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Startup Canvas Builder

Drafts a one-page startup plan covering product strategy and business model for a new product idea

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Repository
phuryn/pm-skills
Stars
27,616
Licence
MIT
Files
1 file

What it does

Once installed, when you ask the agent to map out a new product or startup idea, it walks through a structured 11-part Startup Canvas: vision, target customer segments, cost positioning, value propositions, deliberate trade-offs, key metrics, growth channels, required capabilities, and how hard the strategy is to copy, plus costs and revenue streams. It also lists assumptions that must be true and suggests quick experiments to test them. It is a thinking template for the agent to fill in, not a data tool.

Great for

  • Founders or product managers sketching a new product concept before committing resources
  • Students or teams comparing strategy options against Business Model Canvas or Lean Canvas
  • Anyone who wants a structured checklist to challenge a startup idea

Skip it if

  • Established companies needing a formal business model or investor-grade financials, since the skill gives qualitative estimates and the Business Model Canvas may suit better
  • Decisions that depend on real market data, because the skill only works from what the user supplies and does not research the market itself

Try asking

  • “Use the startup canvas to map out a new meal-planning app for busy parents”
  • “Fill in a startup canvas for my idea of a B2B invoicing tool for freelancers”
  • “Help me evaluate a startup concept with a strategy and business model canvas”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Startup Canvas BuilderInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    startup-canvas.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip startup-canvas.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip startup-canvas.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Give the agent your product idea, target customers, known competitors, and team constraints up front, since the skill lists these as required inputs.
  • Ask for the hypotheses and experiments section explicitly, as these are the most actionable outputs.
  • Treat the output as a draft to challenge; the skill itself says to mix and adapt the canvas rather than follow it rigidly.

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from phuryn/pm-skills under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.