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start-month

by tomzxSource

Opens the calendar month with a theme, monthly outcomes, and carryover from the prior month review. Use when the user says /start-month, start of month, monthly planning, or new month kickoff.

Install

mkdir -p .claude/skills/start-month && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/17052" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/start-month && rm skill.zip

Installs to .claude/skills/start-month

Activation

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Opens the calendar month with a theme, monthly outcomes, and carryover from the prior month review. Use when the user says /start-month, start of month, monthly planning, or new month kickoff.
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About this skill

BASE_DIR=!scripts/get-env NOTES_DIR TODAY=!date +%Y-%m-%d YEAR=!date +%Y MONTH=!date +%m MONTH_NAME=!date +%B PREV_MONTH=!date -d "last month" +%m PREV_YEAR=!date -d "last month" +%Y

Start Month

Sets intent for the calendar month: theme, a small set of outcomes, carryover from last month’s review, and what to protect or drop.

Prerequisites

  • NOTES_DIR set (via scripts/get-env NOTES_DIR)
  • Optional: {BASE_DIR}/goals.md, {BASE_DIR}/team-goals.md
  • Optional: {BASE_DIR}/{PREV_YEAR}/{PREV_MONTH}/month-review.md (from end-of-month-review)
  • Optional: latest weekly plan.md or review.md under {BASE_DIR}/{YEAR}/weekly/ for continuity

Steps

1. Resolve month context

Use calendar month {MONTH} and {YEAR}. For “last month,” use {PREV_YEAR} and {PREV_MONTH} (handles January rolling to December of the prior year when using the same date patterns as end-of-month-review).

2. Gather context

Read if they exist:

  • {BASE_DIR}/{PREV_YEAR}/{PREV_MONTH}/month-review.md (especially the Next Month section)
  • {BASE_DIR}/goals.md and {BASE_DIR}/team-goals.md
  • This month’s {BASE_DIR}/{YEAR}/{MONTH}/month-plan.md if you already started the month

3. Synthesize (in chat unless the user asks for a file)

Deliver:

  • Theme (one line for the month)
  • Top 3 to 5 outcomes (measurable or clearly done or not done)
  • Carryover from last month’s review (scheduled, delegated, or explicitly dropped)
  • Strategic focus (single most important thread, aligned with goals or OKRs)
  • Risks (capacity, dependencies, recurring commitments to trim)

If last month’s month-review.md is missing, note the gap and plan from goals plus what the user states.

4. Optional file output

If the user wants it persisted, write {BASE_DIR}/{YEAR}/{MONTH}/month-plan.md:

---
month: {MONTH_NAME} {YEAR}
date: {TODAY}
---

# Month plan

## Theme
## Top outcomes (3 to 5)
## Carryover from last month
## Strategic focus
## Risks and constraints

Relationship to other skills

  • end-of-month-review writes {BASE_DIR}/{YEAR}/{MONTH}/month-review.md at month end; start-month should read the previous month’s file when present.
  • Do not run the full end-of-month-review workflow here unless the user explicitly asks for a retrospective.

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