Claude is good at the parts of event planning that are structure: turning a vague wish into a brief, building a countdown that works backwards from the date, listing the questions to ask a vendor, and sequencing a day into minutes with an owner for each. It is poor at everything that is local fact: what a venue charges, whether a date is free, what a city permits. Use it to produce the skeleton, give it three numbers (guests, date, budget) before anything else, and make it mark every price as a placeholder until a real quote replaces it. Wedding and corporate events share the method; they differ in who signs off and what counts as success.
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- Which three numbers does it need before it plans anything?
- How do you build a countdown that works backwards from the date?
- How do you get usable answers from vendors?
- What belongs in a run-of-show?
- For the corporate side
- Where does Claude fail at this?
- Which event skill fits which job?
- How do you install an event planning skill in Claude?
- Related guides
- Frequently asked questions
Wedding Planner Claude Skill - Araminta
Get Wedding Planner Claude Skill - Araminta →Which three numbers does it need before it plans anything?
Guest count, date and total budget. Every downstream decision depends on them: venue capacity, catering, how early you must book, and which deadlines cannot move. A corporate event needs a fourth input that couples never have to state: what the event is for. A client dinner meant to renew contracts is planned differently from one meant to thank staff.
Ask for the plan as a framework, not as a set of invented prices:
The "status" column does the real work. It turns a plausible-looking spreadsheet into a list of questions. When a quote arrives, you overwrite the figure and change the status; anything still reading "my assumption" is a risk you can see. The Baptiste product page describes a contingency line of 10 to 15 percent as a reasonable floor; whatever number you use, make Claude state it so you can argue with it.
How do you build a countdown that works backwards from the date?
A countdown has two kinds of deadline, and an unsorted checklist hides the difference. Hard constraints are set by someone else: the final headcount the caterer needs, the deposit date in a venue contract, the day invitations must go out so people can book travel. Flexible tasks are yours to move. A plan that does not separate them lets you spend a week on table decor while the venue option expires.
For a corporate event, add a stakeholder column. The dangerous late change is rarely a vendor; it is a senior approval that arrives in week seven. The Baptiste skill builds this around sign-off gates for exactly that reason.
How do you get usable answers from vendors?
Claude cannot call a venue, and it cannot know whether a date is free. What it can do is stop you from asking only "how much?". Vendor selection is a contract decision as much as a style decision: cancellation terms, overtime charges, what is included and what is extra, and what happens if the vendor falls through.
An empty grid is the right output. A filled one means Claude made up the content. If you want help judging responses, paste the vendors' real quotes back in and ask what is missing from each one, not which is best.
What belongs in a run-of-show?
A run-of-show is the sheet everyone works from on the day: start and end time for each segment, one named owner, and what could go wrong. Its value is in the buffers and the overlaps. A speech scheduled for 19:30 is not on time if the caterer is serving at 19:25.
What the output looks like (illustration only)
An invented excerpt for a client dinner, to show the format. None of the times or names are real recommendations.
For the corporate side
For a corporate event, offsite or client dinner
Corporate Event Planner Claude Skill - Baptiste · $19
Baptiste turns a one-line executive ask into an event brief with objective, audience, format and success metrics, a budget split across venue, catering, AV and contingency, a countdown with stakeholder sign-off gates, a minute-by-minute run-of-show with an owner for each segment, and a post-event debrief tied back to the objective. It also covers offsites and retreats.
Corporate Event Planner Claude Skill - Baptiste
Get Corporate Event Planner Claude Skill - Baptiste →Where does Claude fail at this?
It invents prices and availability. Ask for "a realistic budget for 120 guests in Lisbon" and you get confident figures with no source. Local costs vary by season, venue type and how early you book, and Claude has no access to a live quote. Treat every number as a placeholder until a vendor confirms it in writing.
It does not know your local rules. Noise limits, permits for outdoor or street use, alcohol licensing, venue insurance requirements, fire capacity and accessibility regulations are specific to a place, and mistakes are costly. Ask the venue and the local authority; do not take them from Claude.
It underestimates transitions. Moving 120 people from a ceremony to a reception, loading a bus, or clearing a room before the next segment takes longer than a clean timetable suggests. Ask for buffers and then add your own.
It gets dietary and seating arithmetic wrong at the edges. Splitting a headcount across vegetarian, vegan, halal, kosher and allergy needs, then reconciling it with table sizes, is where a plausible-looking total can be off by a few. Keep the master guest list in a spreadsheet and check the totals with a formula.
It plans the average event, not yours. A religious ceremony, a multi-faith family or a company with strict hospitality rules has requirements that the generic template will gloss over. Ask the officiant, the family or the compliance owner directly.
It cannot read a room or a relationship. Which relatives should not sit together, which executive needs to be seen to be thanked, which supplier is unreliable: the people side stays with you.
It is not a legal or insurance adviser. Contracts, liability and cancellation cover need a person who is accountable for them. The Araminta page itself says the skill is not a substitute for a licensed planner, caterer or venue safety and insurance requirements, and to confirm current pricing and local regulations before acting.
Which event skill fits which job?
| Skill | Best for | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Araminta - Wedding Planner | A wedding: month-by-month timeline, budget split, vendor questions, day-of run sheet | $19 |
| Baptiste - Corporate Event Planner | A launch, client dinner or offsite: brief, budget, sign-off gates, run-of-show | $19 |
| Zanele - Conference & Trade Show Producer | Multi-day conferences and trade shows at scale | $19 |
| Lysandra - Event Design & Decor Consultant | Styling and decor once the plan exists | $19 |
How do you install an event planning skill in Claude?
With an All-in-one subscription there is nothing to download. Add KissMySkills to Claude once as a connector: open Customize → Connectors, click +, then Add custom connector, and paste https://mcp.kissmyskills.com/mcp. Sign in with your email, then ask for the skill by name, for example "load Araminta". The same connector works in ChatGPT, Claude Code, Codex and Cursor; the step-by-step setup for each is on the connector page. Signing in is free, and your first skill call starts a 7-day free trial with every skill.
Bought the single file? You download one .skill file, which is a ZIP archive with SKILL.md inside. In Claude, turn on code execution under Settings → Capabilities, then open Customize → Skills, click +, choose Upload a skill, pick the file as it is and toggle the skill on. In ChatGPT, Gemini or another chat, open the file as a ZIP and paste SKILL.md into custom instructions. Load it in a Claude Project so the plan persists across sessions.
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Frequently asked questions
Is there a Claude skill for event planning?
Yes. Araminta - Wedding Planner Claude Skill ($19) builds a month-by-month wedding timeline, a budget allocation, a vendor shortlist with contract questions and a day-of run sheet. Baptiste - Corporate Event Planner Claude Skill ($19) turns a one-line executive ask into a brief, a budget, sign-off gates and a minute-by-minute run-of-show.
Can Claude plan a wedding?
It can build the structure: a countdown from booking to the day, a budget framework, the questions to ask each vendor and a run sheet with a contingency plan. It cannot confirm prices, availability or local rules, so treat every figure as a placeholder until a vendor confirms it in writing.
Can Claude create a run-of-show for a corporate event?
Yes. Give it the venue access time, doors, hard finish, the segments and the team, and ask for one named owner per segment, a buffer before the segment that cannot slip, a contingency for AV or weather and a cut list if the event runs late. Then walk through it with the people who will run it.
What is Claude bad at when planning events?
Real costs and availability, local permits and licensing, transition times, dietary and seating arithmetic at the edges, and the human side such as who should not sit together. It will state invented figures confidently, so mark every price as an assumption until you hold a written quote.
Will Claude find me a venue or a caterer?
Not reliably. It has no live view of availability or pricing, and may name businesses that do not exist or have closed. Use it to prepare the shortlist criteria, the questions and an email to send, then research real vendors yourself.
Wedding Planner Claude Skill - Araminta
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