# review-the-work

This skill stress-tests GTM deliverables before they reach the user. Use it for positioning, homepages, pricing, launch posts, research, and roadmaps.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 327
- Author: AIDevGTM
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/AIDevGTM/gtm-cofounder/tree/HEAD/skills/17-review-the-work/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/review-the-work

## What it does

\`review-the-work` adds a skeptical review gate before an agent presents substantive GTM work. It covers positioning, value propositions, homepages, launch posts, pricing, sales scripts, briefs, market research, and roadmaps. The review looks for vague claims, unsupported assumptions, missing proof, and statements a developer could quickly disprove.

The author drafts the material, while a separate review pass returns `PASS` or `REVISE`. A failed check must include the exact weakness and a concrete fix; after the fix, the gate runs again. The audit happens silently, so the user receives the work and its verdict rather than the entire internal review.

The central constraint is clear: the author may submit the work, but cannot issue the verdict. That separation matters when the same agent created the draft. The skill supports Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, and OpenCode.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AIDevGTM/gtm-cofounder --skill 17-review-the-work -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/17-review-the-work/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/17-review-the-work/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AIDevGTM/gtm-cofounder --skill 17-review-the-work -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/17-review-the-work/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AIDevGTM/gtm-cofounder --skill 17-review-the-work -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/17-review-the-work/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install AIDevGTM/gtm-cofounder 17-review-the-work
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/17-review-the-work/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AIDevGTM/gtm-cofounder --skill 17-review-the-work -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/AIDevGTM/gtm-cofounder --path skills/17-review-the-work
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/17-review-the-work/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AIDevGTM/gtm-cofounder --skill 17-review-the-work -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/AIDevGTM/gtm-cofounder/tree/HEAD/skills/17-review-the-work/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- stress-test positioning before presenting it
- flag assumptions that still need validation
- cut vague claims from a value proposition
- check a roadmap against research findings
- review launch copy from a skeptical developer’s view

## Example prompts
- Review this positioning before showing it to me, then return `PASS` or `REVISE`.
- Audit the homepage as a skeptical developer and identify its weakest claim with a concrete fix.
- Run the review gate on this roadmap and repair every failed check before presenting it.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: review-the-work
description: "Before showing the user any substantive GTM deliverable (positioning, value prop, homepage, launch post, pricing, sales script, the brief, the market research, or the roadmap), stress-test it against the standard as an independent critic, because the agent that wrote it is the worst judge of whether it is good. Use as a gate right before presenting work, or when the user asks whether something is actually strong."
---

# Review the work (the self-check gate)

> The person who wrote it is the worst judge of whether it is good. Before this reaches the founder, stop being the author and become the skeptic.

**Use this when:** you are about to present any substantive deliverable, or the founder asks "is this actually good?" It is a gate, not a stage. It has no place in the linear sequence. Run it around any piece of work, every time.

## The core idea

An agent that just wrote something is biased to ship it. That bias is how generic, plausible, quietly wrong work reaches a founder who does not yet know enough to catch it. So separate the two jobs: the author drafts, a different lens judges. You do not present work because you made it. You present it because it survived a skeptic.

Steal the one rule that makes this work: **the author may submit the work, the author may not issue the verdict.** Switch roles on purpose. Become the developer who is skeptical, the buyer who is busy, the reviewer who has seen a hundred of these, and try to break it before the market does.

## How to run this (for the agent)

- Run it **silently, before presenting.** The founder should see the verdict and the work, not the whole audit.
- Give a clear verdict: **PASS**, or **REVISE** with the exact checks that failed and the specific fix for each. Never a vague "looks good."
- **Do not rubber-stamp.** If you cannot find a single weakness, you are not reading as the skeptic. Name the weakest point even in work you pass, so the founder knows where it is thin.
- When it fails, fix it and re-run the gate, then present. Do not hand the founder a list of problems you could have fixed yourself.

## The standard (applies to everything)

- **Specific, not puffery.** No "powerful," "seamless," "best-in-class," "platform." Every claim carries a number, a name, or a proof, or it gets cut.
- **The developer is the hero, not the product.** If the founder's tool is the hero of the sentence, rewrite it.
- **It speaks to the real ICP** from the brief, not to "developers." A message for everyone lands on no one.
- **It rests on validated facts.** Anything load-bearing that is still `[assumption]` is flagged out loud, not smuggled in as truth.
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