

office-hours

YC Office Hours — two modes. (gstack)

Pack141k47kDocuments

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

open-gstack-browser

Launch GStack Browser — AI-controlled Chromium with the sidebar extension baked in.

Pack141k47kStartups

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

pair-agent

Pair a remote AI agent with your browser. (gstack)

Pack141k47kStartups

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

plan-design-review

Designer's eye plan review — interactive, like CEO and Eng review. (gstack)

Pack141k47kDesign

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

plan-devex-review

Interactive developer experience plan review. (gstack)

Pack141k47kStartups

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

plan-eng-review

Eng manager-mode plan review. (gstack)

Pack141k47kStartups

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

plan-tune

Self-tuning question sensitivity + developer psychographic for gstack (v1: observational). (gstack)

Pack141k47kStartups

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

qa-only

Report browser/API/CLI/job/worker/webhook bugs. (gstack)

Pack141k47kTesting

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

retro

Weekly engineering retrospective. (gstack)

Pack141k47kCoding

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

review

Use when you review this PR's diff. (gstack)

Pack141k47kCoding

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

scrape

Pull data from a web page through the Aside browser — your real, already signed-in sessions. (gstack)

Pack141k47kAutomation

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

setup-browser-cookies

Import cookies from your real Chromium browser into the headless browse session. (gstack)

Pack141k47kStartups

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

setup-deploy

Configure deployment settings for /land-and-deploy.

Pack141k47kDevOps

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

setup-gbrain

Set up gbrain for this coding agent: install the CLI, initialize a local PGLite or Supabase brain, register MCP, capture per-remote trust policy. (gstack)

Pack141k47kCoding

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

ship

Ship it: merge the base, run tests, review the diff, bump VERSION and CHANGELOG, push and create a PR. (gstack)

Pack141k47kCoding

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

skillify

Codify the most recent successful /scrape flow into a permanent browser-skill on disk. (gstack)

Pack141k47kStartups

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

spec

Turn vague intent into a precise, executable spec in five phases. (gstack)

Pack141k47kCoding

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

sync-gbrain

Keep gbrain current with this repo's code and refresh agent search guidance in CLAUDE.md. (gstack)

Pack141k47kStartups

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

test-audit

Find low-value or duplicate tests and the test-only code they keep alive. (gstack)

Pack141k47kTesting

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

ubicloud

Run a heavy suite, build or eval on an ephemeral 16-vCPU Ubicloud VM: TTL-named VMs, a reaper, quota preflight and a hang watchdog. (gstack)

Pack141k47kStartups

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

verify

Use when coding: run the checks and tests /ship picks until green. (gstack)

Pack141k47kCoding

Garry Tan

Gstack

79
Garry Tan

freeze

Restrict file edits to a specific directory for the session. (gstack)

Pack141k47kStartups

Startups skills, explained.

Also searched as: startup skills, founder skills claude, gstack garry tan, pitch deck skill.

What are the best Claude skills for founders and startups?

Right now the top-ranked startups skills on Alyn are Design Review (Garry Tan), IOS QA (Garry Tan), Autoplan (Garry Tan). Rankings combine GitHub stars, installs, freshness and depth, and update live.

What is gstack?

Garry Tan's Claude Code setup: a set of opinionated tools that act as CEO, designer, engineering manager, release manager and more.

Are there skills for fundraising?

startup-founder-skills covers fundraising, sales, product and recruiting.

How do I install a startups skill?

Run npx skills add owner/repo in your project, or copy the folder with SKILL.md into ~/.claude/skills. Every skill on this page has a ready-to-copy command.

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