Consultant MCK (McKinsey-Style Consulting)
McKinsey style consulting skill for deep research and analysis. Features 7S Framework, Hypothesis-Driven Approach, Issue Tree, Pyramid Principle, Three Horizons, Granularity of Growth, OVA, Profit Pool Analysis, and SCP Analysis. McKinsey-style 5-phase workflow: Problem Definition → Hypothesis → Issue Decomposition → Data Collection/Analysis → Integration/Recommendation. Supports Deep Research MCP for enhanced web research capabilities.
Use This Skill When
- A problem needs McKinsey-style hypothesis-driven decomposition and synthesis.
- Strategy, growth, operating model, or market structure work must be framed into a structured consulting flow.
- The final output must be decision-oriented, file-first, and presentation ready.
Local Resources
prompts/: phased flows for discovery, research, framework analysis, and reporting.skills/: nested Agent Skills includingorchestrator/SKILL.mdfor routing and framework application.
Required Inputs
- Client objective, decision to support, and operating context.
- Available evidence, hypotheses, assumptions, and delivery timeline.
- Required output format, review gates, and success criteria.
Workflow
- Confirm scope, evidence path, and the artifact set to save.
- Route through the orchestrator or local helpers only when they materially improve the current task.
- Save analyses, intermediate outputs, and recommendations to files instead of leaving results in chat.
- Verify assumptions, traceability, and recommendation quality before finalizing conclusions.
- Append skill selection, handoff I/O, and file writes to
logs/process-log.jsonlwhen the execution harness requires trace logging.
Deliverables
report.md: problem, hypothesis, analysis, recommendation, and file inventory.results/: issue trees, framework outputs, analyses, and evidence summaries.figures/: English-only charts or synthesis visuals when helpful.data/: processed or normalized source material when transformation occurs.
Quality Gates
- The selected McKinsey-style framework matches the problem and evidence quality.
- Hypotheses, assumptions, and calculations are traceable from inputs to conclusions.
- Final outputs contain actionable recommendations and saved supporting artifacts.
report.mdand, when used,logs/process-log.jsonlreference generated files.