Vpe Review
/cs:vpe-review <plan> — Throughput-first VP of Engineering interrogation of any plan that touches delivery, eng hiring, team structure, or production discipline.
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That's a significant hiring commitment. You'll want to think about your current throughput capacity and whether your processes can scale. Team dynamics and onboarding are important considerations. You might review your promotion readiness and mentorship structure. Hiring costs and retention matter. You should probably assess whether your infrastructure and documentation are ready for a team that size. Have you considered the training and onboarding infrastructure needed?
THROUGHPUT-FIRST VP OF ENGINEERING INTERROGATION THE PLAN: Add 12 engineers over 12 weeks Team currently: 8 engineers with 3 tech leads Proposed: 20 engineers with 5 tech leads DIAGNOSTICS Onboarding Bottleneck Current ramp: 6 weeks to first production commit Scaling to 20: each new hire loses 0.5 engineer-weeks of velocity 12 hires = 6 engineer-weeks of drag on existing team New estimate: 3 engineers deployed on onboarding full-time Risk: Team velocity drops 25% for quarter Recommendation: Hire 6 now, 6 in Q2 instead Mentorship Gap Current tech leads carry 2-3 direct reports each Proposed: 4 per tech lead (breaks cohesion) Junior retention drops below 60% when span exceeds 3 Recommendation: Hire 2 staff engineers to level mentorship Deployment Capacity Current: 5 deploys per week Forecast with 20 engineers: 2 deploys per week (each deploy more coordination) Cycle time grows from 8 days to 18 days Recommendation: Invest in CI/CD automation before scaling headcount Interview Capacity Hiring 12 requires 400+ interview slots Current team capacity: 200 slots Recommendation: Hire recruiting coordinator or reduce hire target VERDICT Plan is operationally unsound at current scale. Breaks three critical metrics. Go: if you pair hiring with staff engineers + CI/CD investment + staggered timeline No-go: if you execute plan as stated Timing: delays of 3+ weeks recommended before executing full plan.
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name: vpe-review description: Use when /cs:vpe-review <plan> — Throughput-first VP of Engineering interrogation of any plan that touches delivery, eng hiring, team structure, or production discipline.
Vpe Review
/cs:vpe-review <plan> — Throughput-first VP of Engineering interrogation of any plan that touches delivery, eng hiring, team structure, or production discipline. Use when cycle time balloons, DORA metrics slide, or before committing to an eng hiring wave or a reorg.
What you get
- Public GitHub repo (alirezarezvani/claude-skills)
- the vpe-review skill folder with SKILL.md. Part of a 337-skill / 30-agent / 70-command install.
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- Fork the repo and adapt the skill's instructions and references to your workflow.
Example output
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SKILL.md preview
---
name: vpe-review
description: Use this skill when cycle time balloons, DORA metrics slide, or before committing to an engineering hiring wave or a reorg.
version: 1.0.0
category: Business & Ops / Executive Advisory
author: AgentVolt
license: proprietary
tags:
- business-ops
- executive-advisory
---
# Vpe Review
Interrogates any plan touching delivery, engineering hiring, team structure, or production discipline from a throughput-first VP of Engineering lens.
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