vendor-evaluation SKILL.md skillA
vendor-evaluation from rampstackco/claude-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add rampstackco/claude-skills/vendor-evaluation@git:20260810.e5bc675Pins git:20260810.e5bc675 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- rampstackco/claude-skills
- Path
skills/vendor-evaluation/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260810.e5bc675, committed Aug 10, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 28, 2026
- Size
- 11,358 bytes
- Repository stars
- 1,037
- License
- MIT
Evaluate, select, and contract with vendors and SaaS tools. Use this skill when comparing alternatives, running an RFP, scoring vendors against criteria, negotiating contracts, planning a switch, or assessing a vendor's risk. Triggers on vendor evaluation, RFP, vendor selection, build vs buy, SaaS evaluation, vendor scorecard, vendor comparison, contract negotiation, vendor switch, procurement. Also triggers when a renewal is coming up or when a tool isn't meeting expectations.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Vendor Evaluation Pick the right tool or service, negotiate fair terms, and avoid the lock-in traps. Stack-agnostic. Applies to SaaS, infrastructure providers, agencies, and any external dependency. --- ## When to use - Selecting a tool or vendor for a new need - Evaluating alternatives to a current vendor - Build vs buy analysis - Renewal coming up: should we stay or switch? - Running a formal RFP or RFI - Comparing finalists in a vendor selection - Negotiating a contract - Assessing vendor risk (financial, security, dependency) ## When NOT to use - General cost reduction (use `cost-optimization`) - Specific contract legal terms (those go to legal) - Performance issues with an existing vendor (try fixing before switching) - Hiring an agency for a one-off project (lighter framework needed) --- ## Required inputs - The need (what problem are you solving, what would success look like) - Constraints (budget, timeline, integration requirements) - Stakeholders (users, IT, security, finance, legal) - Existing context (what's already used, what's been tried) - Compliance requirements --- ## The framework: 5 phases A structured vendor evaluation. Skip phases at your peril. …
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How to install
mdr add rampstackco/claude-skills/vendor-evaluation@sha256:44b1e50b7f52b154The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260810.e5bc675, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Apr 28, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026, about one every 26 days.
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| git:20260810.e5bc675 latest | 2026-08-10 | e5bc675 | 11,358 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260507.ac2b078 | 2026-05-07 | ac2b078 | 10,786 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260505.c80b896 | 2026-05-05 | c80b896 | 10,751 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260429.c2be03d | 2026-04-29 | c2be03d | 10,636 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260428.f066ffe | 2026-04-28 | f066ffe | 10,609 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (11358 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
rampstackco/claude-skills · 1,037 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-27 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_3ud6tjkullm4xipz GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=rampstackco/claude-skills/vendor-evaluation GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/44b1e50b7f52b1549d63b87a56efda49484aa94b2e86c6798b9a65c69cb6d586
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