effort-impact-matrix

effort-impact-matrix is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from fzfclee/consulting-skills. It costs 64 tokens per session (799 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A method for sorting possible actions into quick wins, major projects, fill-ins, or items to defer by comparing their expected impact with the effort required.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps turn vague initiatives into executable actions, estimate their relative effort and impact, and create a practical priority list.
Why use it?
It helps decide what to do next when there are more possible tasks than available time or resources.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit It helps turn vague initiatives into executable actions, estimate their relative effort and impact, and create a practical priority list.

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Any agent
npx skills add fzfclee/consulting-skills --skill effort-impact-matrix
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Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00064 $0.00799
Opus 5 $0.00032 $0.00400
Sonnet 5 $0.00013 $0.00160
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00080

Measured 10d ago against content hash ebad59fe50eb, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

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Grade A, and why

effort-impact-matrix scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 10d ago.

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skills/effort-impact-matrix/SKILL.md · 87 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 87 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Effort Impact Matrix

Use this skill to run Effort Impact Matrix as a practical consulting method, not as a generic framework explanation.

Method Notes

  • Normalize items so each one is an executable action.
  • Use quick wins, major bets, fill-ins, and deprioritize/defer.

Required Inputs

Collect or infer these inputs before execution:

  • candidate actions
  • impact estimate
  • effort estimate
  • time or resource constraints

If an input is missing, do not block automatically. Mark it as missing, state the assumption used, and add a validation action.

When Not To Use

Do not use when impact and effort cannot be estimated on a comparable basis or when hard dependencies determine the sequence. This is a relative triage tool, not a full investment case.

Adjacent Methods

  • rice-scoring: prioritize a backlog using Reach, Impact, Confidence, and Effort.
  • wsjf-prioritization: sequence work using Cost of Delay divided by Job Size.
  • decision-matrix: make a one-time option choice using explicit weighted criteria.

Step-by-Step Execution

Step Required input How to execute Output
List actions Candidate actions or initiatives. Rewrite broad ideas into one-action items. Normalized action list.
Define scoring anchors Objective, constraints, available capacity. Define what high/medium/low impact and effort mean. Scoring scale.
Score each action Action list, evidence, effort estimates. Rate impact and effort separately; mark confidence. Scored action table.
Place quadrants Scored table. Classify quick wins, major bets, fill-ins, and defer/drop items. Effort-impact matrix.
Choose sequence Matrix, dependencies, timing, risk. Recommend first actions, later actions, and items to reject or validate. Sequenced action plan.

Output Template

### 1. Scope And Anchors
Decision horizon:
Impact definition:
Effort definition:
Constraints:

### 2. Action Scores
| Action | Impact | Effort | Evidence / assumption | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  |  |  |  |  |

### 3. Quadrant Map
| Quadrant | Actions | Why |
|---|---|---|
|  |  |  |

### 4. Sequence
| Order | Action | Owner | Timing | Expected signal | Stop condition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  |  |  |  |  |  |

### Evidence And Next Decision
- Confirmed facts:
- Assumptions:
- Missing evidence:
- Next action, owner, and timing:
- Expected signal and decision threshold:

Read the full file on GitHub · 87 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 10d ago First seen · 87 lines · 64 tokens per session scan A ebad59fe50eb

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effort-impact-matrix is a skill published in the GitHub repository fzfclee/consulting-skills (4 stars, last pushed 22d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 64 tokens to every session and 799 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.