Calculator Design
Skill Verified ActiveDesigning interactive calculators (ROI calculators, pricing estimators, savings projections, mortgage calculators, custom assessments) that deliver real decision-support value while serving as lead magnets and qualified-traffic generators. Honest about vanity-calculator (no real value), lead-trap (hides the answer behind email), and transparent-decision-tool (gives the result and earns the email through tiered value) patterns. Triggers on calculator, ROI calculator, pricing estimator, savings calculator, custom calculator, interactive tool, decision tool, financial calculator. Also triggers when an audience needs a calculation-driven lead magnet, when a vanity calculator is producing leads but no qualified ones, or when a calculator is being scoped for the first time.
To guide users in designing interactive calculators that deliver real decision-support value, build audience trust, and generate qualified leads, avoiding common pitfalls like vanity outputs and manipulative gating.
Features
- Design strategy for interactive calculators
- Distinguishes calculator types (vanity, lead-trap, transparent)
- Guidance on input design and necessity
- Methodology disclosure patterns
- Result presentation for specificity and actionability
Use Cases
- Designing a new ROI calculator for a SaaS product.
- Auditing an existing calculator that converts but doesn't qualify leads.
- Developing a pricing estimator for a service offering.
- Deciding when a calculator is the right investment for a marketing goal.
Non-Goals
- Engineering implementation of the calculator
- Writing landing page copy for the calculator
- General lead-magnet strategy (covered by a parent skill)
Installation
npx skills add rampstackco/claude-skillsRuns the Vercel skills CLI (skills.sh) via npx — needs Node.js locally and at least one installed skills-compatible agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, …). Assumes the repo follows the agentskills.io format.
Quality Score
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