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minimalist-review — Claude Code skill: test business decisions

A skill that evaluates business decisions, plans and strategies through the minimalist entrepreneur framework. Use it when you need honest feedback on an idea or help choosing between approaches.

Install into Claude Code · Skills CLI (Vercel) All methods and platforms ↓ 
npx skills add slavingia/skills --skill minimalist-review -a claude-code
Open on GitHub

What minimalist-review does

minimalist-review runs any business decision through eight principles of minimalist entrepreneurship: does it serve your community, is it overbuilt, does it improve profitability, is it reversible, will real customers pay for it. The skill gives a clear recommendation—do it, skip it, or simplify—then shows what the minimal version looks like, flags the biggest risk, and suggests one thing to test this week.

The framework asks eight questions of any decision: does it serve customers or feed your ego, have you done this manually enough times to know it works, have real people paid real money, are you spending time or money, did customers ask for this. The skill draws on Sahil Lavingia's philosophy in The Minimalist Entrepreneur.

What it helps with

  • gut-check a business idea before you build it
  • choose between competing strategies or roadmaps
  • strip unnecessary complexity from a plan
  • decide whether growth is moving too fast
  • avoid spending money on what should stay manual

Example prompts for the agent

  • Should I hire my first employee now, or is it too early?
  • I'm choosing between hiring a marketing team or doing direct sales—which comes first?
  • Build a mobile app now or start with a web version and see if there's demand?

How to install minimalist-review

1Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add slavingia/skills --skill minimalist-review -a claude-code

2Manually: put the files in place

~/.claude/skills/minimalist-review/SKILL.md

Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/minimalist-review/

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validate-idea slavingia Tests a business idea against the Minimalist Entrepreneur framework before anyone writes a line of code. Claude Code CX Codex Cursor +1 3,000installs find-community slavingia A skill that helps you find the community you already belong to and spot problems worth solving for a minimalist business. Use it when searching for a startup idea or unsure where to start as an entrepreneur. Claude Code CX Codex Cursor +1 2,600installs pricing slavingia Helps determine a monetization model and calculate initial pricing for a product. Useful when planning a launch or revising existing pricing tiers. Claude Code CX Codex Cursor +1 2,600installs first-customers slavingia Builds a direct sales plan for your first 100 paying customers using principles from The Minimalist Entrepreneur. Best for founders struggling with early sales. Claude Code CX Codex Cursor +1 2,600installs processize slavingia Turns a software product idea into a manual workflow you can run today. Helps validate value with paying users before writing any code. Claude Code CX Codex Cursor +1 2,500installs company-values slavingia Guides founders through defining company values and culture before hiring. It turns beliefs and work situations into practical team principles. Claude Code CX Codex Cursor +1 2,500installs

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Questions about minimalist-review

How do I install minimalist-review in Claude Code?

Run npx skills add slavingia/skills --skill minimalist-review -a claude-code. The skill will then be available at ~/.claude/skills/minimalist-review/SKILL.md.

What does minimalist-review do?

It evaluates any business decision against eight principles: does it serve your customers, is it simple enough, does it move you toward profit, is it reversible, would real people pay for it, did they ask for it.

Which platforms support this skill?

minimalist-review works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI and OpenCode. Each platform has its own installation command.

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