Skillzip
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Skillzip Expert OS

A 7-phase guided interview that turns your raw playbook into a publish-ready Skillzip listing. 12 multi-choice gates. ~25 minutes from blank slate to live draft on your dashboard.

~25 min end-to-end·Claude Code native·20 KB · single file
Install

Three commands, thirty seconds

Claude Code reads any markdown file in .claude/skills/ as an invocable skill. Drop our SKILL.md in there and you're done.

01

Make the skill folder in your project

mkdir -p .claude/skills/skillzip-expert
02

Download the SKILL.md

curl -L https://skillzip.vercel.app/downloads/skillzip-expert.md -o .claude/skills/skillzip-expert/SKILL.md
03

In Claude Code, invoke the skill

/skillzip-expert "your one-sentence skill description"
Already use OMC (oh-my-claudecode)?

Coming soon: omc skill add skillzip-expert · meanwhile, the curl command above works in any Claude Code project, with or without OMC.

The 7-phase interview

Each phase ends with explicit choice. No vague answers.

12 multi-choice gates total. The skill refuses to advance until you pick — surfacing trade-offs you'd skip with an empty-form approach.

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Phase 0

Identity snapshot

4 asks

Lock the buyer ICP, sub-vertical, core pain, and validation state. 4 multi-choice questions, ~3 min.

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Phase 1

Demo design

4 asks

Anatomy of the public demo + 2 draft system prompts to pick from. Capped at 300 tokens to bound API cost.

🔐
Phase 2

Premium extraction

3 asks

Pull your master playbook out of your head. Has a 5-question Socratic sub-loop if you don't have one yet.

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Phase 3

Pricing

3 asks

Auto-computed band from ICP × content depth. Pick floor / mid / ceiling. Shows per-sale 88% take.

✍️
Phase 4

Listing copy

3 asks

Auto-generates 3 titles + 3 taglines + tone option. You pick — never forced into a draft.

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Phase 5

Demo examples

1 ask

3 starter prompts buyers click first in the playground. Auto-derived from your master prompt.

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Phase 6

Preview gate

1 ask

Side-by-side preview of card + skill detail. You explicitly approve publish, copy JSON, edit, or save.

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Phase 7

Push

Either POST to /api/skills (draft) or copy the JSON for manual paste. Ends with per-sale math + dashboard URL.

What you walk away with

A complete, dashboard-ready listing

Title + tagline + long description (locked, not draft)
Demo system prompt ≤300 tokens with paywall teaser
Master playbook (premium content) ≥500 chars
3 starter prompts for the playground
Pricing band derived from ICP × depth (88% take shown)
JSON payload matching skills table schema
Direct dashboard URL to flip status: draft → published
Per-sale math: $X gross → 12% Skillzip → $Y to you
What it looks like

Real invocation, abridged

claude · ~/projects/your-skill
$ /skillzip-expert "I want to sell my cold email playbook that books $5K MRR clients"

▸ Phase 0: Identity snapshot
Q1: Who is the primary buyer?
   [1] SMB founder · [2] B2B Sales rep ✓ · [3] Growth marketer · [4] Agency

▸ Phase 1: Demo design
Q1: Smallest unit of useful demo output?
   [1] 1 polished email opener ✓ · [2] 3 short variants · [3] Outline · [4] Diagnosis

  ... (10 more questions, ~22 min total) ...

▸ Phase 7: Push
 Draft created at https://skillzip.vercel.app/dashboard/expert/skills/abc123
$99 one-time → 12% Skillzip → $87/sale
At 80 buyers/mo → $6,955 MRR
FAQ

The questions experts always ask first

Do I need to be on Claude Code?+

Yes — the skill executes inside Claude Code (the desktop CLI / IDE). It's a markdown file at .claude/skills/skillzip-expert/SKILL.md that Claude reads when you type the slash command.

Will this work without OMC (oh-my-claudecode)?+

Yes. The skill uses only built-in tools (AskUserQuestion, state_write, WebFetch). No OMC dependencies. If you have OMC, the experience is slightly smoother because state persistence is more robust.

What if my niche isn't Sales/Marketing?+

The skill hard-stops with a polite redirect. Skillzip's Stage 1 is vertical-locked (Sales/Marketing only). When the platform expands, this skill auto-supports the new verticals.

Can I edit the skill after publishing?+

Yes — through the dashboard at /dashboard/expert/skills/{id}. The Expert OS skill is for net-new listings; we'll ship /skillzip-edit later for revisions.

How long does the full flow take?+

25-40 minutes if you have your master playbook ready. 60-90 minutes if you use the Phase 2 co-author sub-loop to extract it from scratch.

What gets stored on Skillzip vs locally?+

The interview state is local (.skillzip-expert/draft-{slug}.json so you can resume). Only the final JSON payload is sent to Skillzip when you confirm Phase 7.

Ready to ship?

Install Expert OS, run the interview, paste the JSON. Or apply to Founding 50 if you want a founder Loom + 0% take rate for 90 days.

License: MIT-style permissive · Stays free forever