── SKILL
pipeline-report✓ APPROVED

Build the pipeline report a review actually needs.

Coverage, creation, movement, and aging on one page, ending in the deals to decide this week.

Inside: Coverage vs target, creation vs goal, aging, and a decision list.

01 / HOW TO USE

Install it in one line, or paste it in.

1
In Claude Code (one command)
Copy the install line, paste it into your terminal, and restart Claude Code. The skill installs itself to ~/.claude/skills/ and runs automatically when it is relevant.
2
In Claude, ChatGPT, or a Project (no terminal)
Open the file, then upload it to your chat or paste its contents in. A skill is just a markdown file of instructions, so any capable AI can follow it.
New to skills? A skill is a plain-text file that teaches your AI a workflow. Point any capable assistant at it and it follows the steps, on your data.
02 / MAKE IT YOURS

Connect your context. Set it to your motion.

CONNECT YOUR CONTEXT · AND WHY IT HELPS
a CRM

it reads the whole pipeline automatically, plus history for creation and movement.

a BI tool or a sheet

pulls the target and the coverage ratio without a copy-paste.

a meeting or email tool

tightens the aging and gone-quiet checks.

SET IT TO YOUR MOTION

This was built for a B2B SaaS org running a staged pipeline. Set these to your stack:

Run any process you like. The skill reads coverage, creation, movement, and aging against your own targets, so point it at your numbers, not anyone else's.

Set thisWhat it isDefault / Example
STAGE fieldthe opportunity stageOpportunity.StageName
TARGET sourcethe number pipeline must coverquotaplana BI tool
COVERAGE ratiohealthy pipeline-to-target multiple3x (re-tune to your win rate)
CREATION goalnew pipeline you need per periodyour per-period target
AGING basisdays in stage that mean aging30 (re-tune)
DECISION windowclose date that means act nowthis week / this period
03 / THE FULL SKILL

Everything the skill does, in full.

── WHAT THIS DOES

Reads your open pipeline and answers the four questions a review asks: do we have enough coverage, are we creating enough, is it moving, and which deals need a decision now. It ends with a short list of deals to act on, not a wall of rows.

── THE METHOD
  1. 1
    Coverage vs target

    Open pipeline in the period divided by the target it must cover. State the ratio and whether it clears your bar. Below coverage is the first thing a review needs to know, so it leads.

  2. 2
    Creation vs goal

    New pipeline created this period against what you needed to create. Coverage can look fine while creation quietly dries up. This is the leading indicator, so it gets its own line.

  3. 3
    Movement

    What changed since last time: deals that advanced, deals that slipped a stage, deals that pushed their close date. Movement is the difference between a live pipeline and a parked one.

  4. 4
    Aging

    Deals sitting in one stage past the aging basis. An old deal is not a bad deal, but an old deal nobody has touched is. Show days in stage and days dark side by side.

  5. 5
    Deals that need a decision

    The short list. Deals inside the decision window, deals that are stuck, deals that are aging and quiet. Each one gets a next move, not just a flag.

── QUALITY GATES
  • Coverage is always shown as a ratio against a named target, never a raw dollar total alone.
  • Creation is measured against a goal, not reported as a number floating on its own.
  • "Aging" cites days in stage. A deal is not old because it feels old.
  • The decision list is short and every entry has a move.
── OUTPUT (EXAMPLE)
EXAMPLE OUTPUT
PIPELINE REPORT · This period
Coverage      $1.8M open vs $600K target  ·  3.0x, at bar
Creation      $210K created vs $250K goal  ·  84%, behind
Movement      4 advanced, 2 slipped a stage, 3 pushed close date
Aging         5 deals over 30 days in stage, 2 of them dark 14+ days

Decide this week
  1. Vertex ($67K, close Thu): champion quiet 12 days. Re-engage or slip it.
  2. Blend Labs ($28K, in stage 34d): no next step. Set one or disqualify.
  3. Northwind ($112K, dark 21d): last outreach or mark it lost.
── WHERE THE NUMBERS COME FROM

The coverage ratio (3x), the aging basis (30 days), and the creation goal are defaults, not laws. They suited a mid-market SaaS cycle with a roughly one-in-three win rate. If yours differs, re-tune the multiple to your close rate. The logic does not change. The thresholds are yours.

── EXAMPLE CHAT
EXAMPLE CHAT
You
Build the pipeline report for this week's review. Target's $600K. [pastes deal export]
CLAUDE
Here's the read, four questions in order. Coverage $1.8M open vs $600K target · 3.0x, at bar Creation $210K created vs $250K goal · 84%, behind Movement 4 advanced, 2 slipped a stage, 3 pushed close date Aging 5 deals over 30 days in stage, 2 of them dark 14+ days Coverage looks fine at 3.0x, but creation is quietly behind at 84%. That's the leading indicator, and it's the one a coverage number alone would hide until next quarter.
You
Give me the short list to actually act on.
CLAUDE
1. Vertex ($67K, close Thu): champion quiet 12 days. Re-engage or slip it. 2. Northwind ($112K, dark 21d): last outreach or mark it lost. Every entry gets a move, not just a flag. Sharpener: connect a meeting or email tool so "champion quiet 12 days" comes from real activity data instead of the last-activity field you pasted in, which tends to lag.
04 / GO FURTHER

Where an operator takes this next.

The weekly pull proves the four questions are the right ones. Here's the version that's ready before the review starts.

Four questions, asked the same way every week, is what makes the review fast.

01
Generate it the morning of the review

A scheduled Claude task pulls the CRM Monday at 6am and has the report waiting before the meeting, no manual export.

02
Catch the aging deals as they cross the line

Connect Slack so a deal crossing 30 days in stage posts to the owner the day it happens, instead of surfacing a week later in the report.

03
Tighten the dark-deal read

Connect a meeting or email tool so "champion quiet" reflects real last-touch data across email and calls, not just the CRM activity field.

05 / PART OF A BIGGER PLAY

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