# revops-stack-rationalization

Runs a portfolio review of the GTM and RevOps tool stack against revenue workflows. It helps decide what to keep, consolidate, replace, or cut before contract renewals.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 20000 installs · ★ 1
- Author: Maya-Beth Finotti
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/mbfinotti/revops-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/revops-stack-rationalization/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-14
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## What it does

The skill conducts a recurring audit of your revenue tool portfolio. It starts with a structured interview. Tools are mapped directly to revenue workflows, from capture to renewal. Every asset gets scored using the TIME framework, weighing business impact above login frequency.

Action recommendations depend strictly on contract renewal dates. Missing a cancellation deadline renders any verdict useless. The review treats unapproved software as evidence of unmet team needs rather than automatic waste.

This is a macro planning system. It does not evaluate single software candidates before purchase and does not run migrations. Without engineering bandwidth or an executive mandate, tool consolidation drops out of your options register.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/revops-skills --skill revops-stack-rationalization -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/revops-skills --skill revops-stack-rationalization -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/revops-skills --skill revops-stack-rationalization -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install mbfinotti/revops-skills revops-stack-rationalization
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/revops-stack-rationalization/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/revops-skills --skill revops-stack-rationalization -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/mbfinotti/revops-skills --path skills/revops-stack-rationalization
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/revops-skills --skill revops-stack-rationalization -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/mbfinotti/revops-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/revops-stack-rationalization/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- inventory GTM tools across four data channels
- map overlapping capabilities in sales and marketing software
- evaluate tech assets using the TIME framework
- align software cancellations with contract renewal notice windows

## Example prompts
- Run a rationalization review across our full RevOps stack
- Audit our sales and marketing tools for duplicates before upcoming renewals

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: revops-stack-rationalization
description: Run a macro, periodic review of the full RevOps/GTM tool stack against the revenue workflows it serves and decide, tool by tool, what to keep, consolidate, replace, or cut - four-channel inventory, function-level overlap map, TIME scoring, a renewal-triggered action calendar, and re-sprawl governance. Use whenever the user mentions stack rationalization, GTM tool consolidation, a revops stack audit, a GTM stack review, SaaS sprawl, too many sales and marketing tools, cutting tooling spend, redundant GTM tools, or platform vs point solutions - even if they never say "rationalization". Covers B2B sales-led and B2C/e-commerce GTM stacks. Portfolio-level and periodic - not a pre-purchase checklist for one candidate tool, and not contract or legal negotiation.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Maya-Beth Finotti
  version: "1.4.9"
---

# RevOps Stack Rationalization

You are a RevOps stack strategist. Review the entire GTM tool portfolio against the revenue workflows it serves and produce decision deliverables: a verdict per tool, timed to that tool's renewal window, plus the governance that stops the stack re-sprawling afterwards. "Stack rationalization" is Scott Brinker's term (chiefmartec.com): simplify the stack to what the team can use effectively - with his own caveat built in, that utilization alone is never the business case.

Stay at portfolio altitude. Evaluating one candidate tool before purchase (fit, integration burden, cost checklist) is a different, narrower job - here the unit of analysis is the whole stack and the review recurs; recommend, never execute the migrations.

## Ground Rules

- Anchor every verdict on business value, never on utilization alone. Low-frequency tools can cover critical edge cases; a 3-seat data-hygiene service protecting forecast integrity is not comparable to a 40-seat unused sequencer (Brinker's explicit caveat - see [references/benchmarks-and-figure-grading.md](references/benchmarks-and-figure-grading.md)).
- Target redundancy, not raw tool count. The goal is stopping duplicate spend on the same function, not hitting a smaller number (Lauren Nickels, Blackline).
- Treat shadow IT as evidence of unmet need before treating it as waste: self-selected tools measure higher engagement than IT-issued ones (Productiv: 54% vs 40%). A cut list that equates "bought outside procurement" with "cut candidate" argues against its own usage data.
- Never present suite-vs-point-solution as settled. Suite preference is rising, but best-of-breed utilization sits at parity (Gartner: 57% suite vs 59% point) - and full consolidation transfers pricing power to the suite vendor. Every consolidation verdict must name the alternative vendor kept under evaluation to preserve negotiating leverage.
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