Business Investment Advisor
Business Investment Advisor is a capital allocation analysis skill that evaluates business investments such as equipment, real estate, hiring, technology, and vendor contracts. It calculates ROI, payback period, NPV, and IRR, runs upside/downside scenarios, and provides clear recommendations with risk flags.
✨ What it does
- Calculates ROI, payback period, NPV, and IRR with formulas.
- Runs upside and downside scenarios (e.g., 20% beat, 40% miss).
- Provides a scoring rubric (1-5 on six dimensions) for investment ranking.
- Flags proactive triggers like payback exceeding useful life or optimistic projections.
- Outputs a structured analysis with recommendation, key assumptions, risks, and next step.
🎯 When to use it
- Evaluating a single capital expenditure like equipment or software.
- Comparing multiple investment options against a fixed budget.
- Deciding between build vs buy, lease vs buy, or hire vs automate.
- Assessing whether to hire a new employee or invest in a new business line.
🚀 How to use
Trigger by asking for investment analysis, such as 'Should I buy this equipment?' or 'Compare these options.' Provide details on the investment cost, expected returns or savings, useful life, and context like cost of capital. The skill works with partial data and will state assumptions. Example prompts:
Should I invest in a new CNC machine for $50,000? It will save $15,000/year in outsourcing costs.
Compare buying a delivery van vs leasing one over 5 years.
📄 Output: A structured investment analysis report with recommendation, financial metrics table, assumptions, scenarios, risks, and next step.
📦 Add this skill to Claude Code
# 1. Get the skills repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills /tmp/claude-skills
# 2. Copy this skill into your project (or ~/.claude/skills for all projects)
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/claude-skills/finance/business-investment-advisor/skills/business-investment-advisor .claude/skills/business-investment-advisorSkill source: finance/business-investment-advisor/skills/business-investment-advisor/SKILL.md
⚠️ Good to know
Does not provide personal stock market or securities investment advice; focuses solely on business capital allocation decisions.
❓ FAQ
What metrics does the skill calculate?
It calculates ROI, payback period, NPV, and IRR, along with an investment score based on a rubric.
How does it handle uncertain revenue projections?
It runs a downside case at 50% of projected revenue and flags optimistic assumptions.
Can it compare multiple investment options?
Yes, it ranks options by IRR and allocates budget accordingly, with exceptions for quick wins.
🤖 Overview, features, install steps and FAQ were generated from the project's SKILL.md on Sep 4, 2026. Always check the original source before running commands.