Sales ROI Calculator

Calculates comprehensive ROI analysis with payback period and risk scenarios for business investments like software, hiring, marketing, or automation projects.

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Instruction-only ROI calculator that only asks for user-provided inputs and performs local math; requirements and instructions are consistent with its stated purpose.

Purpose & Capability

Name and SKILL.md describe simple ROI calculations and scenario outputs; there are no unexpected required binaries, environment variables, or config paths. All requested inputs (cost, benefits, timeline, hourly rate) match the stated purpose.

Instruction Scope

Runtime instructions are limited to asking the user for inputs, applying clear formulas, and formatting results. The SKILL.md does not instruct reading system files, environment variables, or contacting external endpoints except for a harmless documentation link for optional context packs.

Install Mechanism

No install spec and no code files — instruction-only skill. Nothing is downloaded or written to disk by the skill itself.

Credentials

The skill declares no environment variables, credentials, or config paths. The inputs it requires are user-provided financial values and defaults; nothing sensitive is requested or implied.

Persistence & Privilege

Defaults for autonomy are unchanged (agent may invoke autonomously), but the skill does not request always:true and does not modify other skills or system settings. Autonomy combined with this skill's limited scope is low risk.

Assessment

This is an instruction-only ROI calculator that runs local math on user-provided inputs and does not request credentials or install code — overall low-risk and internally consistent. Before using: (1) verify the financial assumptions (hourly rates, scenario multipliers) because outputs depend entirely on those inputs, (2) avoid pasting sensitive credentials or private data into requests, and (3) if you follow the provided external documentation links, inspect those resources separately before trusting them. If you need the agent to run calculations automatically, be aware the agent platform allows autonomous invocation by default; that is normal but you can disable or limit autonomous skills in your agent settings if desired.

Calculate return on investment for any business initiative — software purchases, hiring, marketing spend, automation projects, or tool adoption.

What It Does

Takes inputs (cost, timeline, expected gains) and produces a clean ROI analysis with:

• Net ROI percentage
• Payback period
• Monthly/annual savings projection
• Break-even point
• Risk-adjusted returns (conservative, moderate, aggressive scenarios)

How to Use

When the user asks to evaluate an investment or calculate ROI:

1. Gather inputs (ask if not provided):

   • Investment cost — one-time + recurring (monthly/annual)
   • Expected benefit — revenue increase, cost savings, or time saved
   • Timeline — evaluation period (default: 12 months)
   • Hourly rate — for time-savings conversions (default: $75/hr)

2. Calculate:

   Total Cost = One-time + (Monthly recurring × Months)
   Total Benefit = (Monthly savings × Months) + Revenue gains
   Net Gain = Total Benefit - Total Cost
   ROI % = (Net Gain / Total Cost) × 100
   Payback Period = Total Cost / Monthly Benefit
   

3. Present three scenarios:

   • Conservative (60% of expected benefit)
   • Moderate (100% of expected benefit)
   • Aggressive (140% of expected benefit)

4. Output format:

   📊 ROI Analysis: [Project Name]
   ────────────────────────────
   Investment:     $X,XXX
   Annual Return:  $XX,XXX
   ROI:            XXX%
   Payback:        X.X months
   
   Scenarios:
   Conservative:   XXX% ROI ($XX,XXX return)
   Moderate:       XXX% ROI ($XX,XXX return)  
   Aggressive:     XXX% ROI ($XX,XXX return)
   
   Verdict: [GO / CONDITIONAL / PASS]
   

Verdict Logic

• GO: Conservative ROI > 100% AND payback < 6 months
• CONDITIONAL: Moderate ROI > 100% OR payback < 12 months
• PASS: Conservative ROI < 50% AND payback > 12 months

Common Use Cases

• "Should we buy this $500/month tool?"
• "What's the ROI on hiring a VA at $2,000/month?"
• "Is this $10,000 marketing campaign worth it?"
• "Calculate ROI for automating our invoice process"

AI Automation ROI

For AI/automation projects specifically, factor in:

• Hours saved per week × hourly rate = monthly savings
• Error reduction value (fewer mistakes, rework)
• Speed improvement (faster turnaround = more capacity)
• Typical AI automation ROI: 300-800% in year one

For pre-built AI automation context packs and agent configurations, see: https://afrexai-cto.github.io/context-packs/