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buyer-list

Build and organize a universe of potential acquirers for sell-side M&A processes. Identifies strategic and financial buyers, assesses fit, and prioritizes outreach. Use when preparing for a sell-side mandate, building a buyer universe, or evaluating potential partners. Triggers on "buyer list", "buyer universe", "potential acquirers", "who would buy this", "strategic buyers", or "financial sponsors".

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Content

100%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A well-structured, concise instruction-only workflow with concrete guidance, clear sequencing, and clean organization. The empty template tables are the only minor gap, but the column schemas and tier definitions make the guidance actionable.

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Conciseness

Lean bullet/table structure with no padding explaining M&A concepts Claude already knows; every line is task-relevant and respects the context budget.

3 / 3

Actionability

Instruction-only yet concrete: named buyer categories with rationale, assessment tables with specified columns, explicit tier sizes (Tier 1 5-10, Tier 2 10-15, Tier 3 10-20), and a defined Excel output structure with named tabs.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

A clearly sequenced six-step process (Understand Target → Strategic Buyers → Financial Sponsors → Prioritization → Contact Mapping → Output) with an iterative feedback note ("move buyers between tiers based on feedback"); this is not a destructive/batch operation so the cap-at-2 guideline does not apply.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

A single self-contained file with no bundle references and well-organized headings; no deep nested references and no monolithic wall of text, satisfying the well-organized-sections criterion.

3 / 3

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Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong, well-scoped description in third-person voice that clearly states what the skill does and when to use it, with a generous set of natural trigger terms. It would not conflict with adjacent skills.

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Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — "Build and organize a universe of potential acquirers", "Identifies strategic and financial buyers, assesses fit, and prioritizes outreach" — matching the anchor for multiple specific concrete actions.

3 / 3

Completeness

Clearly answers what (build/organize a buyer universe, identify buyer types, assess fit, prioritize outreach) and when ("Use when preparing for a sell-side mandate, building a buyer universe, or evaluating potential partners") with explicit triggers.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Natural phrases a user would say are listed — "buyer list", "buyer universe", "potential acquirers", "who would buy this", "strategic buyers", "financial sponsors" — giving good coverage; voice is third person ("Identifies", "assesses").

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear niche (sell-side M&A buyer lists) with distinct, domain-specific triggers, making it unlikely to fire for unrelated skills.

3 / 3

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Validation

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Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

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