Founder Office Hours skill for Claude and Codex

Founder Office Hours as an AI skill. It asks for The idea, Who I think needs it, What they do today instead and 3 more, then does the rest. Free to install in…

Install it once and Claude or Codex runs it for you. When your request matches, your AI loads the skill, asks for anything it is missing, and works through the template itself. Prefer to fill it in by hand? See the full prompt template.

Download the skill (.zip) · View SKILL.md

When it is used

Use when a founder has a product idea and wants hard questions on the buyer, the pain, and the smallest paid version before building. Do not use for writing a business plan, pitch deck, or market sizing report. Related topics: startup, product.

What it will ask you for

• The idea (longer free text)
• Who I think needs it (free text, e.g. "A specific person or role")
• What they do today instead (longer free text)
• Evidence so far (longer free text)
• Stage (choose one: Just an idea, Prototype, Early users, Paying customers)
• Time and money available (free text, e.g. "Hours per week and budget")

How it works

1. Read the idea and evidence, then ask the first of six forcing questions and wait for the answer.
2. Challenge any vague answer by quoting the founder's own words back and asking for a named person or number.
3. Continue through the remaining questions one at a time without batching them.
4. Restate the idea in one sentence based on what the answers revealed, even when it differs from the starting point.
5. Name the riskiest assumption and propose one cheap test that can finish within a week.

What you get

The six questions asked in sequence, followed by a short verdict: the restated idea, the riskiest assumption, and one test for this week.

What it watches out for

• Asking all six questions at once, which lets the founder answer with generalities.
• Accepting 'small businesses' as a buyer instead of pressing for one specific person.
• Ending with encouragement instead of a test that could disprove the idea.

How to install

Claude.ai and the Claude desktop app

1. Download the skill .zip.
2. Open Settings, then Capabilities, and find Skills.
3. Choose Upload skill and select the .zip.
4. Ask Claude for help with the task. It loads the skill when your request matches.

Claude Code

1. Download the skill .zip.
2. Unzip it into ~/.claude/skills/ (or .claude/skills/ inside a project).
3. Start a new session. Claude Code loads the skill when your request matches.

Codex

1. Download the skill .zip.
2. Unzip it into ~/.agents/skills/ (or .agents/skills/ inside a project).
3. Codex picks it up on its own. Type $ and the skill name to use it, or just ask for the task.

Cursor

1. Download the Cursor rule (.mdc).
2. Save it in .cursor/rules/ inside your project.
3. Cursor's agent applies the rule when your request matches its description.

AGENTS.md (Codex, Cursor, and other coding agents)

1. Copy the AGENTS.md section.
2. Paste it into AGENTS.md at the root of your repository, creating the file if needed.
3. Coding agents that read AGENTS.md follow it when your request fits.