Does it create documentation automatically?

Yes, it generates a comprehensive product-overview.md file that acts as a single source of truth (PRD) and includes Mermaid system diagrams.

Why is research mandatory in this skill?

The 'Iron Law' of the skill requires research first to ensure the developer doesn't waste time building something that already exists in a library or open-source repository.

What is a 'Cognition Mate'?

It refers to the skill's role as a thinking partner rather than just a tool, where the AI brings patterns and research while the developer brings vision and domain expertise.

What is the primary purpose of the 'define' skill?

It facilitates the discovery and definition phase of a project, ensuring thorough research is conducted before any development begins to prevent reinventing existing tools.

How does it help with financial projects specifically?

It suggests domain-specific libraries like NumPy-financial and technical stacks like Streamlit, while researching existing financial models and reference implementations.

Finance Project Definer

Name: Finance Project Definer
Author: peterjohn1298

bypeterjohn1298

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Productivity & Workflow

Guides the initial discovery and definition phase of financial engineering projects through integrated research and vision alignment.

The define skill acts as a 'Cognition Mate' for developers during the critical early stages of project creation, specifically optimized for financial and analytical tools. It enforces a mandatory 'research first' approach to avoid reinventing existing solutions, helping users identify relevant domain-specific libraries like NumPy-financial, QuantLib, or PyPortfolioOpt. Through a structured collaborative dialogue, it helps clarify project intent, success criteria, and technical architecture, ultimately persisting these insights into a standardized product overview document and buildable roadmap.

Key Features

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02Mandatory parallel research phase to identify existing foundations

03Interactive vision alignment and problem space clarification

04Automated product-overview.md generation with system context

05Mermaid-based architectural diagrams for workflow visualization

06Finance-specific tech stack recommendations (Streamlit, Pandas, FastAPI)

Use Cases

01Initiating a new quantitative analysis or DCF valuation tool

02Scoping a complex financial data integration pipeline

03Evaluating existing open-source libraries before custom implementation

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add peterjohn1298/re-underwriting-tool define

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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