# Ops Bottleneck Review

> Review operational bottlenecks for owners, agencies, and small business operators. Use when Codex is asked to find operational constraints, map workflow bottlenecks, prioritize process fixes, review staffing or delegation constraints, or create an owner operations action plan.

- Skill: `gabrielmoreira/ops-bottleneck-review` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add gabrielmoreira/ops-bottleneck-review`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/gabrielmoreira/ops-bottleneck-review/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Productivity
- License: MIT
- Author: gabrielmoreira (https://skillmd.com/u/gabrielmoreira)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/gabrielmoreira/ops-bottleneck-review

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# Ops Bottleneck Review

## Core Workflow

1. Identify business workflow, customer promise, capacity, handoffs, tools,
   staff, vendors, and failure points.
2. Separate symptoms, root-cause hypotheses, confirmed constraints, and missing
   evidence.
3. Map bottlenecks by demand, capacity, process, quality, staffing, vendor,
   tooling, or decision delay.
4. Prioritize fixes by impact, effort, risk, owner, and time to learn.
5. Recommend practical next actions, delegation opportunities, and follow-up
   metrics.
6. Flag people, legal, customer, finance, or safety decisions requiring review.

## Safety Rules

- Do not recommend staffing, employment, customer, legal, safety, or financial
  changes without owner review.
- Do not treat a symptom as root cause without evidence.
- Do not invent process data, staff performance facts, vendor facts, or customer
  impact.

## Deliverable Shape

For bottleneck reviews, provide:

- Workflow scope
- Bottleneck map
- Evidence and assumptions
- Impact and effort ranking
- Recommended fixes
- Delegation or staffing notes
- Metrics to watch
- Owner action list

## References

- Read `references/ops-bottleneck-review-checklist.md` when reviewing owner,
  agency, local business, or small-operator bottlenecks.