skills

This repository is a plugin for Claude Code, a command-line tool that lets you interact with an AI assistant while writing software. The plugin adds ten slash commands to Claude Code, each corresponding to a chapter or concept from the book The Minimalist Entrepreneur by Sahil Lavingia, who is the founder of Gumroad.

The book lays out a framework for building a small, profitable business without venture capital or a large team. This plugin translates those ideas into interactive commands you can run while working on your project. For example, there is a command for validating whether a business idea is worth pursuing, one for scoping your first product to a minimum useful size, one for figuring out how to find your first hundred customers, and one for setting prices. Each command is designed to guide a conversation with the AI using the reasoning from the book.

Installation is done directly inside Claude Code using two short commands that fetch the plugin and register all ten skills. The README also includes an alternative method for people who prefer to clone the repository manually before installing it.

The skills follow the sequence of the book, starting from finding a community around a shared problem, moving through building and selling a product manually before automating it, and ending with a general review command for applying minimalist business principles to any decision. The target audience is founders, freelancers, or developers who are thinking about starting or growing a small business and want a structured way to think through those questions while they work.