Vesting Schedule Architect
Design token vesting schedules that align incentives and manage dilution
What You Can Do
You can design tailored vesting structures for founders, employees, advisors, investors, and community members—complete with cumulative release curves, price impact analysis, and tier-specific unlock mechanics. Claude helps you model supply-side pressure across quarters and years, optimize cliff periods and vesting durations to minimize dump risk while maintaining market liquidity, and create compliant schedules that satisfy investment agreements and regulatory frameworks.
Features
create tier-specific schedules for founders, employees, advisors, investors, and community with customized cliff and duration parameters
visualize token unlock curves and calculate quarterly/annual supply pressure on price across the full vesting timeline
evaluate how vesting mechanics align stakeholder interests and retain contributors through retention periods
structure schedules to satisfy investment agreements, securities regulations, and institutional requirements
model supply-side pressure vectors and identify dump risk windows that could destabilize token economics
balance retention objectives against market liquidity needs through strategic cliff periods and unlock acceleration
generate clear vesting mechanics descriptions for whitepapers, investment agreements, and smart contract specifications
Example Output
Founder Vesting Schedule:
- 4-year vesting with 1-year cliff
- 0 tokens released at TGE, 25% unlock at month 12
- Monthly linear unlock: 2.08% per month (months 13-48)
- Example: 10M token allocation = 0 at launch, 2.5M at year 1, then ~208K monthly
Investor Schedule (Series A):
- 3-year vesting with 6-month cliff
- 10% release at TGE, 90% unlock over 36 months
- Quarterly milestones with acceleration triggers
- Quarterly release: 7.5% (quarters 3-12)
Supply Pressure Model:
- Month 0-11: 0 token releases
- Month 12-24: ~15% monthly circulation increase
- Month 24-36: ~8% monthly increase (multiple tranches maturing)
- Year 4: Stabilization at full circulation
What's Included
- SKILL.md instruction file with vesting design methodology:
- Multi-stakeholder vesting template (founders, employees, investors, advisors, community):
- Cumulative release curve calculator and modeling framework:
- Price impact assessment checklist and supply pressure analysis template:
- Regulatory compliance checklist for investment agreements and securities requirements:
- Cliff period and unlock mechanics optimization worksheet:
Who It's For
- Tokenomics designers and token economy architects
- Blockchain project founders designing initial token allocation
- Token economics consultants advising DAOs and crypto projects
- Investment analysts evaluating vesting risks in token offerings
- Smart contract engineers designing vesting contract specifications
Best For
- Designing initial token distribution vesting structures
- Modeling supply-side pressure and inflation curves across vesting periods
- Creating tier-specific schedules for different stakeholder classes
- Optimizing cliff periods and unlock mechanics for retention and liquidity
- Evaluating regulatory compliance requirements for investment agreements
- Documenting vesting mechanics for whitepapers and legal agreements
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