# grow-sustainably

Reviews spending, hiring, fundraising and scaling through profitable growth. Useful when you weigh a new office, a hire or a round.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2500 installs · ★ 10980
- Author: slavingia
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/slavingia/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/grow-sustainably/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-04-14
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/grow-sustainably

## What it does

This skill turns the assistant into a business advisor built around Sahil Lavingia's “The Minimalist Entrepreneur”. Every decision gets checked against four things: what it does to profit, whether you can undo it, whether a customer need drives it, and whether a cheaper option exists. The rule set starts from profit = revenue minus costs, then splits costs into variable and fixed.

Hiring, fundraising and burnout each get their own section. The advice leans on software before people, remote work over an office, and freelancers before full-time staff. On pay, it suggests keeping your own salary low early and raising it as revenue allows. On investors, reach profitability first — that gives you leverage and keeps dilution down.

There is also a part on co-founders: talk through goals, growth pace and exit terms before you start, and use vesting. The skill does not run your numbers or read your books. What you get is a structured review of a decision, including the default alive or default dead test.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add slavingia/skills --skill grow-sustainably -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add slavingia/skills --skill grow-sustainably -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add slavingia/skills --skill grow-sustainably -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install slavingia/skills grow-sustainably
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add slavingia/skills --skill grow-sustainably -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/slavingia/skills --path skills/grow-sustainably
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add slavingia/skills --skill grow-sustainably -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/slavingia/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/grow-sustainably/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- decide between hiring someone and covering the task with software
- check whether the company can carry a new office or a fixed salary
- work out whether to raise money or reach profit first
- separate reversible choices from irreversible ones before signing
- settle growth pace and exit terms with a co-founder

## Example prompts
- Should we hire a second developer this quarter?
- Walk through the grow-sustainably checklist on signing a two-year office lease
- We're considering a round — evaluate it with grow-sustainably

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