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skill-roi-calculator

yizhiyanhua-ai/skill-roi-calculator

An ROI lens for deciding whether an AI skill is worth operationalizing.

The next wave of AI work needs economic judgment, not just enthusiasm. ROI tooling makes that judgment explicit.

github.com/yizhiyanhua-ai/skill-roi-calculator

Skill ROI Calculator

🇨🇳 中文

Calculate the Return on Investment (ROI) for Skills to evaluate whether development is worthwhile.

Features

  • Calculate development costs (developer time, expert time, maintenance)
  • Estimate benefits (time saved, labor cost reduction)
  • Generate ROI analysis reports
  • Support both Chinese and English output

Usage

# Full ROI calculation
python scripts/calculate_roi.py \
  --skill-name "contract-reviewer" \
  --dev-hours 4 \
  --hourly-rate 150 \
  --expert-hours 8 \
  --expert-rate 300 \
  --usage-count 156 \
  --time-saved 15 \
  --user-rate 200 \
  --period 3

# Output as JSON
python scripts/calculate_roi.py --json ...

# English output
python scripts/calculate_roi.py --lang en ...

ROI Rating Scale

ROI Rating Recommendation
> 200% Excellent Highly recommended, expand to other departments
100-200% Good Worth the investment, continue optimizing
50-100% Average Acceptable, needs usage improvement
0-50% Low Needs re-evaluation
< 0% Negative Consider stopping investment

License

MIT

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