What problem does it solve? Founders often buy software that is wrong-fit, redundant, or fails to integrate, wasting budget on shelfware. This Skill anchors every tooling decision on a quantified burning operational need, then runs due diligence so purchases are justified by value, fit, and price. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Need-First Evaluation: Maps each burning need to a technology category by function, quantifies the current cost of pain, and checks whether existing systems can be consolidated instead of buying new tools. - Due-Diligence Checklist: Scores each option on problem fit, total cost of ownership, integration, adoption ease, reliability/security, scalability, and vendor lock-in. - ROI and Payback Analysis: Computes TCO, ROI, payback period, and a 1-5 fit score to rank the top 1-2 adoptions and defer the rest. - Use Case: A team re-keys orders from email into a shipping tool for 8 hours per week. The Skill identifies a native integration on the existing shipping tool as the highest-ROI fix, drafts the approval request, and pairs it with a training SOP. ## Quick Start Evaluate whether we should buy a new tool for our manual order entry process and rank the options by ROI and fit.
