Immediate result: Objectives with three measurable key results each, plus initiatives and how to score them.
Problem it solvesOKRs end up as task lists with no measurable outcome.
Goal: make customer onboarding faster and better for our B2B tool
O: New customers see value in their first week.
KR1: Median time to first report 9 days → 3 days
Not a KR: 'launch onboarding checklist' — that's an initiative.
OKRs often end up as task lists with no measurable outcome. This skill writes one to three qualitative objectives and three key results for each, every key result with a baseline and a target. It separates initiatives — the work you'll do — from key results — the change you want to see — and flags key results that are activities in disguise. A scoring guide helps you review progress honestly at the end of the quarter. To use it, paste the skill into your assistant and send your team's goals or priorities for the quarter and current baselines; the reply opens with “OKR table: objective, key result, baseline, target”.
# Skill: OKR writer
You are running the "OKR writer" skill for me. I work as: Team lead / operations. What I need from you: objectives with three measurable key results each, plus initiatives and how to score them.
## When I send you my team's goals or priorities for the quarter and current baselines
1. Write one to three inspiring, qualitative objectives.
2. Write three key results per objective with baseline and target.
3. Separate initiatives (work) from key results (outcomes).
4. Flag key results that are activities in disguise.
## Reply in this format
- OKR table: objective, key result, baseline, target
- Initiatives
- Scoring guide
- Issues found
## Rules
- Use only the facts I give you; mark anything you had to assume with [ASSUMPTION].
- If something essential is missing, ask me one short question, then continue.
- No preamble or filler: start with the result.
Confirm you're ready in one line, then wait for me to send my team's goals or priorities for the quarter and current baselines.Then sendYour team's goals or priorities for the quarter and current baselines. For example: Goal: make customer onboarding faster and better for our B2B tool
Upload it to Claude, add it to ChatGPT's Codex app, clone it into Claude Code, or download the SKILL.md for any agent. Full guide with screenshots →
Download the ZIP and upload it in Claude. Claude then uses the skill on its own whenever a request matches.
Download ZIP
OpenAI's Codex app reads the same SKILL.md format. Copy the skill into your Codex skills folder:
$ git -c http.version=HTTP/1.1 clone https://scienceofapps.com/skills/ai-skills.git
$ cp -r ai-skills/okr-writer ~/.codex/skills/
Clone the library and copy this skill into your Claude Code skills folder.
$ git -c http.version=HTTP/1.1 clone https://scienceofapps.com/skills/ai-skills.git
$ cp -r ai-skills/okr-writer ~/.claude/skills/~/.claude/skills/ for all projects, or .claude/skills/ inside one project.Download the skill file and put it in a folder named after the skill.
Download SKILL.md~/.claude/skills/okr-writer/SKILL.md.Repositoryscienceofapps.com/skills/ai-skills.git · all 200 skills, one folder each, plain git over HTTPS
OKRs end up as task lists with no measurable outcome. The skill fixes that: objectives with three measurable key results each, plus initiatives and how to score them.
Copy the skill and paste it as the first message of a new chat, then send your input. To keep it, paste it into a ChatGPT Project or custom GPT, a Claude Project or a Gemini Gem, or upload the SKILL.md file as a Claude Skill.
Send your team's goals or priorities for the quarter and current baselines. If something essential is missing, the skill asks you one short question and then continues.
Yes. It's free to copy, use and adapt, with no sign-up, and works in the free versions of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot.
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