strategic-planning
by ognjengtThe strategic-planning skill analyzes a founder’s business context and returns the 3 highest-impact next moves for growth, usually in marketing or sales. It asks up to 10 diagnostic questions when needed to uncover bottlenecks, struggles, and opportunities, making it useful for strategic planning, next steps, and actionable business guidance.
This skill scores 78/100, which means it is a solid listing candidate for directory users who want a structured founder strategy workflow. It gives agents a clear trigger, a defined execution path, and enough operational detail to reduce guesswork versus a generic prompt, though it would benefit from stronger supporting assets and a clearer quick-start experience.
- Explicit trigger and mode handling: the skill tells the agent when to respond immediately, ask for more details, or proceed with execution.
- Operational workflow is concrete: it targets founder context, diagnoses the situation, and outputs 3 specific next moves for growth.
- Substantial instruction depth with 13 H2s, 24 H3s, and no placeholder markers, suggesting real workflow content rather than a stub.
- No support files, scripts, or references were provided, so credibility and implementation support are limited to the markdown itself.
- No install command or quick-start assets were found, which may make adoption slightly harder for users who want immediate setup guidance.
Overview of strategic-planning skill
The strategic-planning skill helps an AI turn a founder’s messy business context into the 3 highest-impact next moves for growth, usually in marketing or sales. It is best for users who already have a real business, a target audience, and a growth problem they want to solve faster than by brainstorming from scratch. The main value of the strategic-planning skill is decision quality: it pushes the model to diagnose constraints, ask for missing context only when needed, and return actions that are specific enough to execute.
What strategic-planning skill is for
Use strategic-planning for strategic-planning when you need a short, prioritized plan rather than a broad business essay. It is designed for founder operators, consultants, and agents that need to assess a business quickly, identify bottlenecks, and recommend the next moves with the highest expected impact.
What makes it different
Unlike a generic prompt, this strategic-planning guide is opinionated about workflow. It checks for existing founder context, decides whether more questions are needed, and aims to narrow to three concrete actions instead of producing a long list of ideas. That makes it useful when you want a practical answer that can be acted on immediately.
Best fit and misfit cases
It fits best when the problem is growth-related and the user can describe the business, audience, offer, and current traction. It is a weaker fit for pure product ideation, brand design, or open-ended strategy workshops with no operating context. If the user cannot name what they sell or who they sell to, strategic-planning will spend time on diagnosis before advice.
How to Use strategic-planning skill
strategic-planning install and activation
Install the strategic-planning skill in the founder-skills repo with npx skills add ognjengt/founder-skills --skill strategic-planning. The skill is triggered by the strategic-planning slug, so the input should clearly ask for strategic planning, next-step prioritization, or growth moves. If the repo runner passes arguments, the skill should receive them up front; if not, it should wait for the user to add context.
What to pass in for better output
The strategic-planning usage pattern works best when you give a concise business brief instead of a vague request like “help me grow.” Include the company name, what you sell, target customer, current stage, main channel, recent results, and the problem you want solved. A strong prompt looks like: “Analyze my SaaS business, B2B founders as target users, 2-person team, organic traffic is flat, and paid acquisition is untested. Give the 3 highest-impact next moves for sales growth.”
Suggested workflow and source files
Start with SKILL.md, because it contains the execution logic that decides whether the skill asks questions or moves straight to analysis. Then inspect any linked files or referenced paths in the repo tree; in this repository, the main signal is the skill file itself, so the practical reading path is short. If your environment supports a FOUNDER_CONTEXT.md, add it before invoking the skill so it can extract the business facts without extra back-and-forth.
How to prompt for stronger strategic output
For the strategic-planning skill, ask for a deliverable format that matches your decision need: for example, “3 next moves ranked by impact and effort,” “what to do in the next 30 days,” or “which marketing channel to test first and why.” If you want diagnostic questions first, say so explicitly and keep the request open-ended. If you already know the constraint, name it; the skill can then focus on tradeoffs instead of re-discovering the basics.
strategic-planning skill FAQ
Is strategic-planning only for founders?
No. The strategic-planning skill is most useful for founders, but it also works for operators, consultants, and agents making growth decisions for a business. The key requirement is enough business context to evaluate priorities.
How is this different from a normal prompt?
A normal prompt often gives broad advice and repeats obvious tactics. The strategic-planning guide is more structured: it checks context, asks up to 10 diagnostic questions only when needed, and aims to produce three actionable next moves tied to real constraints. That usually means less guesswork and better prioritization.
When should I not use it?
Do not use it when the task is mainly writing copy, designing a brand, or exploring many unrelated options without a concrete business goal. If you do not know the target customer, offer, or current channel mix, the skill will spend its effort clarifying the situation first. In those cases, a research or discovery prompt may be a better first step.
Can beginners use the strategic-planning skill?
Yes, but beginners get better results when they provide simple facts instead of trying to sound strategic. The strategic-planning skill works best with plain inputs like revenue stage, audience, offer, and the biggest current bottleneck. It is easier to use than a blank strategy session because the workflow forces focus.
How to Improve strategic-planning skill
Give the skill business facts, not slogans
The fastest way to improve strategic-planning usage is to describe the business in operational terms: customer, offer, channel, conversion problem, and time horizon. “Need growth” is too vague; “B2B agency with referral-heavy sales and weak inbound leads” gives the skill something to diagnose. The more concrete the input, the more useful the next moves.
State the constraint you want solved
If you care most about pipeline, retention, positioning, or channel selection, say it up front. The strategic-planning skill is strongest when it can optimize for one bottleneck instead of balancing every possible goal. This is especially important when the business has several problems and only one can be tackled first.
Iterate on the first answer
Use the first output as a draft plan, then feed back what is unrealistic, expensive, or already tried. That helps the skill refine the recommendation set and avoid recycled advice. For strategic-planning for Strategic Planning, iteration is often where the plan becomes specific enough to execute: you narrow the audience, clarify the offer, or swap a high-effort move for a faster test.
Add context before asking for more depth
If the initial result is too generic, supply missing details rather than asking for a longer explanation. Useful additions include recent conversion numbers, sales cycle length, traffic sources, team size, budget, and what has already failed. Those details help the strategic-planning skill move from plausible strategy to decision-ready guidance.