# cpq-builder

Turns DOMAIN.md specs into working Configure-Price-Quote prototypes for the Customware SPA, replacing fragile spreadsheets and email quote threads.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1200 installs · ★ 2
- Author: ryan-price
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/customware-ai/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/cpq-builder/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/cpq-builder

## What it does

This skill supplies layout conventions, lifecycle indicators, and business logic templates for Configure-Price-Quote workflows. The assistant parses a local `DOMAIN.md` file to learn specific terminology, then generates a working prototype. It works across domains like equipment sales, service proposals, and loan qualification.

Every pattern targets small businesses outgrowing spreadsheets. Without a running Customware SPA instance to consume the output, the generated configuration will fail to render. The focus remains on fast inline editing and live calculations rather than heavyweight enterprise tooling.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add customware-ai/skills --skill cpq-builder -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/cpq-builder/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/cpq-builder/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add customware-ai/skills --skill cpq-builder -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/cpq-builder/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add customware-ai/skills --skill cpq-builder -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/cpq-builder/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install customware-ai/skills cpq-builder
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/cpq-builder/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add customware-ai/skills --skill cpq-builder -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/customware-ai/skills --path skills/cpq-builder
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/cpq-builder/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add customware-ai/skills --skill cpq-builder -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/customware-ai/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/cpq-builder/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- convert multi-tab spreadsheet calculators into reactive web forms
- enforce parent-child product dependency rules during configuration
- prototype quote generation workflows using rules defined in `DOMAIN.md`
- add manager approval steps for estimates exceeding price thresholds

## Example prompts
- Build a quote generator prototype from `DOMAIN.md` for Customware SPA
- Create a service proposal calculator with approval review stages

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: cpq-builder
license: MIT
compatibility: Works with any AI coding assistant that supports the Agent Skills specification. Requires a running Customware SPA instance to consume the generated config.
metadata:
  author: ryan-price
  version: "4.7"
description: >
  Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ) vertical skill for the Customware SPA. Defines patterns,
  minimum standards, layout patterns, lifecycle indicators, product configurator patterns,
  business rule templates, and mapping rules for transforming a DOMAIN.md into a CPQ-shaped
  application. Targeted at SMB customers (5-50 employees) migrating from spreadsheets and
  email-based quoting workflows. The prototype must feel dramatically better than Excel
  without feeling enterprise-overcomplicated. Patterns are defaults, not mandates — adapt
  them when the actual workflow deviates. Trigger signals: quoting, pricing, product
  configuration, calculators, guided intake forms, assessment tools, estimate builders,
  proposal workflows, eligibility checkers, any "fill in fields → calculate → produce a
  deliverable" pattern.
---

# CPQ Builder Skill

## What This Skill Does

This skill defines patterns for building **Configure-Price-Quote**-shaped tools — systems where users configure inputs, the system applies rules to calculate results, and the output is a formatted deliverable that may require review/approval.

CPQ is NOT limited to product pricing. The same structural pattern covers:

| Domain | "Configure" | "Calculate" | "Output" |
|---|---|---|---|
| **Equipment sales** | Select product, pick options | Apply markup, calculate totals | Sales quote PDF |
| **Legal calculators** | Enter case details (income, duration) | Apply guideline formulas | Summary report with estimates |
| **Insurance estimators** | Enter coverage details | Apply rate tables | Premium estimate document |
| **Loan qualification** | Enter financial details | Apply lending criteria | Qualification letter |
| **Benefits eligibility** | Enter personal details | Apply eligibility rules | Benefits summary |
| **Service proposals** | Select services, set scope | Apply labor rates | Service proposal |

The builder reads this skill, reads the DOMAIN.md for the specific domain terminology and rules, and generates a working prototype. The DOMAIN.md determines whether the tool is about crane quotes or divorce calculations; this skill provides the structural pattern that fits.

**The patterns in this skill are defaults, not mandates.** When the actual workflow deviates from the canonical CPQ shape — has fewer stages, has a different layout, produces a different output — adapt the patterns. Each major section names the deviations explicitly.

---

## Customer Context

Customware's CPQ customers span many domains: industrial equipment dealers, custom apparel and signage shops, food/beverage wholesalers, professional services firms (legal, consulting, design), IT and managed service providers, construction and trades businesses, manufacturers, distributors. The CPQ pattern fits all of them.
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