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How to use the C-Level Executive Team agent skill (c-level-agents)

Updated · written with AI from the project's own documentation and checked against our catalogue data

The c-level-agents skill turns your AI assistant into a virtual executive team for a startup founder. It bundles 13 role-based advisor agents (such as CFO, CMO, CISO and Chief of Staff) and 21 slash commands that ask pointed questions, run multi-role discussions and walk a decision through to a 90-day plan. This guide explains what the skill does, how to install it, how to trigger it and what to watch for, so you can use it on your first real decision.

C-Level Executive Teamalirezarezvani/claude-skills · MIT

Quick start

  1. 1Get the parent repository. Make sure you have the parent claude-skills repository with its c-level-advisor skills and references folder, since this skill depends on them.
  2. 2Download and unzip the skill. Download the c-level-agents ZIP from this page and unzip it.
  3. 3Place the folder. Move it into ~/.claude/skills/ for a personal install, or into your project's .claude/skills/ folder for one project. In the Claude apps, upload the ZIP under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.
  4. 4Populate company context. Run /cs-onboard so the founder interview writes company-context.md for the advisors to use.
  5. 5Ask a single-role question. Run a review such as /c-level-agents:office-hours with your question in quotes, and read the Bottom Line first.
  6. 6Run a boardroom or sprint. For a bigger decision, run /c-level-agents:boardroom on a brief file, then decide and execute to log it and produce a 90-day plan.

What is an agent skill, and what does this one make the agent do?

An agent skill is a folder containing a SKILL.md file that gives an AI agent instructions, commands and sometimes scripts for a specific job. Claude Code and other compatible SKILL.md runtimes load it so the agent can act in that role.

This skill gives the agent a set of executive personas and commands. You can ask one role to review a question with forcing questions, such as the CFO on runway and dilution or the CMO on ICP and CAC payback. You can also run a multi-role boardroom discussion, or pipe a decision through brief, decide, execute and post-mortem steps. A routing command, founder-mode, picks the right role for you.

  • Single-role reviews: one advisor challenges your question (for example /c-level-agents:cfo-review).
  • Boardroom: a multi-role deliberation that keeps each role's first view independent before cross-examination.
  • Strategic sprint: brief, boardroom, decide, execute, post-mortem.
  • Artifacts: the source describes decisions being logged and plans produced as Markdown files.

What do you need before installing?

The skill requires Claude Code or a compatible SKILL.md agent runtime. It also depends on the parent claude-skills repository, specifically its c-level-advisor skills and references folder, so a standalone copy of this single folder is not enough.

A cross-model setup is optional. /c-level-agents:cross-eval uses one, but falls back to Claude-only if it is unavailable.

  • Claude Code or a compatible SKILL.md runtime
  • The parent claude-skills repository with its c-level-advisor skills and references folder
  • Optional: a cross-model setup for /c-level-agents:cross-eval

How do you install the c-level-agents skill?

Download the ZIP of the skill from this page and unzip it. For a personal install that works across your projects, place the folder in ~/.claude/skills/. For a single project, place it in that project's .claude/skills/ folder.

If you use the Claude apps instead, go to Settings → Capabilities → Skills and upload the ZIP there.

  • Personal install: unzip into ~/.claude/skills/
  • Project install: unzip into your project's .claude/skills/
  • Claude apps: Settings → Capabilities → Skills, then upload the ZIP
  • Remember the parent claude-skills repository dependency listed above
~/.claude/skills/

How do you trigger the skill with natural requests?

You can invoke the slash commands directly, or describe what you need in plain language. The skill's description says to use it when the founder needs a virtual executive team, when invoking /c-level-agents:* commands, or when orchestrating multi-role decisions.

Start by populating company context with /cs-onboard, which runs a founder interview and writes company-context.md. The source says advice quality depends on that context, so do this before asking for reviews.

  • Ask for a single view: "Review whether we should hire a VP Sales, from a CFO perspective."
  • Ask for a panel: "Run a boardroom discussion on the pricing change."
  • Ask for routing when unsure: "Runway pressure, who should look at this?"
/cs-onboard /c-level-agents:office-hours "should we hire a VP Sales?" /c-level-agents:founder-mode "runway pressure" /c-level-agents:boardroom briefs/pricing-v3.md

What does a typical session look like?

Each command produces a Markdown artifact that the next command reads. A single-role review ends with a Bottom Line and memo. A boardroom run goes through six phases, and the decide step logs the decision through the decision-logger. The execute step produces a 90-day plan.

The source describes each advisor's output in the order Bottom Line, What, Why, How to Act, Your Decision. The analysis is meant to be neutral, with the persona voice added at the start and end.

  • Office hours: a six-question intake before analysis.
  • Boardroom: independent role views first, then cross-examination.
  • Freeze: a cooldown lock on a decision, to slow down a reversal.

What about safety, scripts and network access?

The skill runs scripts, according to its listing. The source says its Python tools are stdlib-only, meaning they use only the Python standard library and no paid dependencies. The listing states the skill does not use the network.

Read the outputs as advisory text. The skill does not verify contracts, accounts or compliance status, so do not treat its output as legal, financial or security sign-off. Check any figure or legal point with a qualified professional.

  • Runs scripts: yes (Python tools in the parent skills)
  • Uses network: no, per the listing
  • Not for legal, financial or security sign-off
  • Review the SKILL.md and scripts yourself before installing if your environment requires it

What tips help the results?

Give the advisors specific inputs. A question with numbers, a named decision and a stated deadline produces more pointed forcing questions than a vague prompt. Save each artifact so later commands can build on it.

Use the role that matches the decision, and use founder-mode when you are not sure. Expect the advisors to push back; that is the point of the forcing questions.

  • Run /cs-onboard first so the advisors know your company.
  • Name the decision and the deadline in your request.
  • Keep the Markdown artifacts; the pipeline depends on them.
  • Use the boardroom for big, cross-functional calls and single roles for narrower ones.

What people use it for

  • Pressure-testing a hiring decision such as whether to hire a VP Sales, using office hours.
  • Preparing a multi-perspective pre-read before a board discussion with the boardroom command.
  • Checking unit economics and runway with the CFO review before a pricing change.
  • Reviewing a product or data decision from the CPO or CDO angle with forcing questions.
  • Routing an unclear problem such as runway pressure to the right role with founder-mode.

Frequently asked questions

Is the c-level-agents skill free?

The skill is published under the MIT licence, as stated on this page. The source also says it has no paid dependencies, since its Python tools are stdlib-only. Check the licence file in the repository for the full terms.

How do I install the c-level-agents skill?

Download the ZIP from this page and unzip it into ~/.claude/skills/ for a personal install or into a project's .claude/skills/ folder. In the Claude apps, upload the ZIP under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.

What do I need to run c-level-agents?

You need Claude Code or a compatible SKILL.md agent runtime, plus the parent claude-skills repository with its c-level-advisor skills and references folder. A cross-model setup is optional for the cross-eval command.

Does c-level-agents work without the parent claude-skills repository?

The source says the skill depends on the parent repository's c-level-advisor skills and references folder. Install the parent repository alongside this skill rather than using this folder alone.

Does the skill send my company data over the internet?

The listing says the skill does not use the network. It does run scripts, so review the included files if your environment has strict requirements.

How does c-level-agents compare with executive-mentor?

The source describes executive-mentor as a sibling skill with adversarial /em:* commands that stack cleanly on top of c-level-agents. c-level-agents adds role personas, a boardroom and a sprint pipeline, so the two can be used together.

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Our verdict

Use c-level-agents if you are a solo or early-stage founder who wants structured challenge on big decisions, or an operator preparing a board pre-read. Pick something else if you need legal, financial or security sign-off, since the outputs are AI-generated advisory text, or if you cannot install the parent claude-skills repository.

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