claude-project-planner

Strategic advisor for evaluating software/AI product ideas and generating defensible startup strategies. Use this skill whenever the user wants to evaluate a product idea, brainstorm startup directions, assess defensibility against foundation model companies, choose between build-vs-buy for AI components, or needs a strategic positioning check for a development project. Trigger on phrases like "is this idea defensible", "what should I build", "will OpenAI/Anthropic eat this", "startup idea", "product strategy", "moat", "competitive positioning", "should I build X", "vertical AI opportunity", "business model for AI", or any discussion about whether a software product is worth building given the current AI landscape. Also trigger when the user is evaluating technical architecture decisions through a strategic lens — e.g. "should I use a fine-tuned model or API calls" where the answer has competitive implications.

Component specification toolkit for breaking software projects into discrete, buildable blocks. Create detailed specifications with interfaces, dependencies, test criteria, and effort estimates for Claude Code to build incrementally.

Document toolkit (.docx). Create/edit documents, tracked changes, comments, formatting preservation, text extraction, for professional document processing.

PDF manipulation toolkit. Extract text/tables, create PDFs, merge/split, fill forms, for programmatic document processing and analysis.

Presentation toolkit (.pptx). Create/edit slides, layouts, content, speaker notes, comments, for programmatic presentation creation and modification.

Spreadsheet toolkit (.xlsx/.csv). Create/edit with formulas/formatting, analyze data, visualization, recalculate formulas, for spreadsheet processing and analysis.

Generate or edit images using AI models (FLUX, Gemini). Use for general-purpose image generation including photos, illustrations, artwork, visual assets, concept art, and any image that isn't a technical diagram or schematic. For flowcharts, architecture diagrams, and technical diagrams, use the project-diagrams skill instead.

Generate comprehensive market research reports (50+ pages) in the style of top consulting firms (McKinsey, BCG, Gartner). Features professional LaTeX formatting, extensive visual generation with project-diagrams and generate-image, deep integration with research-lookup for data gathering, and multi-framework strategic analysis including Porter's Five Forces, PESTLE, SWOT, TAM/SAM/SOM, and BCG Matrix.

Convert files and office documents to Markdown. Supports PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, images (with OCR), audio (with transcription), HTML, CSV, JSON, XML, ZIP, YouTube URLs, EPubs and more.

This skill should be used when the user asks to "generate a report", "compile report", "create final report", "export to PDF", "make a PDF report", "combine all documents", "create deliverable", or wants to compile planning outputs into a professional document. Handles IEEE citations, table of contents, cover pages, and multi-format export (PDF/DOCX/Markdown).

Multi-provider research lookup supporting Gemini Deep Research (60-min comprehensive analysis) and Perplexity Sonar (fast web-grounded research). Intelligently routes between providers based on research mode and query complexity. Supports balanced mode for optimal quality/time tradeoff.

Project risk assessment toolkit. Identify technical, business, resource, and external risks, score likelihood and impact, define mitigation strategies and contingency plans for comprehensive risk management.

Create publication-quality architecture diagrams using Nano Banana Pro AI or Mermaid. Specialized in system architecture, C4 diagrams, data flow, sequence diagrams, and software design visualizations for project planning.

Software architecture research and design toolkit. Research technology stacks, design patterns, system architectures, and create Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) for informed technology choices.

Market and competitive analysis toolkit. Research competitors, analyze market positioning, identify differentiation opportunities, and create comprehensive competitive landscape assessments for software projects.

Project feasibility analysis toolkit. Evaluate technical feasibility, resource requirements, market viability, risk factors, and implementation challenges for informed go/no-go decisions on software projects.

Social media marketing and campaign planning toolkit. Create comprehensive marketing strategies, content calendars, influencer outreach plans, and platform-specific campaigns for software products and tech startups.

Systematic project plan review toolkit. Evaluate architecture decisions, building block specifications, sprint plans, cost estimates, risk assessments, and implementation feasibility for comprehensive project plan validation.

Cloud service and infrastructure cost analysis toolkit. Research current pricing, estimate costs across scenarios, calculate ROI projections, and identify cost optimization opportunities for software projects.

Agile sprint planning toolkit. Create user stories following INVEST criteria, plan sprints with capacity management, define acceptance criteria, and track dependencies across sprints for incremental software delivery.