VP of Engineering Advisor — Business

This skill provides VP of Engineering advisory for startups, focusing on four key decisions: delivery throughput (DORA 4 metrics and bottleneck identification), engineering hiring funnel health, team structure design (including when to add tech-lead managers), and production discipline. It produces structured recommendations and actionable plans based on data analysis.

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📂 View skill on GitHub ↗ 🚀 How to use

✨ What it does

Analyzes DORA 4 metrics (deployment frequency, lead time, MTTR, change failure rate) and identifies bottlenecks.
Calculates hiring funnel conversion rates, time-to-fill, and pipeline gap.
Recommends team structure (squad/tribe/chapter) and triggers for tech-lead manager hires.
Provides production discipline audit framework (on-call, incident response, deployment cadence).
Outputs structured recommendations with evidence and next steps.

🎯 When to use it

When sprint velocity is dropping or delivery throughput is unclear.
When engineering hiring is broken or the funnel has high leakage.
When team structure is unclear or deciding when to add a tech-lead manager.
When evaluating production discipline (on-call, deployment cadence, postmortem culture).

🚀 How to use

Trigger: /cs:decide

Trigger by asking for a VPE-style analysis on delivery, hiring, team structure, or production discipline. Provide relevant data (sprint metrics, funnel data, team profile) or use embedded sample data. Example prompts:

Run a delivery throughput analysis on our sprint metrics.
Analyze our engineering hiring funnel and tell me where we're leaking candidates.

📄 Output: A structured recommendation report with bottom line, decision type, evidence, action steps, and the founder/CTO decision point.

📦 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/c-level-advisor/skills/vpe-advisor .claude/skills/vpe-advisor

Skill source: c-level-advisor/skills/vpe-advisor/SKILL.md

⚠️ Good to know

Requires input data (sprint metrics, funnel data, team profile) for accurate analysis; otherwise uses embedded sample data. Not a CTO skill (architecture) or engineering-lead replacement (day-to-day incidents).

❓ FAQ

What is the difference between VPE and CTO?

CTO owns what to build (architecture, scaling cliffs, build-vs-buy). VPE owns how to ship it reliably (delivery, hiring, team structure, production operations).

What are the manager-trigger thresholds?

5-7 ICs without a manager triggers first EM hire; 3+ EMs without a director triggers director hire; 8+ teams in one tribe triggers tribe split.

What is the healthy conversion rate for offer to accept?

70-90%.

🤖 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.