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Skills Catalog

69 automation recipes for your FinTech role

What is a Skill?

A skill is a reusable automation recipe. Type a slash command like /my-compliance-triage, and Cowork reads files, calls tools, and produces output.

  • Type a slash command to run
  • Reads Excel, CSV, Word, and PDF
  • Produces formatted reports
  • Runs on schedules and in automation chains
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In-HouseWorkshop 3

Evidence Assembler

by Course Team

Assemble chargeback evidence packages — match to scheme reason codes, calculate scheme-specific deadlines (Visa 30d, Mastercard 45d, AMEX 20d), draft rebuttal outlines, and prioritize cases.

Use case: Replace manual PDF case-building with Foxit — the single most time-consuming chargeback task
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In-HouseWorkshop 3

Chargeback Tracker

by Course Team

Generate a formatted Excel chargeback tracking workbook from raw case data with scheme-specific deadlines, conditional formatting, and summary dashboard.

Use case: Automate the Excel chargeback tracker that chargebacks analysts maintain manually
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In-HouseWorkshop 3

Alert Triage

by Course Team

Categorize AML/CTF screening alerts as FALSE POSITIVE, NEEDS REVIEW, or ESCALATE. Draft investigation rationale for each alert. Surface cross-alert patterns.

Use case: Triage the hundreds of daily sanctions screening tool alerts and reduce the significant KYB change ticket backlog
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In-HouseWorkshop 1

Verify

by Course Team

Run a structured verification checklist against any Cowork output. Checks for math errors, classification errors, overconfident assessments, missing red flags, and scheme/source mixing.

Use case: Quality-check any AI output before acting on it — the Draft Mindset in practice
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In-HouseWorkshop 1

Reconcile

by Course Team

Match two data sources (e.g. bank settlements vs internal records), flag discrepancies, and produce a formatted Excel workbook with matched, unmatched, and summary sheets.

Use case: Automate the monthly Nostro/scheme reconciliation that consumes significant manual effort
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In-HouseWorkshop 3

Recon Report

by Course Team

Advanced reconciliation with configurable tolerances, discrepancy categorization (timing, amount, missing, duplicate), and optional Jira ticket creation.

Use case: Settlement discrepancy investigation with automatic Jira ticket creation for each mismatch
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In-HouseWorkshop 3

Pipeline Analyzer

by Course Team

Analyze sales pipeline data — flag stale deals, generate competitive battlecards, produce pipeline health dashboard.

Use case: Automate Friday pipeline cleanup and pre-call competitive intel for Inside Sales
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In-HouseWorkshop 2

Jira Briefing

by Course Team

Pull Jira issues for a project or sprint, generate a formatted briefing document with priorities, blockers, stale tickets, and action items.

Use case: Generate sprint briefings and team stand-up notes from Jira data
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In-HouseWorkshop 3

SOP Writer

by Course Team

Convert rough notes, meeting transcripts, or process descriptions into formatted Standard Operating Procedure Word documents with numbered steps, escalation paths, and review checklists.

Use case: Replace inconsistent manual SOP creation across teams
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In-HouseWorkshop 2

Publish to Confluence

by Course Team

Publish markdown content to Confluence. Converts formatting, resolves destination space, creates or updates page.

Use case: Push SOPs, investigation reports, and briefings directly to Confluence without copy-paste
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In-HouseWorkshop 3

Ticket Triage

by Course Team

Analyze support tickets — categorize by urgency/SLA risk, identify FAQ patterns, draft knowledge base articles, estimate deflection rates.

Use case: Automate daily Zendesk ticket triage across calls, emails, and chat
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In-HouseWorkshop 2

Research

by Course Team

Ad-hoc research across enterprise tools via Glean. Searches Confluence, Slack, Jira, Zendesk, and more. Supports light and deep research modes.

Use case: Find information scattered across internal tools without opening 9 browser tabs
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In-HouseWorkshop 3

Onboarding Tracker

by Course Team

Track merchant onboarding pipeline — monitor CDD/KYC/KYB status, flag bottlenecks, identify at-risk applications, generate status reports.

Use case: Address the low KYC completion rate bottleneck with automated pipeline visibility
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In-HouseWorkshop 3

Deck Builder

by Course Team

Generate PowerPoint decks from structured data — QBR decks, incident reports, merchant reviews, team updates, and sales pitches.

Use case: Build presentation decks from data instead of starting from blank slides
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In-HouseWorkshop 5

ROI Calculator

by Course Team

Calculate realistic ROI from automation. Measure actual time per workflow, aggregate across tasks, produce a manager-ready report.

Use case: Build the business case for Cowork adoption with honest time-saved metrics
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In-HouseWorkshop 1

Workspace Setup

by Course Team

Bootstrap a role-specific Cowork workspace with CLAUDE.md context file and self-learning hooks for any of the 13 departments.

Use case: One-command workspace setup tailored to your department and role
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In-HouseWorkshop 5

Setup Check

by Course Team

Verify and troubleshoot course skill installation. Checks MCP connections (Atlassian, Glean), walks through authentication, tests each service.

Use case: Pre-flight check before any course module to ensure tools are connected
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In-HouseWorkshop 4

Schedule Task

by Course Team

Configure a scheduled recurring task from a recipe — validate, test on-demand, set to recurring with safety gates.

Use case: Set up automated recurring workflows with built-in safety checks
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In-House

Content Audit

by Course Team

Audit course content for confidential or proprietary information before publishing. Scans for internal tool names, vendor leaks, internal URLs, and employee names.

Use case: Safety check before publishing any content externally
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OfficialWorkshop 1

Excel / Spreadsheets

by Anthropic

Create, read, edit, and fix spreadsheet files (.xlsx, .xlsm, .csv, .tsv). Add columns, compute formulas, format cells, build charts, and generate new workbooks.

Use case: The universal skill for any department that works with spreadsheets — reconciliation, tracking, reporting
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OfficialWorkshop 1

Word Documents

by Anthropic

Create, read, edit Word documents (.docx) with tracked changes, comments, formatting preservation, and text extraction.

Use case: SOPs, compliance docs, merchant letters, escalation templates, onboarding guides
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OfficialWorkshop 1

Presentations

by Anthropic

Create, read, edit PowerPoint presentations (.pptx). Work with layouts, add speaker notes, modify content.

Use case: QBR decks, pitch presentations, team updates, business review packs
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OfficialWorkshop 1

PDF Tools

by Anthropic

Extract text and tables from PDFs, create new PDFs, merge/split documents, handle forms.

Use case: Read merchant contracts, compliance docs, scheme bulletins, and chargeback evidence
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Internal Comms

by Anthropic

Write internal communications — status reports, leadership updates, newsletters, FAQs, and team announcements.

Use case: Status reports, newsletters, FAQ pages, team announcements
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OfficialWorkshop 3

Skill Creator

by Anthropic

Create new skills, modify and improve existing skills, and measure skill performance with evals.

Use case: Build your own custom skills for workflows not covered by the catalog
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Community

Competitive Battlecard

by Pawel Huryn

Create sales-ready competitive battlecards with positioning comparison, feature matrix, objection handling, and win/loss patterns.

Use case: Pre-call competitor intel for merchant acquisition — generate battlecard for a merchant vertical
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Community

Create PRD

by Pawel Huryn

Generate comprehensive Product Requirements Document using 8-section template covering problem through release planning.

Use case: Structured PRD creation for product teams
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Sprint Planning

by Pawel Huryn

Plan sprints with capacity estimation, dependency mapping, story selection, and risk identification.

Use case: Sprint planning with capacity and dependency management
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Sprint Retro

by Pawel Huryn

Facilitate structured sprint retrospectives with what-went-well/didn't analysis and prioritized action items.

Use case: Run retrospectives with structured output and assigned action items
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Release Notes

by Pawel Huryn

Generate user-facing release notes from tickets and changelogs, organized by category.

Use case: Release comms from Jira tickets to polished user-facing notes
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Brainstorm OKRs

by Pawel Huryn

Create three alternative OKR sets aligned with company objectives, with qualitative objectives and measurable key results.

Use case: Team OKR planning sessions
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Summarize Meeting

by Pawel Huryn

Summarize meeting transcripts into structured notes with decisions, key points, action items, and owners.

Use case: Meeting notes to structured actions — stop losing decisions in call recordings
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Stakeholder Map

by Pawel Huryn

Build stakeholder map on power/interest grid with categorized list and tailored communication strategies.

Use case: Map decision-makers at prospect accounts or for cross-team projects
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Sentiment Analysis

by Pawel Huryn

Analyze user feedback data to identify segments and sentiment with JTBD and satisfaction insights.

Use case: Analyze Zendesk ticket sentiment or NPS data by merchant segment
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Customer Journey Map

by Pawel Huryn

Map end-to-end customer journey from awareness through advocacy with touchpoints, emotions, pain points, and improvement opportunities.

Use case: Visualize the merchant experience across onboarding, support, and retention touchpoints
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Ideal Customer Profile

by Pawel Huryn

Define ideal customer profile with demographics, behaviors, and product fit assessment.

Use case: ICP definition for merchant acquisition targeting
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Value Prop Statements

by Pawel Huryn

Generate value proposition statements for marketing, sales, and onboarding with segment-specific messaging.

Use case: Value props for merchant acquisition messaging
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PESTLE Analysis

by Pawel Huryn

Perform PESTLE analysis on macro environment — Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, Environmental factors.

Use case: Regulatory landscape analysis for compliance risk assessment
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Community

Pricing Strategy

by Pawel Huryn

Design pricing strategy grounded in value and willingness-to-pay with competitive analysis and elasticity insights.

Use case: Merchant repricing analysis and value-based pricing decisions
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Analyze Feature Requests

by Pawel Huryn

Categorize and prioritize feature requests ranked by strategic alignment, impact, and effort.

Use case: Prioritize merchant feature requests from Zendesk and Jira
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Metrics Dashboard

by Pawel Huryn

Define product metrics dashboard with key metrics, data sources, visualization types, and alert thresholds.

Use case: Design monitoring dashboards with KPIs and alert thresholds
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Opportunity Solution Tree

by Pawel Huryn

Build Opportunity Solution Tree mapping desired outcome to opportunities, solutions, and experiments.

Use case: Structured product discovery for senior PMs
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Company Research

by Dean Peters

Synthesize company profiles from public sources covering executives, product strategy, and organizational dynamics.

Use case: Pre-call company research for prospect meetings
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Community

PRD Development

by Dean Peters

Orchestrate PRD creation from problem, users, solution, and success criteria into an engineering-ready document.

Use case: Workflow-based PRD process with discovery integration
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Roadmap Planning

by Dean Peters

Orchestrate prioritization, epic definition, stakeholder alignment, and sequencing into a strategic release plan.

Use case: Strategic roadmap creation avoiding feature-factory syndrome
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Press Release (Working Backwards)

by Dean Peters

Create Amazon Working Backwards press release before building — customer-centric forcing function for product clarity.

Use case: Product launch framing using the Working Backwards method
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Positioning Statement

by Dean Peters

Create Geoffrey Moore-style positioning via target-problem-category-benefit-differentiation structure.

Use case: Articulate product positioning per merchant vertical
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Finance Metrics Quick Reference

by Dean Peters

Fast lookup reference for 32+ SaaS finance metrics, formulas, and benchmarks.

Use case: Quick metric reference during business reviews and financial planning
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PESTEL Analysis

by Dean Peters

Analyze political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal forces for strategy.

Use case: Macro-environmental threat/opportunity assessment
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Content Strategy

by Corey Haines

Plan content roadmaps and topic strategies with editorial calendars, topic clusters, and content pillars.

Use case: Content planning across markets for multi-channel campaigns
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Copywriting

by Corey Haines

Write clear, compelling marketing copy for homepages, landing pages, and product pages.

Use case: Merchant-facing landing page and email copy
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Email Sequence

by Corey Haines

Create automated email sequences and drip campaigns — nurture flows, welcome series, and lifecycle programs.

Use case: Lifecycle email campaigns via Braze for merchant onboarding and activation
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Cold Email

by Corey Haines

Write B2B prospecting emails and multi-touch follow-up sequences.

Use case: BDR outreach sequences for merchant acquisition
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Social Content

by Corey Haines

Create and optimize social media content for multiple platforms — posts, threads, carousels, and content calendars.

Use case: LinkedIn and social media content creation
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SEO Audit

by Corey Haines

Identify and diagnose SEO issues on sites with actionable recommendations for improving organic search.

Use case: Website SEO analysis and improvement recommendations
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Competitor Alternatives

by Corey Haines

Create competitor comparison and alternative pages optimized for SEO competitive terms.

Use case: Create vs-competitor landing pages for merchant acquisition
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Sales Enablement

by Corey Haines

Create sales collateral — decks, one-pagers, objection handling docs, demo scripts, and playbooks.

Use case: Pitch decks, one-pagers, and objection handling for field and inside sales
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Churn Prevention

by Corey Haines

Design cancel flows and retention strategies — dunning campaigns, save offers, and involuntary churn recovery.

Use case: Design merchant save flows and cancellation prevention strategies
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RevOps

by Corey Haines

Design revenue operations systems — lead scoring, routing, pipeline management, and marketing-to-sales handoffs.

Use case: Lead lifecycle optimization and marketing-to-sales handoff design
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Referral Program

by Corey Haines

Create referral and affiliate programs — viral growth loops and incentive structures.

Use case: Partner referral network design and incentive structures
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Ad Creative

by Corey Haines

Generate ad headlines, descriptions, and variations at scale with iterative testing recommendations.

Use case: Ad copy generation for paid campaigns across platforms
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Launch Strategy

by Corey Haines

Plan product launches and feature announcements with momentum-building strategies and go-to-market plans.

Use case: Product launch planning and go-to-market execution
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Product Marketing Context

by Corey Haines

Create foundational product/audience/positioning document referenced by all other marketing skills.

Use case: Foundation doc that other marketing skills reference — set this up first
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Pricing Strategy (Marketing)

by Corey Haines

Design pricing models and monetization strategies with tiers, packaging, and value-capture approaches.

Use case: Merchant repricing scenarios and pricing model optimization
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A/B Test Setup

by Corey Haines

Plan and design A/B tests with hypotheses, sample size calculations, and statistical validity frameworks.

Use case: Experiment design for campaigns and product features
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Onboarding CRO

by Corey Haines

Optimize post-signup user activation and first-run experience to reach the 'aha moment' quickly.

Use case: Improve merchant activation rates after onboarding
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In-HouseWorkshop 5

AI Scout

by Course Team

Discover modern AI tools, MCP servers, and skills relevant to FinTech. Dispatches 3 parallel agents across registries (GitHub, mcp.so, Product Hunt), community (HN, Reddit, X), and depth (newsletters, blogs, Glean). Scores with FinTech Relevance Score (0-100) and verifies top candidates before reporting.

Use case: Stay current on the fast-moving AI ecosystem — run monthly to catch new tools, MCPs, and skills relevant to your department
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PM Skills Collection

by Pawel Huryn

100+ open-source Claude Code skills for product managers — sprint prep, stakeholder updates, competitive analysis, user story writing, roadmap planning. 1,300+ GitHub stars in 72 hours.

Use case: Sprint prep and stakeholder updates without manual Jira trawling — immediate value for PMs with zero setup
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Security Skills

by Trail of Bits

17+ security skills plus enterprise deployment patterns — sandboxing, permissions, hooks. Reference architecture for regulated fintech Cowork deployment.

Use case: Security reference architecture before rolling out Cowork to non-engineers. Includes MCP audit patterns relevant to CVE-2025-6514.
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