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#1
Garry Tan
Gstack
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 - 2#2
Garry Tan
Gstack
- 3#3
Garry Tan
Gstack
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 - 4#4
wshobson
Agents
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 - 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 - 6#6
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 - 7#7
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 - 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 - 9#9
alirezarezvani
Claude Skills
- 10#10
ReScienceLab
Opc Skills
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
alirezarezvani 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.
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpangemployer-brand
When the user needs to create or improve content that shapes how candidates and the public perceive the company as a place to work.
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpangevent-hosting
When the user wants to host a tech event, meetup, workshop, or community gathering — especially using Luma. Also use when the user mentions "host an event", "meetup", "workshop", "Luma…
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpangfeedback-synthesis
When the user needs to analyze, categorize, or extract actionable insights from customer feedback across multiple sources, especially feature requests.
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpangfundraising-email
When the user wants to write an email to an investor — cold outreach, warm intro request, follow-up after a meeting, monthly investor update, or thank-you note. Also activates for "intro…
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpanginterview-kit
When the user needs to design an interview process, create interview questions, build scorecards, calibrate interviewers, or evaluate candidates for a role.
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpanginvestor-research
When the user wants to identify, evaluate, or prioritize potential investors for a fundraising round. Also activates when the user asks "who should I pitch?", "find me investors", "build an…
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpangjob-description
When the user needs to write, review, or improve a job posting for a startup role.
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpanglanding-page
When the user needs to create, critique, or optimize a landing page for conversion -- including headline rewrites, CTA placement, layout restructuring, or full page copy drafts.
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpanglaunch-strategy
When the user needs to plan or execute a product launch — including pre-launch content sequences, launch funnels, JV/affiliate launches, cart open/close strategy, or evergreen launch…
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpanglead-scoring
When a founder needs to qualify inbound leads, define their ICP, build a lead scoring model, set MQL criteria, or route prospects through pipeline stages. Activate when the user mentions…
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpangmarket-research
When the user needs to estimate market size, understand market dynamics, or validate that a market opportunity is large enough to pursue.
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpangmvp-scoping
When the user needs to decide what to build, cut, and defer for a first release or minimum viable version of a product or feature.
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpangonboarding-flow
When the user needs to design, improve, or audit a post-signup activation flow to get new users to their first value moment. Activate when activation is lagging, time-to-value feels…
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpangdaily-product-digest
When the user wants a summary of what's trending on Product Hunt, Hacker News, Indie Hackers, or other product/startup communities. Also use when the user mentions "what launched today"…
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpangfounder-thought-leadership
When the user wants to build personal brand, thought leadership, or IP as a founder on Twitter/X or LinkedIn. Also use when the user mentions "founder brand", "personal content", "build…
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.