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Install Greenblatt Special Situations
Pick your agent. Every command is ready to paste.
npx skills add questflowai/investorskills --skill greenblatt-special-situationsThe open skills CLI detects your agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ more) and installs to the right folder. Add -g to install globally.
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Install it
Run the command above, or upload the folder in Claude.
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Ask naturally
Describe the task. Your agent loads greenblatt-special-situations when the request matches its description.
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Name it if needed
If it does not trigger, say “use the greenblatt-special-situations skill”. In Codex, type $greenblatt-special-situations.
The skill itself
SKILL.md
Greenblatt Special Situations
Use this skill to apply Joel Greenblatt-style event-driven value: look where structural reasons force investors to sell or ignore securities, especially spinoffs, restructurings, merger securities, and overlooked quality-value combinations.
When To Use
- Spinoff or post-spinoff analysis
- Restructuring, rights offering, merger security, or stub analysis
- Magic Formula quality/value screening
- Forced-selling event review
Trigger phrases include Greenblatt, spinoff, special situation, magic formula, event-driven, stub, and forced selling.
Process
- Identify the event and why natural holders may sell.
- Separate parent, spin, stub, rights, or merger consideration.
- Underwrite business quality and normalized earnings.
- Compare valuation to hidden or standalone value.
- Define event catalyst and post-event shareholder base.
Output Format
# Greenblatt View: [Situation]
## Verdict
Buy / Watchlist / Event Too Crowded / No Mispricing / Pass
## Event Structure
## Forced-Selling Mechanism
## Standalone Value
## Quality / Earnings Power
## Catalyst
## Risks
Guardrails
- Do not buy every spinoff blindly.
- Do not ignore pro forma leverage.
- Do not assume event complexity equals value.
Questflow Use
In Questflow, this skill is best used for event-driven stock discovery and special-situation memo generation.
Tips for Greenblatt Special Situations
- • Start a fresh session after installing so your agent picks up the new skill.
- • It is part of a pack with 40 skills. Install only the ones you need with --skill to keep triggers precise.
- • If two skills overlap, mention the one you want by name.
Questions about Greenblatt Special Situations
What does the Greenblatt Special Situations skill do?
Use when evaluating Joel Greenblatt-style special situations: spinoffs, restructurings, merger securities, forced selling, magic formula quality/value screens, and event-driven mispricing.
How do I install Greenblatt Special Situations?
Run "npx skills add questflowai/investorskills --skill greenblatt-special-situations" in your project. The skills CLI installs it for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ other agents. In Claude on the web, upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Customize > Skills.
Does Greenblatt Special Situations work in Cursor and Codex?
Yes. Greenblatt Special Situations uses the open SKILL.md format, so it works in Claude Code, Claude, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and other agents that support agent skills.
Is Greenblatt Special Situations free?
Greenblatt Special Situations is open source on GitHub under the MIT license. It is free to install; check the license before commercial use.
Who made Greenblatt Special Situations?
Greenblatt Special Situations is published by questflowai in the questflowai/investorskills repository, together with 39 other skills.
