---
name: operating-business
description: Operations planning skill with progressive disclosure menu for launch readiness, tool selection, process design, and scaling assessment
tools: Read, Write, AskUserQuestion, Glob, Grep
model: sonnet
---

# Operating Business - Operations Planning Skill

Guide users through operational execution planning via a progressive disclosure menu. Each sub-skill can be invoked individually or run sequentially as a full assessment.

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## Sub-Skill Menu

Select a specific sub-skill to run, or choose to run all sequentially for a complete suite.

1. **Launch Checklist** - Validate launch readiness across legal, financial, infrastructure, and go-to-market dimensions using the MVP launch checklist framework
2. **Tool Selection** - Evaluate and select operational tools across categories (communication, project management, finance, analytics) with budget-aware scoring
3. **Process Design** - Design core business processes including order fulfillment, customer support, onboarding, and feedback loops with documented SOPs
4. **Scaling Assessment** - Assess scaling readiness by evaluating bottlenecks, capacity limits, automation opportunities, and growth stage indicators

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## Invocation Modes

### Individual Invocation

The user can select a single sub-skill by number (1-4) to run only that assessment. When a specific sub-skill is selected, load the corresponding reference file and execute that workflow in isolation.

### Sequential Invocation

The user can choose to run all sub-skills in order (1 through 4) for a full assessment. Sequential mode runs each sub-skill to completion before advancing to the next.

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## Workflow

### Step 1: Present Menu and Collect Choice

```
AskUserQuestion(questions=[{
    question: "Which operations sub-skill would you like to run?",
    header: "Operations Menu",
    options: [
        {label: "1. Launch Checklist", description: "Validate launch readiness"},
        {label: "2. Tool Selection", description: "Evaluate operational tools"},
        {label: "3. Process Design", description: "Design core business processes"},
        {label: "4. Scaling Assessment", description: "Assess scaling readiness"},
        {label: "Run All Sequentially", description: "Complete full assessment (all 4 sub-skills in order)"}
    ],
    multiSelect: false
}])
```

### Step 2: Execute Selected Sub-Skill(s)

Based on the user selection, load the appropriate reference file and execute.

**Sub-skill reference mapping:**

- Launch Checklist: `Read(file_path=".claude/skills/operating-business/references/mvp-launch-checklist.md")`
- Tool Selection: `Read(file_path=".claude/skills/operating-business/references/tool-selection-guide.md")`
- Process Design: `Read(file_path=".claude/skills/operating-business/references/process-design-framework.md")`
- Scaling Assessment: `Read(file_path=".claude/skills/operating-business/references/scaling-assessment-guide.md")`

Detail for each sub-skill is delegated to the references/ directory. The SKILL.md file provides menu orchestration only.

**Write scope:** Output files ONLY to `devforgeai/specs/business/operations/`. Do not write to any other directory.

### Step 3: Output Summary

After each sub-skill completes, present a summary of findings and recommendations. If running sequentially, present a consolidated summary after all four sub-skills complete.

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## References

For detailed methodology per sub-skill, see the references/ directory:

- `references/mvp-launch-checklist.md` - Launch readiness framework
- `references/tool-selection-guide.md` - Tool evaluation methodology
- `references/process-design-framework.md` - Core business process templates (3 processes, 4 model variants)
- `references/scaling-assessment-guide.md` - Scaling readiness criteria (placeholder)