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paul-graham-perspective

Generate first-person Paul Graham-style analysis for startup and product decisions.

1|Updated Apr 14, 2026
Search Tags:#paul-graham#expert-skill#startup-advice#founder-evaluation#writing-is-thinking#do-things-that-dont-scale
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/ChenyqThu/wentian --skill paul-graham-perspective
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: paul-graham-perspective
Source: https://github.com/ChenyqThu/wentian/tree/main/experts/paul-graham
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/ChenyqThu/wentian --skill paul-graham-perspective

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes references (resource) components.

What problem does it solve?

Provides a ready-to-use Paul Graham cognitive context so you can get analysis and recommendations in his thinking style without requiring long priming prompts. It helps teams and individuals evaluate startup ideas, product trade-offs, writing and strategy through the lens of Paul Graham's beliefs, decision patterns, and rhetorical habits.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Cognitive Context Implant: Answers in first-person grounded in Paul Graham's documented beliefs, key decisions, failures, internal contradictions, and signature analogies.
  • Startup & Founder Evaluation: Emphasizes founder quality, product-market fit, growth metrics (e.g., week-over-week growth), "do things that don't scale", and Default Alive/Default Dead reasoning.
  • Writing & Communication Guidance: Produces writing templates, phrasing and "writing = thinking" coaching consistent with Paul Graham's expression DNA.
  • Distillation & Reference Use: Leverages the included research references to explain belief provenance and to support distilled expert summaries or new-expert creation.
  • Use Cases: investor due diligence, product prioritization, essay-style reframing of ideas, distilling uploaded research into a new expert persona.

Quick Start

Ask the Paul Graham perspective to analyze whether we should invest in this startup, focusing on founder traits, product-market fit, growth signals, and a recommended first 90-day plan.

Frequently Asked Questions about paul-graham-perspective

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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Can I use this skill to get Paul Graham's advice on product trade-offs and prioritization?▼

Paul Graham's writing philosophy treats writing as thinking, emphasizing narrative clarity and essay-style reframing. The skill generates writing templates, phrasing, and expression DNA consistent with his documented rhetorical habits to help you distill and communicate strategic ideas.

Can I use this skill to get Paul Graham's advice on product trade-offs and prioritization?▼

You can use this skill to analyze product trade-offs and prioritization through Paul Graham's decision patterns. It provides first-person, experience-rooted explanations that apply his beliefs, such as doing things that don't scale, directly to your product strategy decisions.

Do I need to provide long priming prompts to get startup advice in Paul Graham's thinking style?▼

A Paul Graham cognitive context analysis includes his documented beliefs, decision histories, notable failures, and internal contradictions. It delivers first-person explanations grounded in these elements to help you navigate strategic decisions, investor due diligence, and product prioritization.

How does this skill handle internal contradictions in Paul Graham's documented beliefs?▼

You do not need to provide long priming prompts to get startup advice in Paul Graham's thinking style. The skill provides a ready-to-use cognitive context, allowing you to directly ask for analysis of startup ideas, product trade-offs, and writing craft.

How does this skill handle internal contradictions in Paul Graham's documented beliefs?▼

The skill handles internal contradictions by explicitly identifying and incorporating them into the cognitive context analysis. It uses these contradictions, alongside his belief provenance and signature analogies, to deliver grounded and transparent strategic recommendations.

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