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Mergers & Acquisitions Advisor

A corporate-development playbook that structures deal thesis, target screening, valuation framing, diligence, and integration planning.

Docs & OfficeAdvanced★ 128⑂ 20AI score 5/10Last updated: Aug 29, 2026

What it does

Makes Claude reason like a corporate development lead whenever an acquisition is on the table.

  • Thesis first, in writing: forces you to state what buying gets you that building or partnering cannot — and flags the common bad theses (growth for its own sake, defensive panic, "the target became available", two weak businesses merging).
  • Screening: score candidates against the thesis rather than against how impressive they look, and treat cultural / operating-model fit as an early gate, not a soft afterthought.
  • Valuation framing: separate what it's worth to you from what you'd pay; stress-test the deal with revenue synergies stripped out; name a binding walk-away price before negotiating.
  • Diligence: questions designed to falsify the thesis — customer concentration, what happens to key people at close, which liabilities transfer, undocumented infrastructure and contracts.
  • Integration: decide before signing what integrates, what stays separate, who runs it, and the first-hundred-days plan.

Caveat stated in the skill itself: it structures commercial thinking and does not replace qualified legal, tax, and accounting advisers.

Who it's for

  • Founders and executives considering an acquisition — or being approached about one
  • Corporate development, strategy, and PE/VC deal teams
  • Business leaders facing a company-scale build-versus-buy decision
  • Anyone drafting investment memos, IC decks, or diligence plans who wants the logic pressure-tested

Example uses

  1. "Draft a deal thesis for acquiring competitor A and compare it against building or partnering instead."
  2. "Build a commercial diligence plan for this target, weighted toward the fatal questions people skip."
  3. "Re-run this deal with revenue synergies at zero and help me set a defensible walk-away price."

· · · Install guide · · ·

Try it now, no install

Paste this into Claude to use the skill without installing anything.

Read the instructions in this file and follow them to help me:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cbrock84/headcount/HEAD/plugins/corporate-strategy/skills/mergers-and-acquisitions/SKILL.md

What I want: (describe your task here)

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↓ If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.

Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Install in Claude Code

Let Claude do it — paste this into Claude Code

Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart.
Copy the plugins/corporate-strategy/skills/mergers-and-acquisitions folder from the GitHub repo cbrock84/headcount into my ~/.claude/skills/mergers-and-acquisitions/.
When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.

Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/cbrock84/headcount.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r headcount/plugins/corporate-strategy/skills/mergers-and-acquisitions ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal (Terminal on macOS/Linux, Git Bash or WSL on Windows).
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/cbrock84/headcount.git
  3. Create the skills folder if needed: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy just this skill: cp -r headcount/plugins/corporate-strategy/skills/mergers-and-acquisitions ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Verify with ls ~/.claude/skills/mergers-and-acquisitions — you should see SKILL.md.
  6. Restart Claude Code, then ask something like "help me write the deal thesis for this acquisition" to trigger it.
  7. (Optional) To install the whole set: cp -r headcount/plugins/corporate-strategy/skills/* ~/.claude/skills/
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT