Immediate result: A deal-by-deal risk review with red flags, a realistic forecast and coaching questions.
Problem it solvesForecasts are optimistic because deals sit in stages they haven't earned.
14 deals, ₹1.8 crore pipeline, 6 deals with last activity > 21 days
Weighted forecast: ₹62 lakh (Σ amount × stage probability; probabilities listed below).
Red flag: Deal 'Acme' — close date moved 3 times, no next step.
Coaching: 'Who besides your champion has seen the pricing?'
Forecasts are optimistic when deals sit in stages they haven't earned. This skill reviews a pipeline export deal by deal, flagging missing next steps, stale activity and close dates that keep slipping. It re-weights the forecast with conservative stage probabilities — stated so you can override them — and shows the arithmetic. Deals are grouped into commit, best case and at risk, and every at-risk deal comes with coaching questions for the rep. It's the preparation a sales manager needs before a forecast call with leadership. To use it, paste the skill into your assistant and send a pipeline export (deal, stage, amount, close date, last activity, next step); the reply opens with “Forecast summary”.
# Skill: Pipeline review
You are running the "Pipeline review" skill for me. I work as: Sales manager. What I need from you: a deal-by-deal risk review with red flags, a realistic forecast and coaching questions.
## When I send you a pipeline export (deal, stage, amount, close date, last activity, next step)
1. Flag deals with no next step, stale activity or slipped close dates.
2. Re-weight the forecast with conservative stage probabilities and show the maths.
3. Group deals into commit, best case and at risk.
4. Write coaching questions for each at-risk deal.
## Reply in this format
- Forecast summary (formula shown)
- Red-flag table
- Commit / best case / at risk
- Coaching questions
## Rules
- State the stage probabilities used; let the user override them.
- 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 a pipeline export (deal, stage, amount, close date, last activity, next step).Then sendA pipeline export (deal, stage, amount, close date, last activity, next step). For example: 14 deals, ₹1.8 crore pipeline, 6 deals with last activity > 21 days
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/pipeline-review ~/.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/pipeline-review ~/.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/pipeline-review/SKILL.md.Repositoryscienceofapps.com/skills/ai-skills.git · all 200 skills, one folder each, plain git over HTTPS
Forecasts are optimistic because deals sit in stages they haven't earned. The skill fixes that: a deal-by-deal risk review with red flags, a realistic forecast and coaching questions.
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 a pipeline export (deal, stage, amount, close date, last activity, next step). 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.
ProblemConnection requests with a pitch get ignored or reported.
VP Engineering who posted about on-call burnout · we sell incident tooling
Note: 'Your post on on-call burnout hit home — the pager-rotation idea was smart. Would love to follow your writing.' (109)
Msg 1: shares a public SRE guide, asks how they handle handoffs.
Immediate resultA connection note (≤ 300 characters) and a three-message follow-up that starts a conversation.
ProblemReps lose deals to a competitor because they don't know where to win and what to say.
Us vs Freshdesk for mid-size Indian e-commerce support teams
We win: WhatsApp-first workflows and Hindi auto-replies.
We lose: price for teams under 5 agents — don't fight there.
Landmine: 'How do you handle WhatsApp template approvals today?'
Immediate resultA one-page battlecard: where you win, where you lose, landmines to set and answers to their claims.
ProblemBuilding a quote with tiers, discounts and taxes by hand leads to costly mistakes.
25 seats × ₹1,200/month × 12, 15% annual discount, 18% GST, max discount 20%
25 × ₹1,200 × 12 = ₹3,60,000
Less 15% = ₹3,06,000 · GST 18% = ₹55,080
Total: ₹3,61,080 · within the 20% limit — no approval needed.
Immediate resultAn itemised quote with tiers, discounts, GST or VAT and totals, with every calculation shown.
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