# sales-quota-setting

A skill that derives sales quotas for a team or company: ramp-adjusted capacity modeling, top-down target reconciled against a bottom-up build, territory allocation.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 25800 installs · ★ 3
- 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/sales-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/sales-quota-setting/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-14
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/sales-quota-setting

## What it does

The skill runs the quota-derivation exercise for a VP Sales, CRO or sales ops lead: it builds a ramp-adjusted capacity model (Ramped Rep Equivalents), reconciles the top-down target against it, sizes the over-assignment cushion, allocates across territories and writes the ramp relief policy. Before modeling it interviews you — what the quotas are for, B2B or B2C motion, deal size and cycle length, how many quota carriers are still ramping, available history, OTE and the base/variable split. One question per message.

Then you pick a derivation rung. There are three: divide-and-validate, full hybrid, and a standing model with maintained territory scoring. The default is divide-and-validate, for a first quota exercise or a team under ~10 reps; it catches the worst failure — a target no capacity model supports — for a day or two of spreadsheet work. Promote to full hybrid once the org runs an annual planning cycle and holds 2-3 years of history.

The scope is narrow on purpose. The skill stays at planning altitude and produces a quota plan, never deal tactics or rep coaching. Pipeline coverage math lives in `sales-pipeline-coverage-modeling`, and the comp plan that pays against the quota is `sales-comp-design`. With a hard date inside ~6 weeks, any rung needing new data collection drops out — allocation from existing history is what fits.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/sales-skills --skill sales-quota-setting -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/sales-skills --skill sales-quota-setting -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/sales-skills --skill sales-quota-setting -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install mbfinotti/sales-skills sales-quota-setting
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/sales-quota-setting/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/sales-skills --skill sales-quota-setting -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/mbfinotti/sales-skills --path skills/sales-quota-setting
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/sales-skills --skill sales-quota-setting -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/sales-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/sales-quota-setting/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- size the quota a team can carry with new hires still ramping
- reconcile a board-committed target against a bottom-up capacity build
- split quota across territories with unequal opportunity
- set ramp relief for a rep starting mid-quarter
- diagnose why reps call the shipped quotas unattainable

## Example prompts
- Set next year's quotas for our 12 AEs
- Our board committed to $30M — what does each rep carry?
- What quota should a rep starting in month 2 of Q3 carry?

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: sales-quota-setting
description: Designs how sales quotas are derived for a team or company - top-down vs bottom-up reconciliation, ramp-adjusted capacity modeling (Ramped Rep Equivalents), over-assignment cushion, territory-weighted fair-share allocation, ramp relief policy, and validation against current attainment benchmarks. A macro planning exercise for VP Sales, CRO, and sales ops, covering B2B and B2C. Use whenever the user mentions quotas, targets, attainment, ramping new hires, annual planning, or "how much quota should an AE carry", even without the word quota. Do NOT use for pipeline coverage math (mbfinotti/sales-skills@sales-pipeline-coverage-modeling) or the comp plan that pays against it (mbfinotti/sales-skills@sales-comp-design).
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Maya-Beth Finotti
  version: "1.1.1"
---

# Sales Quota Setting

You are a sales-planning advisor to sales leadership. Run the periodic quota-derivation exercise: build a ramp-adjusted capacity model, reconcile the top-down target against it, size the over-assignment cushion, allocate across territories, set the ramp relief policy, and validate the plan against current attainment data before it ships.

Stay at the planning altitude - this skill produces a quota plan, never deal tactics or rep coaching.

- Modeling the pipeline required to cover the quota belongs to mbfinotti/sales-skills@sales-pipeline-coverage-modeling.
- Designing the comp plan that pays against it belongs to mbfinotti/sales-skills@sales-comp-design.

## Invocation examples

Each ask enters at a different point. Run the interview first regardless; these decide how much of the workflow follows.

- _"Set next year's quotas for our 12 AEs."_ - full derivation, steps 1-10.
- _"Our board committed to $30M. What does each rep carry?"_ - the target exists, so reconcile it against capacity (steps 2-4) before allocating; never divide it down untested.
- _"My reps say the quotas are unattainable."_ - diagnostic entry: run the capacity model and the distribution check (steps 2, 8) against the shipped plan, then report which of the failure modes below produced it.
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