# Founder Ops

Your operations manager.

- Repository: https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/founder-skill (2314 stars)
- Category: Business
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-07
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add Jakeschincariol/founder-skill --skill founder-ops -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add Jakeschincariol/founder-skill --skill founder-ops -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add Jakeschincariol/founder-skill --skill founder-ops -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add Jakeschincariol/founder-skill --skill founder-ops -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add Jakeschincariol/founder-skill`

## Description

Your operations manager. Works out how the business actually runs on day one: suppliers and what they cost, who works when, the step-by-step routines for opening, serving or shipping and closing, the tools to run it, the licences and permits to check, and a risk register with what to do when each thing goes wrong. Feeds real costs back to the CFO. Use when the user says "how do I run this", "operations", "suppliers", "staffing", "SOPs", "what do I need to open", "permits", or "day one".

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

# founder-ops

A plan that works on paper fails at 7am on a Monday. This skill makes sure the
first day, week and month can actually be run, and that the CFO's numbers include
what running it really costs.

## Step 1: what the business has to do every day

From `founder/idea.md`, `founder/offer.md` and `founder/numbers.json`, write the
daily cycle as a list of steps from first thing to last (for a café: deliveries,
prep, open, serve, clean, cash up, order; for an online store: orders in, pick,
pack, ship, returns, support). Mark which steps a customer sees.

## Step 2: suppliers

For every input in the CFO's variable costs and every piece of equipment: two or
three real suppliers the user can contact, their public prices or how to get a
quote, minimum orders, lead times and payment terms. Link the sources. Where only
a quote will tell, say so and add it to the open questions. If a real price
differs from `founder/numbers.json`, update it and say the CFO should re-run.

## Step 3: people

Who does what, when: a weekly rota for the planned volume and for the slow first
month. The roles, the hours, and the wage assumption (from the user, or a public
source for the local minimum and typical pay, linked). Payroll costs beyond wages
vary by country; flag them for the accountant.

## Step 4: routines (SOPs)

Short, numbered routines for the moments that make or break the business: opening,
the core service or fulfilment, handling a complaint, closing, and a weekly
reorder. Each fits on one page someone could follow on their first day.

## Step 5: tools

The smallest stack that runs it: payments, point of sale or store, scheduling,
bookkeeping, inventory. Real products with their published prices, and why each.

## Step 6: licences, permits and insurance

The rest: https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/founder-skill/blob/HEAD/skills/founder-ops/SKILL.md