$npx -y skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill market-researchConduct market research, competitive analysis, investor due diligence, and industry intelligence with source attribution and decision-oriented summaries. Use when the user wants market sizing, competitor comparisons, fund research, technology scans, or research that informs busin
| 1 | # Market Research |
| 2 | |
| 3 | Produce research that supports decisions, not research theater. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | ## When to Activate |
| 6 | |
| 7 | - researching a market, category, company, investor, or technology trend |
| 8 | - building TAM/SAM/SOM estimates |
| 9 | - comparing competitors or adjacent products |
| 10 | - preparing investor dossiers before outreach |
| 11 | - pressure-testing a thesis before building, funding, or entering a market |
| 12 | |
| 13 | ## Research Standards |
| 14 | |
| 15 | 1. Every important claim needs a source. |
| 16 | 2. Prefer recent data and call out stale data. |
| 17 | 3. Include contrarian evidence and downside cases. |
| 18 | 4. Translate findings into a decision, not just a summary. |
| 19 | 5. Separate fact, inference, and recommendation clearly. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | ## Common Research Modes |
| 22 | |
| 23 | ### Investor / Fund Diligence |
| 24 | Collect: |
| 25 | - fund size, stage, and typical check size |
| 26 | - relevant portfolio companies |
| 27 | - public thesis and recent activity |
| 28 | - reasons the fund is or is not a fit |
| 29 | - any obvious red flags or mismatches |
| 30 | |
| 31 | ### Competitive Analysis |
| 32 | Collect: |
| 33 | - product reality, not marketing copy |
| 34 | - funding and investor history if public |
| 35 | - traction metrics if public |
| 36 | - distribution and pricing clues |
| 37 | - strengths, weaknesses, and positioning gaps |
| 38 | |
| 39 | ### Market Sizing |
| 40 | Use: |
| 41 | - top-down estimates from reports or public datasets |
| 42 | - bottom-up sanity checks from realistic customer acquisition assumptions |
| 43 | - explicit assumptions for every leap in logic |
| 44 | |
| 45 | ### Technology / Vendor Research |
| 46 | Collect: |
| 47 | - how it works |
| 48 | - trade-offs and adoption signals |
| 49 | - integration complexity |
| 50 | - lock-in, security, compliance, and operational risk |
| 51 | |
| 52 | ## Output Format |
| 53 | |
| 54 | Default structure: |
| 55 | 1. executive summary |
| 56 | 2. key findings |
| 57 | 3. implications |
| 58 | 4. risks and caveats |
| 59 | 5. recommendation |
| 60 | 6. sources |
| 61 | |
| 62 | ## Quality Gate |
| 63 | |
| 64 | Before delivering: |
| 65 | - all numbers are sourced or labeled as estimates |
| 66 | - old data is flagged |
| 67 | - the recommendation follows from the evidence |
| 68 | - risks and counterarguments are included |
| 69 | - the output makes a decision easier |