Product Definition: Claude Skills for Independent Consultants
Type: Prompt Pack (Claude Skills — production-grade .md workflow files) Niche: Independent consulting practice operations ICP: Solo consultants running $500K-$2M practices. Technically excellent but trapped inside the doing. Growth capped by personal bandwidth. Value Proposition: 52 ready-to-use Claude Skills that handle the operational work inside your consulting practice — so you can stop doing and start building. Target Size: 52 skills (one per week for a year)
Quality Bar
Each skill is a production-grade .md workflow file at the level of the Client Intelligence Brief (v3.1.0) — not a one-liner prompt with a wrapper. Each skill includes named sections with specific purposes, formatting rules, evidence/specificity requirements, failure mode prevention, internal QC gate, output template, and rules that prevent degradation.
Golden example: Client Intelligence Brief (business-aos reference)
Fixed Structure (every skill page)
- Skill Name — Clear, action-oriented title
- Category — Which of 8 operational areas
- When to Use — The trigger moment (situation-based)
- Time to Run — Honest estimate (5/10/15/30 min)
- What You'll Need — Specific inputs listed
- The Skill — Full .md workflow content (the product)
- Expected Output — What you'll have when done
- Pro Tip — One practitioner insight that elevates the output
- Related Skills — Cross-references to companion skills
Variables (12 database properties)
| Variable | Type | Purpose | Example Values |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skill Name | title | Main identifier | "Session Prep Brief", "Scope Creep Response" |
| Category | select | Primary browse/filter dimension | Business Development, Proposals & Pricing, Client Onboarding, Client Delivery & Prep, Client Communication, Content & Visibility, Operations & Admin, Practice Strategy |
| Trigger Moment | rich_text | When to reach for this skill | "48 hours before a client session", "When a prospect goes silent after proposal" |
| Time to Run | select | How long the skill takes to execute | 5 min, 10 min, 15 min, 30 min |
| Difficulty | select | Complexity of inputs needed | Quick Win, Standard, Deep Work |
| Inputs Needed | rich_text | What the user feeds the skill | "Client name, session date, last 3 action items" |
| Output Type | select | What the skill produces | Email, Document, Analysis, Script, Template |
| Client-Facing | checkbox | Does the output go directly to a client? | true / false |
| Practice Stage | multi_select | When in practice maturity this matters most | Solo $0-250K, Solo $250K-500K, Solo $500K-1M, Small Team $1M+ |
| Related Skills | rich_text | Cross-references to companion skills | "See also: Session Recap, Action Item Tracker" |
| Status | select | Production workflow | Draft, Published |
| Skill Number | number | Ordering (1-52) | 1, 2, 3... 52 |
Categories (8)
| # | Category | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Business Development | Pipeline, outreach, follow-up, referral asks, diagnostic prep |
| 2 | Proposals & Pricing | Scoping, pricing, SOWs, change orders |
| 3 | Client Onboarding | Welcome sequences, kickoff prep, expectation-setting |
| 4 | Client Delivery & Prep | Session prep, deliverable drafting, progress updates |
| 5 | Client Communication | Recaps, check-ins, difficult conversations, re-engagement |
| 6 | Content & Visibility | Thought leadership, LinkedIn, case studies, speaking prep |
| 7 | Operations & Admin | Scheduling, invoicing, SOPs, capacity planning |
| 8 | Practice Strategy | Annual planning, offer design, pricing review, retirement/exit |
Entry List
To be generated in Phase 2 (build-database). 52 skills distributed across 8 categories.
Delivery Mode
Recommended: page — 52 entries across 8 categories averages ~6.5 per category. Category headings with individual skill sub-pages containing full content.
Domain Research Summary
Competitors analyzed: PromptLeo (100+ generic consultant prompts), PromptAdvance (174 scattered business prompts), God of Prompt (10 coach/consultant prompts), AIblewMyMind (39 Claude Skills from 23 creators), OnlyPrompts (150K+ mass-volume prompts).
Key gap: No existing product serves solo consulting practice operations specifically. Everything is either generic business prompts or marketing-focused. Client onboarding, session prep, proposal writing, scope management, difficult conversations, BD rhythms — none of it exists as ready-to-use production-grade skills.
7 gaps we fill:
- Contextually empty prompts (one-liners vs. full workflows)
- No consulting-specific variables
- No client-facing operational coverage
- No difficult situation skills
- Generic content skills
- No BD rhythm skills
- No time/effort context