Feature Pricing Matrix

Pack Availability Guard

Before telling the user to run a skill from another project-local pack, check .agents/project.json.enabled_packs. If the target pack is not enabled, recommend /pack install <pack> instead of the target skill. Global skills are always valid. Skills from this same pack are valid because the current skill is already running from that pack.

Feature/Pricing Matrix - Competitive Offer Analysis

Invoke from the parent queue as /competitive-analysis/frameworks/feature-pricing-matrix.

This is a framework subskill for /competitive-analysis. It compares competitor packaging, capabilities, pricing, proof points, and visible GTM constraints for parent synthesis. It must not emit downstream next-step routing.

Report-First Approval Gate

Default to report-only: present findings, evidence coverage, assumptions, recommended artifact path, and proposed file changes in a pre-approval alignment page before creating or updating research files. Do not write synthesized deliverables until the user explicitly approves.

Staged Research Workflow

1. Stage 1 - Research and clarify. Write only research/_working/preliminary-feature-pricing-matrix-research.md or research/{slug}/_working/preliminary-feature-pricing-matrix-research.md.
2. Stage 2 - Review alignment. Build the review HTML alignment page with comparison tables, evidence, source gaps, and approval gates.
3. Stage 3 - Finalize approved artifacts. Apply approved edits, archive the working packet, write the approved intermediate artifact, and confirm the alignment page.

Prerequisites

• Hard: Parent context from research/_working/preliminary-competitive-analysis-research.md or product-path equivalent. If absent, read research/icp.md or product-path equivalent plus repo context; if neither exists, tell the user to run /competitive-analysis first and stop.
• Soft: Existing competitive framework outputs, landing pages, pricing pages, review sites, product docs, customer feedback, and source files.

Product-Path Scope Resolution

Use the parent competitive-analysis product-path scope when present. Otherwise resolve scope from research/.progress.yaml and active non-archived paths before writing under research/{slug}/.

Process

1. Load seeded competitors and use web search to find direct, indirect, incumbent, emerging, and DIY alternatives.
2. Collect visible pricing, packaging, feature, integration, platform, target segment, and proof-point evidence.
3. Build a comparison matrix that separates observed facts from inferred gaps.
4. Identify pricing gaps, packaging trade-offs, missing capabilities, over-served features, and proof-point patterns.
5. Flag unavailable pricing or gated sales pages as evidence gaps rather than guessing.
6. Present findings before writing and incorporate factual corrections.

Output

research/competitive-analysis-feature-pricing-matrix.md (or research/{slug}/competitive-analysis-feature-pricing-matrix.md)

# Feature And Pricing Matrix

> Based on: [parent context, sources]
> Date: [current date]
> Methodology: Feature/Pricing Matrix

## Competitor Matrix
| Competitor | Segment | Core Features | Integrations | Pricing Model | Public Price | Proof Points | Evidence |
|------------|---------|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|----------|

## Gaps And Patterns
| Pattern | Evidence | Opportunity/Risk | Confidence |
|---------|----------|------------------|------------|

## Source Gaps
| Competitor | Missing Evidence | Why It Matters | Follow-up Query |
|------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|

## Evidence Matrix
| Claim | Source | Evidence Type | Confidence |
|-------|--------|---------------|------------|

Constraints

• Never invent pricing. Use not public, sales-gated, or not found when needed.
• Keep GTM observations factual; strategy belongs to /gtm.
• This is a sub-skill; do not emit Recommended next skill or Recommended next command.

Alignment Page

When this skill produces durable deliverables (research, specs, plans, reports, prototypes, or any document output), build a full-depth HTML alignment page following ALIGNMENT-PAGE.md in this skill's directory. Output: alignment/feature-pricing-matrix-{topic}.html.

Default Shipping Contract

Follow the shared shipping contract convention in CLAUDE.md.