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/install reverse-costing
Description
Deconstruct competitor products to understand cost structure. Use for competitive pricing and cost analysis.
Usage Guidance
This skill is a coherent, low-risk instruction template for competitive cost estimation. Before installing, consider: (1) Do not provide proprietary cost spreadsheets or credentials to the agent — the skill may ask for inputs to run estimates. (2) If the agent has web access, it may fetch external benchmarks; restrict or monitor outbound access if you want to control sources. (3) Ensure any reverse-engineering or competitor analysis you perform complies with legal and ethical rules in your jurisdiction. (4) If you want tighter control, require the agent to ask for explicit permission before querying external sources or uploading any files.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: reverse-costing
Version: 1.0.0
The reverse-costing skill bundle is a purely informational template designed to guide an AI agent through competitor cost structure analysis. It contains no executable code, network requests, or suspicious instructions, and its content in SKILL.md is entirely aligned with its stated business analysis purpose.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
Name and description match the SKILL.md: a high-level framework for estimating BOM, labor, overhead, and margin. The skill requests no binaries, env vars, or config paths — nothing extraneous to cost analysis is requested.
Instruction Scope
Instructions are high-level and template-driven (BOM estimation, wage rates, benchmarks). They do not explicitly instruct reading local files or transmitting data, but are vague and grant the agent broad discretion to gather external data or ask the user for inputs. This open-endedness can lead the agent to fetch web sources or request sensitive information if allowed.
Install Mechanism
No install spec and no code files — lowest-risk model: nothing will be written to disk or installed by the skill itself.
Credentials
The skill declares no environment variables, no primary credential, and no config paths. It does not ask for secrets or unrelated credentials.
Persistence & Privilege
always is false and the skill does not request persistent or elevated presence. Autonomous invocation is allowed by default (platform behavior) but the skill does not ask for extra privileges or to modify other skills.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install reverse-costing - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/reverse-costing - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.0
Initial release of the reverse-costing skill:
- Provides a framework to deconstruct competitor products and estimate their cost structures.
- Includes detailed instructions and tables for analyzing materials, labor, overhead, and margins.
- Output template highlights cost and margin differences with actionable recommendations.
- Offers tips for validating findings and improving analysis accuracy.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Reverse Costing?
Deconstruct competitor products to understand cost structure. Use for competitive pricing and cost analysis. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 142 downloads so far.
How do I install Reverse Costing?
Run "/install reverse-costing" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is Reverse Costing free?
Yes, Reverse Costing is completely free, licensed under MIT-0. You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does Reverse Costing support?
Reverse Costing is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created Reverse Costing?
It is built and maintained by linuszz (@linuszz); the current version is v1.0.0.
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