Unit economics
Skill bromso/metapowers/plugins/finance/skills/unit-economics
A Claude Code plugin that adds an agentic skills framework, with MCP's and a meta prompting processes. Inspired by "Superpowers" & "Figma Console MCP", but not just for development or design; but for all aspect within the digital production cycle.
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Analyze customer acquisition cost, lifetime value, margins, and payback period
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Unit Economics
Analyze unit economics for "$ARGUMENTS". Calculate the fundamental economics of acquiring and serving a customer to determine whether the business model is sustainable and scalable.
Prerequisites
None — utility skill, run anytime. Works best when financial data exists in .metapowers/finance/$ARGUMENTS/.
Process
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Gather context:
- If prior phase artifacts exist, read them for revenue and cost data
- Ask for customer count, revenue, and cost data
- Determine the business model (subscription, transactional, marketplace, etc.)
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Calculate acquisition economics:
- Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC): total sales + marketing spend / new customers
- Break down CAC by channel (organic, paid, referral, outbound)
- Track CAC trend over time (improving or worsening)
- Calculate blended and fully-loaded CAC
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Calculate lifetime value:
- Average Revenue Per User (ARPU): monthly and annual
- Gross margin per customer: ARPU - direct costs per customer
- Customer lifetime: 1 / monthly churn rate
- Lifetime Value (LTV): gross margin per customer x customer lifetime
- Segment LTV by customer cohort, plan, or channel if data available
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Calculate efficiency ratios:
- LTV:CAC ratio: target > 3:1
- CAC payback period: CAC / monthly gross profit per customer
- Contribution margin: revenue - variable costs per unit
- Magic number: net new ARR / prior quarter S&M spend
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Assess scalability:
- Does CAC increase or decrease with scale?
- Is LTV stable, growing, or declining by cohort?
- Where are the margin expansion opportunities?
- What is the break-even point in units/customers?
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Write the artifact to
.metapowers/finance/$ARGUMENTS/unit-economics.mdwith sections:- Customer Acquisition — CAC by channel, blended CAC, trend
- Lifetime Value — ARPU, churn, LTV, cohort analysis
- Efficiency Ratios — LTV:CAC, payback period, magic number
- Margin Analysis — contribution margin, gross margin by segment
- Scalability Assessment — how metrics change with growth
- Improvement Opportunities — levers to improve unit economics
Output
The unit economics analysis written to .metapowers/finance/$ARGUMENTS/unit-economics.md. Present a summary highlighting:
- CAC and LTV with LTV:CAC ratio
- Payback period
- Whether unit economics support growth investment
- Top improvement levers