founder-offer
Builds an offer too good to refuse. Lists every problem the buyer hits on the way to the result they want, turns each into a solution, trims to what is cheap to deliver and valuable to the buyer, and stacks it with honest bonuses, a guarantee the CFO can afford, real urgency and a clear name. Scores it on the value equation (outcome, likelihood, time, effort) and re-tests it on a quick buyer panel. Use when the user says "make my offer better", "why won't people buy", "what should I include", "guarantee", "bonuses", "grand slam offer", or after the panel shows people passing.
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Install
Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.
npx skills add https://github.com/jakeschincariol/founder-skill --skill founder-offer- 01
Install
Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
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Describe the task
Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads founder-offer automatically when relevant.
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Review the result
The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.
SKILL.md
The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.
founder-offer
Most businesses sell a product. Good ones sell an offer: the product plus
everything that makes buying it an easy yes. This skill builds that, using the
Offers lens in ../founder-board/lenses.md as the method (a summary of the
framework in Alex Hormozi's $100M Offers; never present it as his words).
Step 1: read what is already known
founder/idea.mdandfounder/pitch.md: what is sold today.founder/panel/results.md: why buyers pass, in their words. This is the raw material: every top objection should be answered by something in the offer.founder/numbers.json: what each extra costs, so the stack stays profitable.founder/board.md: the board's conditions.
Step 2: the problem list
Write every obstacle between the buyer and the result they want, in the buyer's words: before buying (doubt, price, effort to switch), during (waiting, learning, inconvenience), after (does it last, what if it fails). Aim for 15 to 30. Pull from the panel objections and the competitor complaints first.
Step 3: solutions, trimmed and stacked
Turn each problem into a solution (a feature, a service, a guarantee, a format). Score each on value to the buyer (1 to 5) and cost to deliver (1 to 5, from the CFO's numbers). Keep high value, low cost. Stack what is left into:
- The core: the thing itself, described by the outcome, not the ingredients.
- Bonuses: two or three, each killing one specific objection.
- The guarantee: what happens if it does not deliver. Model what it costs at a realistic claim rate with the CFO's tool before promising it.
- Urgency and scarcity: only if they are true (a launch week, a limited first batch). Never fake a countdown or a "only 3 left".
- The name: a clear, specific name for the offer, not the company.
Step 4: score it
On the value equation, before and after, 1 to 10 each: dream outcome, perceived likelihood of getting it, time to the result, effort and sacrifice. Say which element of the stack moves which score.
Step 5: re-test it
Write the new offer into founder/pitch.md (keep the old one as
founder/pitch-v1.md) and run /founder-consumer --quick with the same seed.
Report the buy rate before and after and which objections dropped. If nothing
moved, say so: the problem may be the market or the price, not the offer.
Rules
- Every promise must be deliverable and affordable; check costs with the CFO.
- No fake reviews, testimonials, scarcity, discounts or "as seen on".
- Follow the advertising and consumer-protection rules of the user's market for guarantees and claims (health claims especially). Not legal advice.
Output
founder/offer.md (problem list, the stack, costs, the value-equation scores, the
re-test result) and the updated founder/pitch.md. Next: /founder-cfo to re-run
the numbers with the stack, then /founder-marketing.
FAQ
What does the founder-offer skill do?
Builds an offer too good to refuse. Lists every problem the buyer hits on the way to the result they want, turns each into a solution, trims to what is cheap to deliver and valuable to the buyer, and stacks it with honest bonuses, a guarantee the CFO can afford, real urgency and a clear name. Scores it on the value equation (outcome, likelihood, time, effort) and re-tests it on a quick buyer panel. Use when the user says "make my offer better", "why won't people buy", "what should I include", "guarantee", "bonuses", "grand slam offer", or after the panel shows people passing.
How do I install founder-offer?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/jakeschincariol/founder-skill --skill founder-offer in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/founder-offer/ (personal) or .claude/skills/founder-offer/ (project).
Which AI agents can use founder-offer?
Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.
Is founder-offer safe to install?
No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.
Who maintains founder-offer?
It is published by jakeschincariol in jakeschincariol/founder-skill. It has 328 recorded installs.
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