What do I need to use Renovation Scope & Budget?

The project; The space; Budget reality; Scope ambition; Location & constraints.

Is Renovation Scope & Budget free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Renovation Scope & Budget

Q: How do I know the Renovation Scope & Budget output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: Scope is broken into concrete components; Budget is a range per component with a contingency and named cost drivers; Includes work sequence, timeline, and long-lead items; Flags the decisions to lock before starting.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-08-05 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-lifeadmin

Turn a renovation idea into a realistic scope, budget, and sequence before you hire anyone — so you go in informed instead of getting sticker-shocked or scoped. Use when asked to plan a renovation, budget for a remodel, how much will renovating [X] cost, or scope my home project. Produces a scoped breakdown of the work, a realistic budget range with a contingency, the sequence and rough timeline, must-decide-early choices, where costs balloon, and what to line up before getting quotes — flagging that local prices and permits vary, so verify with real quotes.

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🗣 Say this to your agent

“Help me scope and budget a kitchen renovation.”“How much should a bathroom remodel cost, roughly?”“Plan my basement finishing project before I get quotes.”“What order does renovation work happen in?”“Where do renovation budgets usually blow up?”

What to give it

▸The project — what you want to renovate and the rough vision

▸The space — size, age of home, current condition

▸Budget reality — what you hope to spend and how firm

▸Scope ambition — cosmetic refresh vs. gut/structural changes

▸Location & constraints — region (prices/permits), DIY appetite, timeline, living-through-it or not

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓Scope is broken into concrete components

✓Budget is a range per component with a contingency and named cost drivers

✓Includes work sequence, timeline, and long-lead items

✓Flags the decisions to lock before starting

✓Names the common balloon/overrun sources

✓Defers final numbers to local quotes

⚠️ What it refuses to do

**A single fixed number** with no range or contingency.

**Vague scope** that quotes will exploit.

**Ignoring sequence/long-lead** items.

**No decide-early guidance** — costly mid-project changes.

**Presenting estimates as precise** across regions.

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

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Drop this on your blog, docs, or site — it renders a "Run this skill" card:

<div data-pm-skill="renovation-scope-and-budget"></div>
<script src="https://mohitagw15856.github.io/pm-claude-skills/embed.js" async></script>

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