spiralcrew-ou Partner Qualification
Purpose
Evaluate potential channel, integration, affiliate, or strategic partners against partnership goals.
When to use this skill
- Prioritizing a partner long-list
- Classifying the likely partnership type per candidate
- Surfacing competitive or channel-conflict risks
- Sequencing partnership outreach
When not to use this skill
- You have no partnership goals or target markets defined
- The records lack enough signal to assess fit
- You need contract terms rather than a fit assessment
Required inputs
- Partner profiles
- Partnership goals
- Required capabilities
Optional inputs
- Target markets
- Existing partners to avoid overlap
- Preferred partnership types
Rules
- Score against stated partnership goals only.
- Use evidence from the profiles; do not assume capabilities.
- Flag competitive overlap and channel conflict explicitly.
- Separate facts from strategic assumptions.
- Apply the same framework to every candidate.
Process
- Parse partnership goals and required capabilities.
- Assess each candidate for fit and overlap.
- Classify the most fitting partnership type.
- Estimate strategic value and risks.
- Score fit and assign an outreach priority.
Output format
Return one record per partner with the following fields:
- partner_fit_score
- partnership_type
- strategic_value
- risks
- recommended_outreach_priority
Validation
- Confirm partnership type follows from the evidence.
- Confirm risks include any competitive overlap.
- Confirm priorities are comparable across candidates.
Limitations
- Strategic value is an estimate, not a forecast.
- Partnership fit depends on relationship factors not present in records.