strategy-skills

Eterdis Strategy Skills

Open strategy frameworks designed to run as AI-guided conversations. Each skill is a single markdown file that turns any large language model into a strategy thinking partner.

Built on 20 years of consulting practice. Free, open, model-agnostic.

What these are

Strategy skills are structured prompts in SKILL.md format that guide an LLM through a proven strategic framework — asking the right questions, spotting patterns, surfacing contradictions, and producing actionable output. They work with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or any model that reads markdown.

Every skill runs in three modes:

• Diagnostic — deep first-use session (30-60 minutes)
• Review — periodic re-assessment (15-20 minutes)
• Alert Triggers — early-warning tripwires to monitor between sessions

All skills read and update a shared company-context.md file that accumulates strategic intelligence across sessions.

Skills

Understand where you are

| Skill | What it does | |---|---| | strategy-diagnostic | Entry point — AI-guided strategic assessment that detects which frameworks to run | | strategy-map | Map the causal chain from resources to results, expectations to requirements | | vrio-analysis | Test whether your competitive advantages are real, rare, and durable | | environmental-radar | Continuous PESTEL scan for external forces shaping your next move | | market-position | Competitive positioning — where you actually stand, not where the slide deck says | | wardley-map | Component evolution mapping — see where the value chain is heading | | culture-assessment | Surface the real culture vs. the stated one |

Decide and build

| Skill | What it does | |---|---| | first-principles-strategy | Find the theoretical maximum, then work backwards to your first move | | playing-to-win | Lafley/Martin strategy cascade — five choices that define a winning strategy | | pre-mortem | Identify how the plan will fail before it does | | protoloop-setup | Design a Track Two innovation system for new revenue streams |

Quick start

One-command install (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and 40+ agents)

npx skills add eterdis/strategy-skills

Claude Code plugin marketplace

/plugin marketplace add eterdis/strategy-skills

Then browse and install individual skills via /plugin > Discover.

Install the full system from source

git clone https://github.com/eterdis/strategy-skills.git

Point your AI agent to the install/ directory, which contains:

• STRATEGY.md — orchestrator that coordinates all skills
• skills/ — individual skill files
• company-context.md — template for storing strategic context

Use a single skill

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eterdis/strategy-skills/main/strategy-diagnostic/SKILL.md

Works with any AI

| Environment | How to install | |---|---| | Claude Code | npx skills add eterdis/strategy-skills or /plugin marketplace add eterdis/strategy-skills | | Cursor, Codex, Copilot, Windsurf | npx skills add eterdis/strategy-skills | | Claude Projects | Upload STRATEGY.md + skill files as project knowledge | | ChatGPT | Paste SKILL.md contents as Custom Instructions or first message | | Gemini, Llama, DeepSeek, Ollama | Paste SKILL.md contents as system prompt |

Full instructions at eterdis.com/skills.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md. The most valuable contributions are improvements based on real session experience.

License

CC BY 4.0 — use freely, including commercially. Attribution to Eterdis AS required.

Disclaimer

These are thinking tools, not professional advice. LLMs make mistakes. You are responsible for any decisions you make based on skill output. Full terms.