diamitani/hermes-agent-skills-marketplace/business-audit

Business Audit

Overview

Performs dynamic business audits and strategic planning assessments. Analyzes business health across key dimensions and identifies growth opportunities. Helps entrepreneurs and managers understand their current state and prioritize actions.

When to Use

• A user asks for a business health check, SWOT analysis, or strategic assessment
• Evaluating a company's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
• Preparing for fundraising, pivots, or strategic planning sessions
• Benchmarking against industry standards or competitors
• Identifying operational gaps and growth levers

How It Works

Systematically evaluates the business across core pillars: financials, operations, marketing/sales, product, team, and market positioning. Produces a structured audit report with findings, risks, and prioritized recommendations.

Steps

1. Gather context: business model, industry, stage, team size, revenue
2. Assess each pillar with targeted questions and data review
3. Score each pillar on a simple scale (e.g., 1–5 or red/yellow/green)
4. Identify top 3–5 risks and top 3–5 opportunities
5. Produce a summary report with prioritized action items
6. Optionally generate a roadmap or next-step timeline

Common Pitfalls

• Making recommendations without sufficient context — ask clarifying questions first
• Over-indexing on one pillar (e.g., only financials) while ignoring others
• Providing vague advice — always tie recommendations to specific metrics or actions
• Failing to prioritize — not everything can be fixed at once
• Assuming industry benchmarks without verifying them