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Startup Analysis

Startup Analysis is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from himself65/finance-skills. Analyze a startup from three perspectives — VC investor, job applicant, and CEO/founder — covering market, traction, unit economics, team, defensibility, runway, equity value, culture, and. It works with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor and has 3,382 GitHub stars across a repository of 3 listed skills.

github.com/himself65/finance-skills/plugins/startup-tools/skills/startup-analysis (opens in a new tab)

Add this skill

Claude

This repository is a Claude Code plugin marketplace. In Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add himself65/finance-skills
/plugin install finance-startup-tools@finance-skills

In the Claude apps, zip the startup-analysis folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

ChatGPT / Codex

Codex reads skills from .agents/skills/ in a repo or ~/.agents/skills/ for every project:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/himself65/finance-skills.git
cp -r finance-skills/plugins/startup-tools/skills/startup-analysis .agents/skills/startup-analysis   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects

Standalone skills also load in the ChatGPT desktop app.

Cursor

Cursor loads skills from .cursor/skills/ (or ~/.cursor/skills/) and also reads .claude/skills/:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/himself65/finance-skills.git
cp -r finance-skills/plugins/startup-tools/skills/startup-analysis .cursor/skills/startup-analysis   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects

Source (checked Oct 7, 2026): code.claude.com/docs/en/skills (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces (opens in a new tab), support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude (opens in a new tab), learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills (opens in a new tab), cursor.com/docs/context/skills (opens in a new tab)

What this skill does

Analyze a startup from three perspectives — VC investor, job applicant, and CEO/founder — covering market, traction, unit economics, team, defensibility, runway, equity value, culture, and competitive position, with a verdict for each. Use this skill whenever the user wants to evaluate a startup or private tech company: due diligence, whether to invest in it or join it, weighing a startup job offer, company health, outlook, or competitive position, or open-ended asks such as "what do you think…

When it triggers

  • Use this skill whenever the user wants to evaluate a startup or private tech company: due diligence, whether to invest in it or join it, weighing a startup job offer, company health, outlook, or competitive position, or open-ended asks such
  • "what do you think of [company]"
  • "research [company] for me"

More skills in himself65/finance-skills

3 skills are listed from this repository.

FAQ

Startup Analysis FAQ

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What is the Startup Analysis skill?

Startup Analysis is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from himself65/finance-skills. Analyze a startup from three perspectives — VC investor, job applicant, and CEO/founder — covering market, traction, unit economics, team, defensibility, runway, equity value, culture, and. It works with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor and has 3,382 GitHub stars across a repository of 3 listed skills. Its SKILL.md lives at github.com/himself65/finance-skills/plugins/startup-tools/skills/startup-analysis.

How do I install the Startup Analysis skill?

In Claude Code, run /plugin marketplace add himself65/finance-skills and then /plugin install finance-startup-tools@finance-skills. For Codex or Cursor, copy the startup-analysis folder into .agents/skills/ or .cursor/skills/.

Is the Startup Analysis skill free?

Yes. The repository is open source under the MIT license.

Is Startup Analysis maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 5, 2026. Its latest release is v11.1.0. appsgit only lists skills from repositories with a commit in the last six months.