Practice Setup — market-intelligence
When to use
Competitive strategy leads, CI analysts, product strategy partners — configure market definition, positioning, signal monitoring, and incentive context. Explicit invocation only.
What this skill does not do
- Does not run competitive analysis — writes profiles only; route to
/market-intelligence:map-competitive-landscapeor/market-intelligence:test-positioning. - Does not auto-write without confirmation.
- Does not modify other plugins' profiles.
Preconditions
Per ../../references/practice-setup-framework.md — detect existing setup, offer quick/full.
Provisional mode
Quick mode: essentials only; market definition and competitor set must be recorded or flagged as required for map-competitive-landscape and test-positioning.
Trust spine
Structured-aggregation bands; explicit confirmation before write; competitor claims and market figures tagged in seed review, never invented.
Shared framework
Read and follow ../../references/practice-setup-framework.md with market-intelligence as the plugin name.
Org profile: ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-strategy/org-profile.md
Plugin profile: ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-strategy/market-intelligence/CLAUDE.md
Plugin-specific interview
After the org layer is satisfied (sector may already be in org profile):
- Full mode: include a recent competitive landscape deck or win/loss analysis.
- Market definition — who you actually compete with vs. what a skeptical outsider would list. Push on narrow answers.
- Positioning — current claim and what's deliberately ruled out. Flag if no trade-off is named.
- Incentive context — internal and external incentive structures with specifics for
map-incentives. - Signal monitoring — what counts as a meaningful signal and preferred scan cadence.
- Write profiles following
../../CLAUDE.md. - Confirm and summarize.
Living profile
Profile paths: org org-profile.md; plugin market-intelligence/CLAUDE.md under ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-strategy/.
- Auto-apply: this skill only, after user confirms the summary.
- Propose profile update: all other skills — org facts to org profile; market/positioning/signal facts to plugin profile.
Output format
Summary of org + plugin changes; defaults used; files written on confirmation.
Worked example
Input: --quick, B2B SaaS CI lead, five named competitors, positioning "mid-market workflow automation — not enterprise suite," weekly signal scan, no trade-off on geography yet.
Summary excerpt: Competitor set recorded with strategic groups; positioning claim captured; geography trade-off flagged [review] for test-positioning; signal taxonomy defaults to pricing/product/partnership.
Quality checks before delivering
- Market definition and competitor set recorded or explicit gap flagged
- Positioning trade-off captured or flagged for follow-up
- Confirmation before write
- Framework startup rules followed
Outputs
Follows plugin CLAUDE.md § Outputs. Next: map-competitive-landscape or map-incentives.