# Claude for Business Graduates: 31 Claude Skills for the Work You Are Hired to Do

> 31 free Claude skills for doing the work a business graduate is hired for — company research, PESTLE and SWOT, financial models and sanity checks, executive summaries and business cases, decks, a proof project, and the CV lines and interview answers that show it.

31 free Claude Skills (Agent Skills) by Pauline Bertry, Polar Bear. For Claude Code, Claude.ai and Claude Desktop.

- Page: https://meet-polar-bear.com/skills/grad-business-pack
- Download: https://meet-polar-bear.com/skills/grad-business-pack.zip
- Source: https://github.com/polar-bear-org/claude-skills/tree/main/packs/grad-business-pack
- License: Free to use inside your company, not for resale.
- For: business graduates, final-year business students, business analysts, finance graduates, management trainees

## Install

**Claude Code** — two lines, every skill in the pack at once:

```
/plugin marketplace add polar-bear-org/claude-skills
/plugin install grad-business-pack@polar-bear-skills
```

**Claude.ai / Claude Desktop** — download https://meet-polar-bear.com/skills/grad-business-pack.zip and upload each skill from its `install/` folder under Settings → Customize → Skills.

**Manually** — copy `packs/grad-business-pack/skills/*` from https://github.com/polar-bear-org/claude-skills into `~/.claude/skills/` or a project's `.claude/skills/`.

## The 31 skills

### 1. Gbiz AI delegation map (`gbiz-ai-delegation-map`)

Your recurring tasks sorted into do it yourself, Claude helps, Claude drafts and you check, never AI, with reason, risk and the rules that apply

Say: "run gbiz-ai-delegation-map", "what should I use AI for at work", "which tasks can I give Claude", "am I using AI too much", "what should I never put into AI", "AI at work as a graduate", "decide what to delegate to Claude", "sort my tasks for AI"

### 2. Gbiz claude project setup (`gbiz-claude-project-setup`)

Project instructions, files to add, a "never paste" list, a checking rule, three test prompts

Say: "run gbiz-claude-project-setup", "set up a Claude Project", "write project instructions", "stop re-explaining my job to Claude", "Claude keeps forgetting my role", "what files should I add to my Project", "Claude Project for my graduate job", "custom instructions for work"

### 3. Gbiz AI task brief (`gbiz-ai-task-brief`)

Goal, audience, sources, format, an example of good, constraints, how Claude should work, the check you will run

Say: "run gbiz-ai-task-brief", "write a better prompt", "Claude's answer is too generic", "how do I brief Claude", "prompt for a work task", "improve my prompt", "get a better first draft from Claude", "brief Claude like a colleague"

### 4. Gbiz AI output check (`gbiz-ai-output-check`)

Claim-by-claim table, numbers recomputed, reasoning gaps, fix or cut list, a revised brief

Say: "run gbiz-ai-output-check", "check this AI answer", "fact-check Claude", "is this AI output right", "verify before I send to my manager", "check AI for hallucinations", "can I trust this summary", "check the numbers Claude gave me"

### 5. Gbiz AI use statement (`gbiz-ai-use-statement`)

What Claude did, what you did, what you checked, what data went in, in three lengths

Say: "run gbiz-ai-use-statement", "how do I disclose AI use", "should I say I used AI", "AI acknowledgement for my assignment", "AI declaration on an application", "tell my manager I used Claude", "AI use statement", "be honest about using AI"

### 6. Gbiz company research (`gbiz-company-research`)

Business model canvas, revenue lines, customers, competitors, results and filings, recent news, every line sourced

Say: "run gbiz-company-research", "research this company", "company research for an interview", "understand this business fast", "business model canvas for", "prep for a client call", "what does this company actually do", "company profile with sources"

### 7. Gbiz pestle analysis (`gbiz-pestle-analysis`)

Six external factors for one sector, each with a dated source, likely effect and "so what", plus the one to watch

Say: "so what for this business", "run gbiz-pestle-analysis", "PESTLE analysis", "PESTEL for this sector", "what's going on in the market", "external factors affecting", "market scan", "macro environment analysis", "industry trends with sources"

### 8. Gbiz swot analysis (`gbiz-swot-analysis`)

Evidence-backed strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, cross-moves, two priorities

Say: "run gbiz-swot-analysis", "SWOT analysis", "do a SWOT on", "SWOT for my assessment centre practice", "strengths weaknesses opportunities threats", "TOWS matrix", "turn this SWOT into priorities", "SWOT with evidence"

### 9. Gbiz commercial awareness (`gbiz-commercial-awareness`)

Three stories a week, why each matters, "so what for this employer", a question to ask, sources

Say: "so what for this employer", "run gbiz-commercial-awareness", "commercial awareness", "business news this week for my interview", "what challenges does our business face", "weekly news briefing", "keep up with the industry", "commercial awareness for assessment centre", "so what for this employer"

### 10. Gbiz issue tree (`gbiz-issue-tree`)

Problem statement, branches that do not overlap, a hypothesis per branch, the analysis each needs, the order

Say: "run gbiz-issue-tree", "build an issue tree", "why are sales down", "where do I start with this question", "break this problem down", "hypothesis tree", "structure this analysis", "plan my analysis"

### 11. Gbiz spreadsheet explainer (`gbiz-spreadsheet-explainer`)

Formula map, each step in plain words with its cell, a rebuild exercise, questions for the owner

Say: "run gbiz-spreadsheet-explainer", "explain this spreadsheet", "how does this workbook work", "I inherited this model", "trace this formula", "what does this tab do", "walk me through this Excel file", "I have to update this by Friday"

### 12. Gbiz data analysis (`gbiz-data-analysis`)

Cleaning log, each step with its formula or pivot, findings you recompute, limits of the data

Say: "run gbiz-data-analysis", "analyse this data", "I have a raw export", "help me find the answer in this data", "pivot this for me", "clean this dataset", "what does this data show", "findings I can defend"

### 13. Gbiz financial model (`gbiz-financial-model`)

Inputs, calculations and outputs on separate tabs, sourced assumptions, base and two scenarios

Say: "run gbiz-financial-model", "build a financial model", "what would it cost", "what would we make", "cost model in Excel", "revenue forecast", "scenario model", "model this for me"

### 14. Gbiz sanity check (`gbiz-sanity-check`)

Cross-footed totals, units and signs, magnitude checks, broken references, hard-codes, pass, fix or ask list

Say: "run gbiz-sanity-check", "check my spreadsheet", "sanity check these numbers", "check this before I send it", "find errors in my Excel", "do these totals add up", "review my workbook", "spreadsheet error check"

### 15. Gbiz executive summary (`gbiz-executive-summary`)

The answer first, three supporting points with evidence, the ask, one page, checked against the analysis

Say: "run gbiz-executive-summary", "executive summary", "just give me the one page", "summarise my analysis for my manager", "write an exec summary", "bottom line up front", "turn this spreadsheet into a summary", "one page summary of my findings"

### 16. Gbiz email to senior (`gbiz-email-to-senior`)

A subject that states the point, bottom line first, two lines of context, the ask with a date, a tone check

Say: "run gbiz-email-to-senior", "email to a director", "email to senior management", "how do I ask my boss's boss", "rewrite my email to be shorter", "email asking for a decision", "professional email to a senior manager", "chase a director politely"

### 17. Gbiz business case (`gbiz-business-case`)

Case for change, options in a trade-off table, sourced costs and benefits, pre-mortem risks, delivery, the decision asked

Say: "run gbiz-business-case", "write a business case", "business case template", "five case model", "options appraisal", "write up my recommendation", "cost benefit for my manager", "make the case for"

### 18. Gbiz status update (`gbiz-status-update`)

Done, next, blocked, RAG per workstream with the reason, asks of your manager

Say: "run gbiz-status-update", "weekly status update", "weekly update to my manager", "RAG status", "status report template", "nobody reads my weekly update", "how to write a weekly report", "red amber green update"

### 19. Gbiz storyline (`gbiz-storyline`)

Situation, complication, resolution, an action title per slide, the evidence each needs, a slide budget

Say: "run gbiz-storyline", "write the storyline for my deck", "what slides do I need", "help me structure this presentation", "ghost deck", "action titles", "the story is not clear yet", "turn my analysis into a presentation"

### 20. Gbiz chart choice (`gbiz-chart-choice`)

Per number, the message, the chart or table that shows it, a takeaway title, axis rules, what to cut

Say: "run gbiz-chart-choice", "which chart should I use", "what chart shows this best", "my chart does not make the point", "chart title", "bar or line chart", "should this be a table", "clean up this chart"

### 21. Gbiz slide deck (`gbiz-slide-deck`)

Slides from the storyline, assertion titles with evidence, speaker notes, a source line on every number

Say: "run gbiz-slide-deck", "build the deck", "make the slides from my storyline", "turn this into PowerPoint", "I need the deck by tomorrow", "assertion evidence slides", "make my slides less wordy", "speaker notes"

### 22. Gbiz deck review (`gbiz-deck-review`)

Titles-only read, a sceptic's read of numbers and sources, consistency check, an edit list by severity

Say: "run gbiz-deck-review", "review my deck", "check my slides before I send them", "does this presentation make sense", "read this like my manager would", "check the numbers in my deck", "is this deck ready", "feedback on my slides"

### 23. Gbiz proof project brief (`gbiz-proof-project-brief`)

One real business question from public data, the deliverable, a two-week scope, sources, what Claude will not do

Say: "run gbiz-proof-project-brief", "I have no experience to show", "give me a portfolio project idea", "scope a business project on public data", "what project can I do to get a graduate job", "plan a side project for my CV", "proof of work for a business analyst role"

### 24. Gbiz AI work log (`gbiz-ai-work-log`)

Dated entries of what you asked, what came back, what you checked and changed, and why

Say: "run gbiz-ai-work-log", "log how I used AI", "keep a record of my AI use", "show how I used Claude on this project", "AI usage log for my portfolio", "prove I checked the AI output", "start my work log"

### 25. Gbiz portfolio case study (`gbiz-portfolio-case-study`)

One page with the question, your approach, your decisions, what Claude did and what you checked, the result

Say: "run gbiz-portfolio-case-study", "write up my project for employers", "portfolio page for my business project", "one page case study of my work", "turn my project into something recruiters read", "summarise my proof project", "project write-up for my CV link"

### 26. Gbiz project reflection (`gbiz-project-reflection`)

What happened, what worked, what you learned about the work and about AI, what you would change, written by you

Say: "run gbiz-project-reflection", "reflect on my project", "Gibbs reflective cycle", "what did I learn from this project", "lessons learned for interviews", "help me reflect on using AI", "reflective account of my work"

### 27. Gbiz job ad decoder (`gbiz-job-ad-decoder`)

Must-haves, nice-to-haves, hidden tasks, AI and data skills, your evidence for each, gaps and what to do

Say: "run gbiz-job-ad-decoder", "decode this job ad", "what does this job actually want", "what should I show for this role", "map my experience to this ad", "graduate analyst job description", "am I a fit for this ad"

### 28. Gbiz cv evidence lines (`gbiz-cv-evidence-lines`)

CV bullets with action, tool, how you checked it and result, each traceable to your work log

Say: "run gbiz-cv-evidence-lines", "write my CV bullets", "how do I put AI on my CV", "replace proficient in AI", "CV lines for my project", "make my CV specific", "tailor my CV to this ad"

### 29. Gbiz AI interview answer (`gbiz-ai-interview-answer`)

Two or three STAR stories on how you briefed, checked and disclosed AI, practised aloud with follow-ups

Say: "run gbiz-ai-interview-answer", "how do you use AI interview question", "STAR answer about AI", "practise interview answers", "mock interview follow-ups", "prepare for graduate interview", "talk about AI in an interview"

### 30. Gbiz application voice check (`gbiz-application-voice-check`)

Generic phrases, claims you cannot back, missing examples, words you would never say, an edit list you apply

Say: "run gbiz-application-voice-check", "does my application sound like AI", "check my cover letter", "make my answer sound like me", "review my application answer", "is this too generic", "check before I submit my application"

### 31. Gbiz case study practice (`gbiz-case-study-practice`)

A fictional practice case, your notes and recommendation, a critique of structure and numbers, a presentation plan

Say: "run gbiz-case-study-practice", "practise a case study", "assessment centre case exercise", "mock case study", "group exercise practice", "case study presentation practice", "I have an assessment centre next week"

