# Vendor Management

Vendor lifecycle, weighted selection scorecards, risk tiering, renewal and...

- Repository: https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills (1026 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: MIT + Commons Clause
- Last updated: 2026-10-23
- Runs scripts: yes, review before use

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill vendor-management -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill vendor-management -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill vendor-management -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill vendor-management -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add borghei/Claude-Skills`

## Description

Vendor lifecycle, weighted selection scorecards, risk tiering, renewal and notice-deadline tracking, spend concentration, and SLA credits. Use when selecting a vendor, preparing a renewal, or reviewing a vendor portfolio.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Vendor Management

Covers the vendor lifecycle from selection to exit. Two failures dominate this
discipline: tiering vendors by spend rather than by blast radius, and losing
every point of renewal leverage to a missed notice deadline. This skill is built
around preventing both.

## When to use this skill

- **Selecting a vendor** and needing a scorecard that survives scrutiny
- **A renewal is approaching** and the notice deadline needs to be found before it passes
- **Reviewing the vendor portfolio** for concentration, risk tier coverage, and consolidation
- **Preparing a business review** with SLA performance and credits owed
- **A vendor is underperforming** and the case needs to be built on trend, not anecdote
- **Planning an exit** and needing the sequence right

## Inputs the skill expects

- For selection: weighted criteria, must-have requirements, and 0-10 scores per vendor with evidence
- For the portfolio: annual spend, category, renewal date, notice days, and auto-renew flag per vendor
- Risk inputs per vendor: data classification, business criticality, alternative availability, subprocessor use
- Internal owner per contract
- For SLA reporting: committed metrics with target, actual, direction, credit tiers, and prior-period history
- Annual contract value and the contractual credit cap

## Clarify First

Before generating, settle the inputs below. When one is missing or vague and would change the result, ask about it; when it wouldn't, use a sensible default and say which one you used.

The rest: https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills/blob/HEAD/business-operations/vendor-management/SKILL.md