Comprehensive framework for evaluating AI vendors and solutions to avoid costly mistakes. Use this skill when assessing AI vendor proposals, conducting due diligence, evaluating contracts, comparing vendors, or making build-vs-buy decisions. Helps identify red flags, assess pricing models, evaluate technical capabilities, and conduct structured vendor comparisons.
Quickly install ai-vendor-evaluation AI skill to your development environment via command line
Source: exploration-labs/nates-substack-skills.
Version 1.0 | October 2025 | Based on $1.2M average AI spend analysis
This skill provides a systematic framework for evaluating AI vendors and solutions to avoid the costly mistakes that plague 95% of AI projects. Use when conducting vendor due diligence, evaluating proposals, negotiating contracts, or making strategic AI purchasing decisions.
Phase 1: Initial Screening Goal: Eliminate obviously problematic vendors before deep evaluation
Comprehensive framework for evaluating AI vendors and solutions to avoid costly mistakes. Use this skill when assessing AI vendor proposals, conducting due diligence, evaluating contracts, comparing vendors, or making build-vs-buy decisions. Helps identify red flags, assess pricing models, evaluate technical capabilities, and conduct structured vendor comparisons. Source: exploration-labs/nates-substack-skills.
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npx skills add https://github.com/exploration-labs/nates-substack-skills --skill ai-vendor-evaluationBrowse more skills from exploration-labs/nates-substack-skills
Comprehensive framework for evaluating AI vendors and solutions to avoid costly mistakes. Use this skill when assessing AI vendor proposals, conducting due diligence, evaluating contracts, comparing vendors, or making build-vs-buy decisions. Helps identify red flags, assess pricing models, evaluate technical capabilities, and conduct structured vendor comparisons. Source: exploration-labs/nates-substack-skills.
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/exploration-labs/nates-substack-skills --skill ai-vendor-evaluation Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenClaw
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