# Build Business > Stand up a complete one-person AI-agency / local-business operation in a project folder, driven by the user's answers. Operationalises the full 7-day "start a 1-person business with Claude" system — pick a market, target franchises, and build the three service pillars (database reactivation, reviews & referrals, speed-to-lead), then get clients with paid ads and a sales trainer — and merges proven startup/founder skill frameworks on top. Use ONLY when the user wants to BUILD A BUSINESS / agency / make money / get clients / find a market / create offers. Loaded by new-project's business branch (route a, new business). Not for projects that merely happen to be commercial — those link to an existing business profile instead. - Skill: `skryx-l-a/build-business` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 22 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add skryx-l-a/build-business` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/skryx-l-a/build-business/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Coding & Dev Tools - Author: Skryx-L-A (https://skillmd.com/u/skryx-l-a) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/skryx-l-a/build-business --- # build-business — the 7-day business system (ultraskill) This sub-skill turns "I want to build a business" into a **ready-to-run operation inside a project folder**, automatically, from the user's answers. It is the operational spine of JP Middleton's *"How to start a 1-person business using Claude in 7 days"* system, with the day structure, the 4-criteria market rubric, and **seven ready-to-run prompts** as concrete project assets — plus merged frameworks from the best public founder/startup skill repos. > **Honesty:** the source video is a funnel for a paid partnership program. Its revenue/result > claims (e.g. "92% conversion", "$5 leads", "$25M business") are **unverified marketing** — > present them as such. The **framework, prompts, tools, and motion are concrete and > reusable**, and that is what this skill operationalises. --- ## What it builds (the deliverables) When loaded, after grilling the business inputs, this skill produces (into the project): - `MARKET.md` — the chosen market + the 3 researched candidates scored on the 4 criteria. - `SHIP.md` — the target ICP: top franchise/network brands + the Facebook referral motion. - `prompts/` — the **7 ready-to-run prompts** (below), pre-filled with the user's inputs. - `pillars/reactivation.md`, `pillars/reviews-referrals.md`, `pillars/speed-to-lead.md` — the three sellable service systems, generated for this market. - `acquisition/ads.md` — the Facebook Ad Library analysis loop + ad anatomy. - `sales/trainer.md` + `sales/seven-step-framework.md` — the sales trainer (drill + review). - `OFFER.md` — the packaged offer + pricing (merged from Hormozi value-equation framework). - A `build-business` set of project sub-agents (see `SUBAGENT_GENERATION.md`). --- ## Grill these business inputs first (fold into the DoR) 1. **Your situation** — experience, connections (family/friends), available budget for tools. 2. **Market** — do you have a lean already, or should Day-1 research pick it? 3. **Country** + approximate market size (Day-2 input). 4. **Business/brand name** (real or placeholder) for the campaign assets. 5. **Primary service / offer** focus (e.g. weight-loss, TRT) and the desired conversion action (e.g. "book a free in-person consultation"). 6. **Raffle/incentive** to use in reviews & referrals (e.g. $1,000 gift card, free year). 7. **Delivery stack** — how the SMS/email automations actually run (CRM/GHL/n8n/Twilio/etc.) and what the user already has (→ environment readiness). 8. **Goal** — first client / first $X month / replace a job — sets the phase plan. ## The 7-day flow (each day = a file in `system/`) - **Day 1 — Choose your market** → `system/day-1-market.md` (+ `rubrics/market-criteria.md`). - **Day 2 — Choose your ship (ICP/franchises)** → `system/day-2-ship.md`. - **Day 3 — Pillar 1: Database reactivation** → `system/day-3-reactivation.md`. - **Day 4 — Pillar 2: Reviews & referrals** → `system/day-4-reviews-referrals.md`. - **Day 5 — Pillar 3: Speed-to-lead** → `system/day-5-speed-to-lead.md`. - **Day 6 — Get clients with paid ads** → `system/day-6-paid-ads.md`. - **Day 7 — Sales trainer** → `system/day-7-sales-trainer.md`. Run them in order; each builds an asset the next depends on. The user can do "just a few hours a day" — but you (the agent) generate the assets in one pass from their answers, then they execute. ## The 7 prompts (the reusable asset) Stored, ready-to-run and pre-filled, in `prompts/`: 1. `prompts/1-market-picker.md` — deep research → 3 markets vs. 4 criteria (uses the rubric). 2. `prompts/2-ship-finder.md` — top-10 franchise/network brands, real names only. 3. `prompts/3-reactivation.md` — full SMS+email database-reactivation campaign. 4. `prompts/4-reviews-referrals.md` — SMS+email reviews+referrals with raffle + 1–5 routing. 5. `prompts/5-speed-to-lead.md` — 5-message instant nurture sequence. 6. `prompts/6-ad-analyzer.md` — break competitor Facebook ads into winning patterns. 7. `prompts/7-sales-trainer.md` — 7-step sales framework, drill + review modes. ## Merged frameworks (layered on top — see `merged/`) - **`merged/startup-backbone.md`** — idea→Series-A sequencing (Lean Canvas, Business Model Canvas, validation, 13-week cash model) from `bwerneckm/startup-skills`. - **`merged/offer-and-economics.md`** — Hormozi value-equation offer creation, unit economics (CAC/LTV/payback), pricing, n8n automation from `mfwarren/entrepreneur-claude-skills`. - **`merged/gtm-and-outreach.md`** — go-to-market plans, outreach templates, competitor intel, CRO from `ognjengt/founder-skills` + tier-2/3 picks. - **`merged/SOURCES.md`** — every source repo, what was taken, and the merge rationale. ## Hard rules for this skill - **Decisiveness over perfection** (the system's core thesis): pick a market and move within a week; don't rabbit-hole research. - **Flag marketing claims as unverified.** Never repeat the video's numbers as fact. - **Compliance:** SMS/email reactivation must respect consent / opt-out / TCPA-GDPR rules — add an opt-out line to every generated SMS, and note consent requirements in each pillar. - **No real customer PII** committed to a public repo. - **Environment readiness:** the automations need a delivery stack (CRM/n8n/Twilio/email) and API keys — flag what's missing, offer install, ask the user to connect accounts/keys.