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.
140 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)
141k47kScore 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)
141k47kScore 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…
42k2.6MScore 81 - 5#5
wondelai
Skills
wondelai
Create App
Guided journey from a raw app idea to a validated, cleanly architected first version that ships on a sustainable cadence. Orchestrates ten skills phase by phase - lean-startup…
2.7k335kScore 71 - 6#6
wondelai
Skills
Create Business
Guided journey from raw idea to a validated, positioned, priced business with a chosen beachhead. Orchestrates ten skills phase by phase - jobs-to-be-done, mom-test, design-sprint…
2.7k335kScore 71 - 7#7
alirezarezvani
Claude Skills
- 8#8
wondelai
Skills
Lean Analytics
Choose and audit startup metrics using Croll and Yoskovitz's "Lean Analytics". Use when the user mentions "what metrics should we track", "KPIs", "north star metric", "One Metric That…
2.7k335kScore 71 - 9#9
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…
1.9k79kScore 70 - 10#10
ReScienceLab
Opc Skills
Banner Creator
Create banners using AI image generation. Discuss format/style, generate variations, iterate with user feedback, crop to target ratio. Use when user wants to create a banner, header, hero…
1.9k79kScore 69
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 140 startups skills.
questflowaidalio-principles-allweather
Use when evaluating portfolios through Ray Dalio-style economic machine, debt cycles, diversification, risk parity, and all-weather asset allocation.
questflowaidanbin-longterm-compounder
Use when evaluating stocks through Dan Bin's long-term compounder lens: buy great companies, hold through volatility, and let time do the work. Focus on consumer, pharma, and tech…
questflowaidarvas-box
Use when evaluating Nicolas Darvas-style box breakouts, new-high momentum, volume confirmation, and mechanical stop placement for liquid growth stocks.
questflowaidengxiaofeng-cycle-industry
Use when evaluating stocks through Deng Xiaofeng's cycle-and-industry lens: deep industry research, cycle position awareness, supply-demand dynamics, and buying leaders at cycle bottoms.
questflowaidruckenmiller
Use when evaluating top-down macro trades, liquidity regimes, currency/rates/equity themes, concentrated risk-taking, and quick loss-cutting in a Stanley Druckenmiller style.
questflowaiduanyongping-benfen-value
Use when evaluating stocks through Duan Yongping's benfen (本分) value investing lens: good business, right price, long hold, understand what you own, and stay within your circle of…
questflowaieinhorn-forensic-short
Use when evaluating David Einhorn-style forensic shorts and longs: accounting red flags, governance problems, capital allocation failures, and evidence-based short theses.
questflowaifengliu-reverse-weakhand
Use when evaluating stocks through Feng Liu's weak-hand (弱者体系) reverse investing lens: assume you have less information, seek asymmetric risk/reward, buy at points of maximum pessimism, and…
questflowaifounders-fund-contrarian
Use when evaluating startups through a Founders Fund-style lens: contrarian conviction, hard tech, bold product ambition, non-consensus markets, and high-upside company building.
questflowaigraham-net-net
Use when evaluating Benjamin Graham-style deep value: net-nets, working capital bargains, margin of safety, statistical cheapness, and balance-sheet protection.
questflowaigundlach-bonds
Use when evaluating bond, credit, duration, yield-curve, and fixed-income relative-value setups in a Jeffrey Gundlach style.
questflowaihindenburg-investigation
Use when evaluating Hindenburg-style investigative short reports: evidence chains, promoter networks, stock promotion, related parties, disclosure failures, and catalyst-driven short…
questflowaihohn-concentrated-quality
Use when evaluating Chris Hohn / TCI-style concentrated quality investing: exceptional businesses, pricing power, high returns on capital, engagement, and long-duration concentrated…
questflowailibei-macro-hedge
Use when evaluating markets through Li Bei's macro hedge lens: regime identification, trend + contrarian timing, position management by conviction, and risk control for drawdown.
questflowailivermore
Use when evaluating trend-following trades, pivotal-point breakouts, pyramiding, stop discipline, or whether a liquid market is acting right in a Jesse Livermore style.
questflowaimarks-cycles
Use when evaluating markets through Howard Marks-style second-level thinking, credit cycles, risk premiums, market psychology, and defensive versus aggressive posture.
questflowaiminervini-vcp
Use when evaluating Mark Minervini-style VCP setups: volatility contraction, tight price action, moving-average alignment, relative strength, breakout trigger, and structural stop placement.
questflowaimunger
Use when evaluating a decision through Charlie Munger-style mental models: inversion, incentives, quality filters, multidisciplinary reasoning, and concentrated judgment.
questflowaia16z-crypto
Use when evaluating crypto networks and companies through an a16z crypto lens: web3 adoption, infrastructure vs apps, open networks, and long-duration crypto ecosystem investing.
questflowaiarthur-hayes-liquidity
Use when evaluating crypto markets through an Arthur Hayes-style liquidity lens: dollar liquidity, funding, risk appetite, cycle psychology, and macro-driven crypto positioning.
questflowaichenhao-limit-up
Use when evaluating A-share limit-up (涨停板) setups through Chen Hao's sentiment and momentum lens: market emotion cycles, board strength, follow-through, and short-term aggressive momentum…
questflowaicobie-cycle-filter
Use when evaluating crypto decisions through a Cobie-style cycle filter: common-sense risk, narrative traps, leverage humility, and avoiding obvious stupid trades.
questflowaicryptocred-structure
Use when evaluating crypto charts through a CryptoCred-style structure lens: levels, confluence, market structure, risk definition, and educational technical process.
questflowaidelphi-thematic-crypto
Use when evaluating crypto sectors through a Delphi-style thematic research lens: sector maps, tokenomics, narrative timing, and research-driven crypto allocation.
questflowaigreenblatt-special-situations
Use when evaluating Joel Greenblatt-style special situations: spinoffs, restructurings, merger securities, forced selling, magic formula quality/value screens, and event-driven mispricing.
questflowaihsaka-crypto-ta
Use when evaluating crypto charts through an Hsaka-style technical lens: market structure, trend, invalidation, leverage discipline, and narrative-aware timing.
questflowaiicahn-activist
Use when evaluating Carl Icahn-style activist investments: undervalued assets, poor governance, capital allocation fixes, buybacks, asset sales, board pressure, and control catalysts.
questflowaiklarman-deep-value
Use when evaluating Seth Klarman-style deep value and distressed opportunities: extreme margin of safety, forced sellers, liquidity discounts, complexity, downside protection, and patience.
questflowaili-lu-value
Use when evaluating Li Lu-style value investments: circle of competence, long-term compounding, deep research, conservative downside, China/global quality businesses, and concentrated…
questflowailynch-growth
Use when evaluating Peter Lynch-style growth stocks: invest in what you can understand, classify the company type, check growth runway, PEG, balance sheet, and whether the story is still…
questflowaimulticoin-thesis-vc
Use when evaluating crypto investments through a Multicoin-style thesis lens: high-conviction sector bets, performance chains, token value capture, and crypto-native market structure.
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpangchurn-analysis
When the user needs to identify at-risk accounts, understand why customers are leaving, reduce churn rate, build health scores, design save plays, or create win-back campaigns.
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpangcicd-setup
When the user needs to set up or improve CI/CD pipelines — GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, deployment automation, or says "set up CI", "automate deployment", "add tests to pipeline", "fix my…
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpangcode-review
When the user asks for a code review, shares code for feedback, or says "review this", "check my code", "what's wrong with this". Also activate when reviewing a pull request or diff.
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpangcold-outreach
When a founder needs to write cold emails or LinkedIn messages to prospects, partners, or investors. Activate when the user mentions cold email, outbound, prospecting, LinkedIn outreach, or…
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpangcommunity-discovery
When the user wants to find Slack groups, Discord servers, Reddit communities, forums, or online communities where their target audience hangs out. Also use when the user mentions "where to…
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.