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tooling-risk-assessment
Assess an injection-mold or production tooling decision before cutting steel — soft vs hard tooling tradeoff, tool life vs forecast, cavitation math, T1 sample timeline, cost of design changes after tooling, and kill criteria. Use when asked whether to kick off tooling, choose soft vs hard tools, size cavities, review a tooling quote, or assess the risk of tooling before the design is frozen. Produces a tooling risk assessment with capacity math, a decision recommendation, and explicit kill criteria.
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# Tooling Risk Assessment Skill
Cutting steel converts design uncertainty into cash at the worst exchange rate in hardware. This skill assesses a tooling decision the way a seasoned NPI/ME lead does: match tool class to forecast confidence, do the cavitation math against peak demand, put the T1→T2→T3 timeline on the calendar, price the "what if the design changes after tooling" scenario honestly, and write the kill criteria before the money moves.
## What This Skill Produces
- A soft vs hard tooling recommendation per part, with the tradeoff shown
- Cavitation and capacity math against the forecast ramp
- A T1 sample timeline with tuning-loop buffer
- An ECO-after-tooling cost narrative (steel-safe vs weld territory)
- Explicit kill criteria and total capital-at-risk summary
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