| name | build-vs-buy |
| description | Make build-versus-buy decisions for startup infrastructure, including auth, billing, email, search, AI, CRM, analytics, support, storage, observability, and compliance tooling. |
| version | 0.1.0 |
Build vs Buy
Use this skill when a founder is about to build something a vendor might solve.
Workflow
- Define the job, risk, switching cost, integration burden, and budget.
- Compare build, buy, open-source, and manual operations.
- Evaluate time-to-market, data ownership, compliance, lock-in, reliability,
customization, and team expertise.
- Recommend decision and revisit trigger.
Output
Return Decision table, Recommendation, Vendor questions, Revisit trigger,
and Implementation plan.