Use the skills with Foundation
Five open-source skills that make your AI assistant work like a feasibility consultant, using your real Foundation project and its calculations.
A skill is a folder of instructions (and sometimes scripts) that your AI assistant loads when a task calls for it. Ours teach the method a professional uses: where to look for costs, what lenders check, how to price, and how to write a plan an investor will believe.
The skills are free and open source: github.com/mamarexa/foundation-skills.
The five skills
| Skill | Use it to |
|---|---|
| Feasibility analyst | Turn a description of your business into a complete, sourced feasibility study, then get a go / no-go view. |
| Market research | Size your market (TAM, SAM, SOM) and benchmark your competitors. |
| Pricing optimizer | Test pricing options through the engine and pick one with a plan to validate it. |
| Business plan writer | Write a lender-ready business plan as a Word file. |
| Pitch deck writer | Build an investor or lender deck as a PowerPoint file. |
Set up
Install the skills
For assistants that support skills (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor and others):
npx skills add mamarexa/foundation-skillsIn claude.ai or the Claude desktop app, download a skill folder from the repository, zip it, and upload it under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.
Ask for the work
For example:
I want to open a specialty coffee shop near Leeds station, about 30 seats, opening next spring. Build the feasibility study in Foundation and tell me if it's viable.
The assistant asks a few questions only you can answer, researches the rest, fills in your project and reads the results back to you.
Why the connection matters
When Foundation is connected, the skills never let the assistant calculate financial results itself. NPV, IRR, payback and break-even always come from Foundation's engine, the same numbers you see in the app. The Word and PowerPoint skills go one step further: the assistant writes placeholders such as {{results.npv|money}} and a script fills in the engine's figures, so a typo can't change a number in your plan.
Every input the assistant enters carries a note saying where it came from: you, a real quote, an industry benchmark, or its own estimate. Open any table in the app to check them.
Connect your AI
Let Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, Antigravity or another assistant read and work on your Foundation projects through our MCP server.
Use the skills without an account
The skills also work without a Foundation account. Your assistant does the research and hands you a project file to import later.