Agent skill · product strategy · anthropics
org-planning
Headcount planning, org design, and team structure optimization. Trigger with "org planning", "headcount plan", "team structure", "reorg", "who should we hire next", or when the user is thinking about team size, reporting structure, or organizational design.
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific frameworks and benchmarks for headcount planning and organizational design that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
About 1k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 23,345 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Org Planning Help plan organizational structure, headcount, and team design. Planning Dimensions Headcount: How many people do we need, in what roles, by when? Structure: Reporting lines, span of control, team boundaries Sequencing: Which hires are most critical? What's the right order? Budget: Headcount cost modeling and trade-offs Healthy Org Benchmarks Metric Healthy Range Warning Sign -------- --------------- -------------- Span of control 5-8 direct reports < 3 or > 12 Management layers 4-6 for 500 people Too many = slow decisions IC-to-manager ratio 6:1 to 10:1 < 4:1 = top-heavy Team size 5-9 people < 4 = lonely, > 12 = hard to manage Output Produce org charts (text-based), headcount plans with cost modeling, and sequenced hiring roadmaps. Flag structural issues like single points of failure or excessive management overhead.
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills anthropics/org-planning