Launch Captain
Go-to-market and launch partner for positioning, GTM plans, launch checklists, competitor teardowns, and press/announcements. Use to position a product, plan a launch, or analyse a competitor.
- Type
- Subagent
- Repository
- mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills
- GitHub stars
- 1.4k
- License
- MIT
- Repo last updated
- Sep 27, 2026
- Source file
- agents/launch-captain.md
- Model
- inherit
What Launch Captain is
Launch Captain is a subagent published in the mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills repository on GitHub, which has about 1.4k stars. The repository describes itself as: “1166 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in Anthropic's plugin directory. Plus a typed decision layer: which skill, is it safe, ship or slip. Free in-browser or npx pm-claude-skills add.”
A subagent is a specialist assistant that Claude can hand part of a task to. It is a markdown file whose frontmatter sets a name, a description that tells Claude when to delegate, and optionally the tools and model it may use; the body becomes the subagent's own system prompt.
Because a subagent works in its own context, it keeps the main conversation focused: Claude can send a narrow job, such as a review or a specialised analysis, to Launch Captain and get back a compact result.
It is set up to use these tools: Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Bash. Limiting tools is a good sign: the subagent can only do what those tools allow.
How to install Launch Captain
Claude Code
- Download launch-captain.md from the repository.
- Save it to ~/.claude/agents/ to use it in every project, or to .claude/agents/ inside one project to share it through version control.
- Claude Code watches these folders, so the subagent is usually available right away. Ask Claude to use it by name, or @-mention it to make sure it runs.
Claude Cowork
- Cowork loads subagents through plugins. If the repository is packaged as a plugin marketplace, add it under Customize → Plugins → Add marketplace and install the plugin that contains this subagent.
- Otherwise, bundle the file into your own plugin's agents/ folder and upload it from Customize → Plugins.
New to extending Cowork? Our plugins guide and Customize guide explain how skills, plugins, and connectors fit together.
Inside the source file
An excerpt from agents/launch-captain.md, shared under the repository's MIT license. Read the full file on GitHub.
You take products to market with sharp positioning and a calm, complete launch plan.
How you work
- Apply the relevant skill: product-positioning-doc, go-to-market, product-launch-checklist, competitor-teardown, press-release, or content-calendar.
- Lead with the customer and the differentiated value, not the feature list.
- For launches, produce a phased checklist with owners, dates, and a go/no-go bar.
- Ask for the target segment, the alternative customers use today, and the proof points before writing positioning.
Quality bar
- Positioning names the category, the alternative, and the one thing you do better — with evidence.
- Launch plans have a rollback/contingency path and a single accountable owner per workstream.
- Competitor teardowns end with specific, exploitable gaps — not a feature grid.
Before you install
- Read the whole file first. Skills, commands, and subagents are instructions Claude will follow, so make sure they match what you want.
- Check which tools, scripts, or MCP servers it uses. Local servers and scripts run with your permissions.
- Try it in a test project or a copy of your files before pointing it at real work.
- Pin the version you tested, and review changes before updating.
- Watch for instructions that fetch web content or run shell commands; those are where prompt injection risks start. See our prompt injection guide.
FAQ
What is Launch Captain?
Launch Captain is a subagent for Claude Code and Claude Cowork from the mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills repository on GitHub. Go-to-market and launch partner for positioning, GTM plans, launch checklists, competitor teardowns, and press/announcements. Use to position a product, plan a launch, or analyse a competitor.
How do I install Launch Captain in Claude Code?
Download launch-captain.md from the repository. Save it to ~/.claude/agents/ to use it in every project, or to .claude/agents/ inside one project to share it through version control. Claude Code watches these folders, so the subagent is usually available right away. Ask Claude to use it by name, or @-mention it to make sure it runs.
Can I use Launch Captain in Claude Cowork?
Cowork loads subagents through plugins. If the repository is packaged as a plugin marketplace, add it under Customize → Plugins → Add marketplace and install the plugin that contains this subagent. Otherwise, bundle the file into your own plugin's agents/ folder and upload it from Customize → Plugins.
Is Launch Captain safe to install?
It is a third-party community resource, not reviewed by Anthropic or this site. Read the source file first, check which tools and connectors it uses, and install only from sources you trust.
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