C Level Skills

28 C-level advisory skills: complete virtual board of directors with CEO, CTO, COO, CPO, CMO, CFO, CRO, CISO, CHRO advisors, executive mentor, founder coach, Chief of Staff router, board meetings, decision logger, board deck builder, scenario war room, competitive intel, org health diagnostic, M&A playbook, international expansion, culture architect, change management, strategic alignment, and more. Agent skill and plugin for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, OpenClaw.

# C-Level Advisory Skills — Claude Code Guidance

A complete virtual board of directors: 28 skills covering 10 executive roles, orchestration, cross-cutting capabilities, and culture & collaboration frameworks — plus the new **c-level-agents** plugin layer that surfaces 8 cs-* persona agents and 17 `/cs:*` slash commands on top of the skills.

## Architecture

```
/cs:setup (Founder Interview) → company-context.md
                │
        Chief of Staff (Router)
                │
    ┌───────────┼───────────┐
    10 Roles    6 Cross-Cut  6 Culture
    │           │            │
    └───────────┼────────────┘
                │
        Executive Mentor (Critic)
                │
        Decision Logger (Two-Layer Memory)
```

## Skills Overview

### C-Suite Roles (15)

| Role | Folder | Reasoning Technique | Scripts |
|------|--------|-------------------|---------|
| **CEO** | `ceo-advisor/` | Tree of Thought | strategy_analyzer, financial_scenario_analyzer |
| **CTO** | `cto-advisor/` | ReAct | tech_debt_analyzer, team_scaling_calculator |
| **COO** | `coo-advisor/` | Step by Step | ops_efficiency_analyzer, okr_tracker |
| **CPO** | `cpo-advisor/` | First Principles | pmf_scorer, portfolio_analyzer |
| **CMO** | `cmo-advisor/` | Recursion of Thought | marketing_budget_modeler, growth_model_simulator |
| **CFO** | `cfo-advisor/` | Chain of Thought | burn_rate_calculator, unit_economics_analyzer, fundraising_model |
| **CRO** | `cro-advisor/` | Chain of Thought | revenue_forecast_model, churn_analyzer |
| **CISO** | `ciso-advisor/` | Risk-Based | risk_quantifier, compliance_tracker |
| **CHRO** | `chro-advisor/` | Empathy + Data | hiring_plan_modeler, comp_benchmarker |
| **General Counsel** | `general-counsel-advisor/` | Risk-Based | contract_risk_scanner, term_sheet_analyzer |
| **Chief Data Officer** | `chief-data-officer-advisor/` | Decision-Driven | ai_training_data_audit, data_product_strategy_picker, data_asset_valuator |
| **Chief AI Officer** | `chief-ai-officer-advisor/` | Eval-Demanding | model_buildvsbuy_calculator, ai_risk_classifier, ai_cost_economics |
| **Chief Customer Officer** | `chief-customer-officer-advisor/` | Retention-Obsessed | retention_decomposition_analyzer, customer_segmentation_designer, cs_coverage_calculator |
| **VP of Engineering** ⭐ NEW v2.5.5 | `vpe-advisor/` | Throughput-First | delivery_throughput_analyzer, eng_hiring_funnel_calculator, eng_team_structure_designer |
| **Executive Mentor** | `executive-mentor/` | Adversarial | decision_matrix_scorer, stakeholder_mapper |

### Orchestration (6)

| Skill | Folder | Purpose |
|-------|--------|---------|
| **C-Suite Onboard** | `cs-onboard/` | Founder interview → company-context.md |
| **Chief of Staff** | `chief-of-staff/` | Routes questions, triggers board meetings |
| **Board Meeting** | `board-meeting/` | 6-phase multi-agent deliberation |
| **Decision Logger** | `decision-logger/` | Two-layer memory (raw + approved) |
| **Agent Protocol** | `agent-protocol/` | Inter-agent invocation, loop prevention, quality loop |
| **Context Engine** | `context-engine/` | Company context loading + anonymization |

### Cross-Cutting Capabilities (6)

| Skill | Folder | Purpose |
|-------|--------|---------|
| **Board Deck Builder** | `board-deck-builder/` | Assembles board/investor updates |
| **Scenario War Room** | `scenario-war-room/` | Multi-variable what-if modeling |
| **Competitive Intel** | `competitive-intel/` | Systematic competitor tracking |
| **Org Health Diagnostic** | `org-health-diagnostic/` | Cross-functional health scoring |
| **M&A Playbook** | `ma-playbook/` | Acquiring or being acquired |
| **International Expansion** | `intl-expansion/` | Market entry strategy |

### Culture & Collaboration (6)

| Skill | Folder | Purpose |
|-------|--------|---------|
| **Culture Architect** | `culture-architect/` | Build and operationalize culture |
| **Company OS** | `company-os/` | EOS/Scaling Up operating system |
| **Founder Coach** | `founder-coach/` | Founder development and growth |
| **Strategic Alignment** | `strategic-alignment/` | Strategy cascade, silo detection |
| **Change Management** | `change-management/` | ADKAR-based change rollout |
| **Internal Narrative** | `internal-narrative/` | One story across all audiences |

## c-level-agents Plugin (v1.0.0 — new in v2.5.0)

A separate plugin at `c-level-agents/` that wraps the 10 C-roles with persona agents and slash commands. Founder-mode entry layer.

### 13 cs-* Agents (in `c-level-agents/agents/`)

| Agent | Voice | Wraps Skill |
|---|---|---|
| cs-cfo-advisor | Numerate skeptic | cfo-advisor |
| cs-cmo-advisor | Narrative-first | cmo-advisor |
| cs-cro-advisor | Pipeline-paranoid | cro-advisor |
| cs-cpo-advisor | JTBD-driven | cpo-advisor |
| cs-coo-advisor | Execution OS | coo-advisor |
| cs-chro-advisor | People-systems | chro-advisor |
| cs-ciso-advisor | Risk-paranoid | ciso-advisor |
| cs-chief-of-staff | Router & synthesist | chief-of-staff |
| cs-general-counsel-advisor | Risk-paranoid (legal) | general-counsel-advisor |
| cs-cdo-advisor | Decision-driven (data) | chief-data-officer-advisor |
| cs-caio-advisor | Eval-demanding (AI) | chief-ai-officer-advisor |
| cs-cco-advisor | Retention-obsessed (customer) | chief-customer-officer-advisor |
| cs-vpe-advisor ⭐ NEW v2.5.5 | Throughput-first (engineering ops) | vpe-advisor |

Existing `cs-ceo-advisor` and `cs-cto-advisor` live in `/agents/c-level/` and integrate with the same protocol.

### 17 /cs:* Slash Commands (in `c-level-agents/skills/`)

**Forcing-question office hours (8):** `/cs:office-hours`, `/cs:cfo-review`, `/cs:cmo-review`, `/cs:cpo-review`, `/cs:cro-review`, `/cs:cto-review`, `/cs:ciso-review`, `/cs:gc-review`

**Strategic sprint pipeline (5):** `/cs:brief` → `/cs:boardroom` → `/cs:decide` → `/cs:execute` → `/cs:post-mortem`

**Meta + safety (4):** `/cs:founder-mode` (auto-router), `/cs:onboard` (founder interview), `/cs:cross-eval` (multi-model consensus), `/cs:freeze` (cooldown lock)

See [c-level-agents/README.md](c-level-agents/README.md) for the full plugin guide and [c-level-agents/references/persona-voices.md](c-level-agents/references/persona-voices.md) for voice specs.

## Executive Mentor Slash Commands

The only skill with a `plugin.json` (namespace: `em`) because it has slash commands. Other skills are invoked by name through the Chief of Staff router or directly by the user. This is intentional — only add `plugin.json` when a skill has dedicated slash commands that need a namespace.

| Command | Purpose |
|---------|---------|
| `/em:challenge` | Pre-mortem analysis of any plan |
| `/em:board-prep` | Board meeting preparation |
| `/em:hard-call` | Framework for hard decisions |
| `/em:stress-test` | Stress-test any assumption |
| `/em:postmortem` | Honest retrospective |

## Key Design Decisions

- **Two-layer memory:** Raw transcripts (reference) + approved decisions only (feeds future meetings). Prevents hallucinated consensus.
- **Phase 2 isolation:** During board meetings, agents think independently before cross-examination.
- **Internal Quality Loop:** Self-verify → peer-verify → critic pre-screen → present. No unverified output reaches the founder.
- **Proactive triggers:** Every role has context-driven early warnings that surface issues without being asked.
- **User Communication Standard:** Bottom Line → What → Why → How to Act → Your Decision. Results only, no process narration.

## Python Tools (25 total)

All scripts are stdlib-only, CLI-first, with JSON output and embedded sample data.

```bash
# Examples
python cfo-advisor/scripts/burn_rate_calculator.py
python cro-advisor/scripts/churn_analyzer.py
python cpo-advisor/scripts/pmf_scorer.py
python org-health-diagnostic/scripts/health_scorer.py
python strategic-alignment/scripts/alignment_checker.py
python decision-logger/scripts/decision_tracker.py
```

## Integration with Other Domains

| C-Level Role | Layers Above |
|-------------|-------------|
| CMO | marketing-skill/ (content, demand gen, ASO execution) |
| CFO | finance/financial-analyst (spreadsheets, DCF) |
| CRO | business-growth/ (revenue ops, sales engineering) |
| CISO | ra-qm-team/ (ISO 27001 checklists, ISMS audits) |
| CPO | product-team/ (PM toolkit, user stories, sprint planning) |

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**Last Updated:** 2026-05-13
**Skills Deployed:** 33 skills (15 roles incl. General Counsel, CDO, CAIO, CCO, and VPE + 5 mentor commands + 6 orchestration + 6 cross-cutting + 6 culture) + 21 /cs:* sub-skills in c-level-agents plugin
**Agents:** 15 cs-* (cs-ceo, cs-cto in /agents/c-level/; 13 in c-level-agents/agents/ including new cs-vpe-advisor)
**Python Tools:** 39 (stdlib-only) — +3 with vpe-advisor (delivery_throughput_analyzer, eng_hiring_funnel_calculator, eng_team_structure_designer)
**Reference Docs:** 73 (71 in skills + 2 in c-level-agents/references)

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