Bootstrap Startup Skills

Practical AI skills for founders building capital-efficient companies with revenue, debt, grants, automation, and disciplined hiring.

This repository is a collection of portable Agent Skills for bootstrapped and capital-efficient startups. Each skill is independently installable and follows the open Agent Skills specification.

日本語 — 各スキルの本文、参照ドキュメント、報告書テンプレートはすべて日本語で書かれています（SKILL.md のフロントマターのみ、エージェントの検索用に英語）。日本の制度を前提にしたスキルを含みます: bank-loan-readiness（日本政策金融公庫・信用保証を含む借入準備）、tax-and-social-insurance-calendar（消費税・法人税・源泉所得税・特別徴収住民税・社会保険・労働保険の納付スケジュール）、grants カテゴリ（補助金・助成金）、contractor-or-employment-structuring（業務委託と雇用の線引き）、security-questionnaire-readiness（取引先のセキュリティチェックシート対応）。

全スキルを一覧するには npx skills add ficilcom/bootstrap-startup-skills --list、1つだけ入れるには --skill <skill-name> を付けます。使い方は Install を参照してください。いずれのスキルも、法務・税務・会計・労務の判定は行わず、外部への送信、契約、支払、顧客連絡を自動実行しません。

What belongs here

Skills in this repository should help founders make concrete operating decisions across areas such as:

• non-dilutive financing, bank debt, and grants;
• cash flow, runway, pricing, and capital allocation;
• hiring, outsourcing, and automation;
• sales, marketing, operations, and management cadence.

The collection favors practical decisions, explicit assumptions, and useful artifacts over generic business advice.

Repository structure

bootstrap-startup-skills/
├── skills/
│   ├── finance/
│   │   └── <skill-name>/
│   │       ├── SKILL.md      # required
│   │       ├── scripts/      # optional deterministic helpers
│   │       ├── references/   # optional on-demand guidance
│   │       └── assets/       # optional output templates
│   ├── grants/
│   ├── hiring/
│   ├── sales/
│   ├── marketing/
│   ├── operations/
│   └── management/
├── scripts/
│   ├── new_skill.py
│   ├── run_tests.py
│   └── validate_skills.py
├── tests/
│   └── <category>/
│       └── <skill-name>/
│           └── test_*.py
└── CONTRIBUTING.md

Skill directories live one level below a category. The skill directory name and the name in SKILL.md must match.

Available skills

Install

List the available skills:

npx skills add ficilcom/bootstrap-startup-skills --list

Install one skill globally for Codex:

npx skills add ficilcom/bootstrap-startup-skills \
  --skill <skill-name> \
  --agent codex \
  --global

Install bank-loan-readiness globally for Codex:

npx skills add ficilcom/bootstrap-startup-skills \
  --skill bank-loan-readiness \
  --agent codex \
  --global

Install all skills interactively:

npx skills add ficilcom/bootstrap-startup-skills

The skills CLI also supports Claude Code, Cursor, OpenCode, and many other agents.

As a Claude Code plugin marketplace

This repository is also a plugin marketplace. Add it once, then install skills a category at a time:

/plugin marketplace add ficilcom/bootstrap-startup-skills

/plugin install bootstrap-finance@bootstrap-startup-skills

Available plugins: bootstrap-finance, bootstrap-grants, bootstrap-hiring, bootstrap-sales, bootstrap-marketing, bootstrap-operations, bootstrap-management.

Develop

Create a new skill scaffold:

python3 scripts/new_skill.py <category> <skill-name>

Then replace every TODO in the generated SKILL.md and add only the supporting resources the workflow actually needs.

Validate every skill:

python3 scripts/validate_skills.py

Run every repository test:

python3 scripts/run_tests.py

See CONTRIBUTING.md for the authoring principles and review checklist.

License

MIT © 2026 フィシルコム株式会社

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