First Version — Development skill for Claude Code
Cut a product idea down to the smallest thing that gets one named person the outcome, and name what is deliberately left out.
How to install First Version
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/castan-ai-founder-commands-first-version/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/castan-ai-founder-commands-first-version && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Castan-AI/founder-commands/HEAD/commands/first-version.md -o ~/.claude/skills/castan-ai-founder-commands-first-version/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What First Version does
description: Cut a product idea down to the smallest thing that gets one named person the outcome, and name what is deliberately left out. argument-hint: [the product or idea, in one sentence]
What should the first version of $ARGUMENTS be
The first version is not a small copy of the product. It is the shortest path from one person's problem to one person's outcome, even if you carry them along it by hand.
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