# Startup Analysis (agent 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.

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…

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/himself65/finance-skills |
| Skill path | plugins/startup-tools/skills/startup-analysis/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | startup-analysis |
| GitHub stars | 3,382 |
| Installs on skills.sh | not listed |
| License | MIT |
| Skills in repo | 3 |
| Plugin marketplace | finance-skills |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor |
| Category | Data & analysis |
| Last commit | Oct 5, 2026 |

## 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"

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

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

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

### ChatGPT / Codex

```sh
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
```

### Cursor

```sh
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
```

Sources (checked 2026-10-07): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills, https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills, https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills

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