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How to use the COO Operations Advisor agent skill
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The coo-advisor skill is an agent skill that gives your AI assistant the working habits of a chief operating officer for a scaling company. It covers process design, OKR execution, meeting cadence and what tends to break at each growth stage. This guide explains what a skill is, how to install this one, how to ask for what you need, and what to check before relying on its output.
COO Operations Advisoralirezarezvani/claude-skills · MIT Download the skill Quick start
- 1Download the ZIP. Download the coo-advisor skill as a ZIP file from the directory page.
- 2Unzip into a skills folder. For personal use, unzip into ~/.claude/skills/. For one project, unzip into that project's .claude/skills/ folder.
- 3Or upload it in the Claude apps. In the Claude apps, open Settings, go to Capabilities and then Skills, and upload the ZIP.
- 4Ask in plain language. Describe your operations problem, such as setting OKRs or finding a bottleneck. The skill is triggered by the topics in its description.
- 5Provide your stage and data. State your company stage and team size. If you want the scripts to use your numbers, prepare JSON input files.
- 6Run the optional scripts. With Python 3 installed, run scripts/ops_efficiency_analyzer.py or scripts/okr_tracker.py to analyse process efficiency or OKR progress.
What the coo-advisor skill makes the agent do
The skill is built around operations leadership for scaling companies. Once installed, the agent turns company strategy into a cascade of quarterly OKRs, maps processes to find the bottleneck, suggests a meeting rhythm from daily standups to quarterly planning, and warns what is likely to break as a company grows from seed to later stages.
The skill draws on three bundled reference guides: an operational cadence guide, a process frameworks guide covering Theory of Constraints, lean operations and automation decisions, and a scaling playbook describing what changes at each growth stage.
- Cascade company vision, annual strategy, quarterly OKRs and weekly execution
- Map current state, find the bottleneck and propose one improvement at a time
- Score process maturity on a five-level scale from ad hoc to optimized
- Design a meeting cadence and reporting rhythm
- Flag likely failures at stages from seed to growth
How to install the coo-advisor skill
The skill is distributed as a ZIP file from the directory page. You can install it in one of two ways. Choose the method that matches how you use Claude.
For a personal setup, unzip the download into your user skills folder at ~/.claude/skills/. For a single project, unzip it into that project's .claude/skills/ folder instead. If you use the Claude apps, you can upload the ZIP under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.
- Personal: unzip into ~/.claude/skills/
- Single project: unzip into .claude/skills/ inside the project folder
- Claude apps: upload the ZIP under Settings → Capabilities → Skills
How to trigger the skill with natural requests
You do not need a special command to use the skill. The skill description lists the situations it applies to: designing operations, setting up OKRs, building processes, scaling teams, analyzing bottlenecks, planning operational cadence, and any mention of COO, operations, process improvement, OKRs, scaling, operational efficiency or execution.
Write your request in plain language and name the problem. Including your company stage, team size and what is not working gives the agent more to work with.
- Set up OKRs for our growth team this quarter
- We're going from 12 to 40 people. What will break first?
- Our order process takes too long. Help me find the bottleneck.
- Design a meeting cadence for a 30-person company
- How mature are our operations on a scale of one to five?
Examples of what you can ask and what comes back
For OKR work, the skill is designed to produce a cascaded framework running from company to department to team. For a scaling check, it produces a readiness view of what breaks next. For a broken process, it produces a process map with the bottleneck identified and a fix plan. For efficiency questions, it produces a scorecard with maturity ratings. For meeting design, it produces a full template from daily to quarterly.
The skill also includes a set of key questions a COO would ask, such as what the bottleneck is, how many manual steps a process has, and who is a single point of failure. Expect the agent to ask you these questions when your request is vague.
- Set up OKRs gives a cascaded OKR framework from company to team
- We're scaling fast gives a scaling readiness report
- Our process is broken gives a process map, bottleneck and fix plan
- How efficient are we gives an ops efficiency scorecard
- Design our meeting cadence gives a daily-to-quarterly template
What the skill needs and safety notes
Most of the skill works with no setup beyond installation. Two helper scripts are optional. They are scripts/okr_tracker.py, which tracks OKR progress and flags at-risk items, and scripts/ops_efficiency_analyzer.py, which maps processes, finds bottlenecks and scores maturity. Running them requires Python 3 and can use sample data or JSON files you supply with your own OKR or process data.
The skill runs scripts, so review them before installing if you have a policy about running code. The skill does not use the network, according to its listing. Its metrics, such as burn multiple or attrition targets, are generic benchmarks and not tailored to your business.
- Requires Python 3 for the two optional scripts
- Scripts can run on sample data or your own JSON input files
- Runs scripts: yes
- Uses network: no
- Not a substitute for legal, financial or HR advice
python scripts/ops_efficiency_analyzer.py
python scripts/okr_tracker.pyTips for getting useful output from the skill
The skill asks you to state what limits throughput rather than what is annoying. Give concrete numbers and a clear picture of how work moves through your team. Name the stage your company is at, because the scaling guidance is organised by stage and the benchmarks are medians that vary by sector and geography.
Treat the output as a structured starting point. The skill's own output format puts the bottom line first, then what it found with a confidence tag, why, how to act, and the decision left to you.
- Name your growth stage and team size
- Describe the process step by step, including handoffs and decision points
- Share your own OKR or process data as JSON if you want the scripts to use it
- Use the confidence tags to decide which findings to verify first
- Ask one follow-up at a time when a process has several bottlenecks
What people use it for
- A founder setting quarterly OKRs that cascade from company to department to team
- An operations manager checking what will break as the team grows from about 10 to 30 people
- A process review that needs a maturity rating and a bottleneck framing for each workflow
- Designing a meeting rhythm from daily standups to monthly business reviews and quarterly planning
Frequently asked questions
How do I install the coo-advisor agent skill?
Download the ZIP from the directory page and unzip it into ~/.claude/skills/ for personal use, or into a project's .claude/skills/ folder. In the Claude apps, you can instead upload the ZIP under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.
Is the coo-advisor skill free to use?
The skill is published under the MIT licence, as stated in its listing. The MIT licence is a permissive open-source licence, so check its terms if you plan to redistribute or modify the skill.
What do I need to run the coo-advisor scripts?
You need Python 3 to run the two optional scripts, scripts/okr_tracker.py and scripts/ops_efficiency_analyzer.py. You can use the sample data or supply your own JSON files with OKR or process data.
Does the coo-advisor skill access the internet?
According to its listing, the skill does not use the network. It does run Python scripts, so review them before installing if your policy requires it.
Why isn't the skill triggering when I ask a question?
The skill responds to topics in its description, such as OKRs, operations, scaling, process improvement and bottlenecks. Use those terms in your request and name the operations problem directly. If it still does not trigger, confirm the folder path or the upload location you used.
How does coo-advisor compare with other operations tools or alternatives?
The listing does not compare the skill with other tools, so this guide cannot make that comparison. The skill is best suited to founders, early operations leads and operations managers who want a structured framework for OKRs, cadence and scaling stages. Large enterprises with established operations teams may find the generic seed-to-Series-C stages do not fit.
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Our verdict
Use coo-advisor if you are a founder or early operations lead at a scaling startup and want a structured way to set OKRs, plan a meeting cadence, or check what will break at your next growth stage. Pick something else if you need legal, financial or HR advice, or if you run a large enterprise operations function whose stages and benchmarks differ from the generic ones in this skill.
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