side-business-setup
Set up a side business in the right order — the do-first sequence (separate money, basic terms, simple records) vs. the feels-official-but-waits list (logos, LLCs-by-default, office chairs), with the structure question framed honestly and routed properly. Use when asked I'm starting a side business what do I need, do I need an LLC, set up my side hustle properly, or what comes first legally and financially. Produces the ordered setup sequence, the structure-decision framing (jurisdiction-flagged, professional-routed), the money-hygiene rules, and the employer-conflict check most people skip.
Profile →npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill side-business-setup --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Side Business Setup Skill New side businesses fail setup in both directions: six weeks on a logo and an LLC for a business with zero customers, or a year of real revenue flowing through a personal checking account with no records, no terms, and a possibly-violated employment contract. The right order is boring and short: check the employer conflict *first*, separate the money *immediately*, get paid under simple written terms, keep records from dollar one — and let the structure question (sole proprietor vs. LLC vs. local equivalents) be decided when the facts justify it, with a professional, because it's jurisdiction- and situation-specific. ## What This Skill Produces - **The ordered sequence** — what happens this week, this month, and at the first real milestone — with the wait-list labeled as such - **The employer-conflict check** — the contract clauses to reread before anything else (IP assignment, moonlighting, non-compete) - **The money-hygiene rules** — separation, records, and the tax-setaside habit, from the first dollar - **The structure framing** — what the sole-prop-vs-entity choice actually trades, when it becomes worth deciding, and the route to local professional
- What This Skill Produces
- Required Inputs
- Framework: The Order Rules
- Output Format
- Step Zero — The Employer Check
- This Week
- This Month / At First Milestone
- The Structure Question
- The Wait-List (with permission)
- Quality Checks
- Anti-Patterns
What does the side-business-setup skill do?
Set up a side business in the right order — the do-first sequence (separate money, basic terms, simple records) vs. the feels-official-but-waits list (logos, LLCs-by-default, office chairs), with the structure question framed honestly and routed properly. Use when asked I'm starting a side business what do I need, do I need an LLC, set up my side hustle properly, or what comes first legally and financially. Produces the ordered setup sequence, the structure-decision framing (jurisdiction-flagged, professional-routed), the money-hygiene rules, and the employer-conflict check most people skip.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill side-business-setup --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, a repository with 1,255 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.