pricing-strategy
When the user wants help with pricing decisions, packaging, or monetization strategy. Also use when the user mentions 'pricing,' 'pricing tiers,' 'freemium,' 'free trial,' 'packaging,' 'price increase,' 'value metric,' 'Van Westendorp,' 'willingness to pay,' or 'monetization.' This skill covers pricing research, tier structure, and packaging strategy.
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Quality
73%
Does it follow best practices?
Impact
Pending
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Passed
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Discovery
89%Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.
This is a well-structured description with excellent trigger term coverage and clear 'when to use' guidance. The main weakness is that the capabilities section lists categories rather than specific concrete actions the skill can perform. Adding action verbs would strengthen the specificity dimension.
Suggestions
Replace category nouns with specific actions: instead of 'pricing research, tier structure, and packaging strategy,' use verbs like 'Analyzes willingness to pay, designs pricing tiers, recommends packaging structures, conducts Van Westendorp analysis.'
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Names the domain (pricing/monetization) and mentions some actions like 'pricing research, tier structure, and packaging strategy' but these are more categories than concrete actions. Missing specific verbs like 'analyze,' 'design,' 'calculate,' or 'recommend.' | 2 / 3 |
Completeness | Clearly answers both what ('pricing research, tier structure, and packaging strategy') and when ('When the user wants help with pricing decisions...' plus explicit 'Also use when' clause with specific trigger terms). | 3 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Excellent coverage of natural terms users would say: 'pricing,' 'pricing tiers,' 'freemium,' 'free trial,' 'packaging,' 'price increase,' 'value metric,' 'Van Westendorp,' 'willingness to pay,' 'monetization.' Includes both common terms and domain-specific terminology. | 3 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | Clear niche focused on pricing and monetization with highly specific triggers like 'Van Westendorp,' 'value metric,' and 'willingness to pay' that are unlikely to conflict with other skills. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
57%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This skill provides a solid conceptual framework for pricing strategy with good organization and appropriate references to detailed materials. However, it leans toward explaining concepts rather than providing immediately actionable guidance—it reads more like a knowledge base than an operational skill. The lack of concrete examples (sample pricing calculations, template outputs, specific deliverable formats) limits its actionability.
Suggestions
Add concrete output examples: show what a completed pricing recommendation document looks like, with sample tier structures and price points
Include a clear sequential workflow: 'Step 1: Gather context → Step 2: Analyze competitors → Step 3: Define value metric → Step 4: Draft tier structure → Step 5: Validate with research'
Remove explanatory content Claude already knows (e.g., basic definitions of value-based pricing, what anchoring means) and replace with specific templates or frameworks unique to this skill
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The content is reasonably efficient but includes some explanatory content Claude already knows (e.g., basic definitions of value metrics, what 'Good-Better-Best' means). The tables and checklists are efficient, but sections like 'Value-Based Pricing' explain concepts that are fairly standard knowledge. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | Provides structured frameworks and checklists which are helpful, but lacks concrete executable examples. No specific templates, sample pricing calculations, or copy-paste ready outputs. The guidance is more conceptual than immediately actionable. | 2 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The skill has clear sections and a checklist, but lacks explicit sequencing for the pricing strategy process. There's no clear 'do step 1, validate, then step 2' workflow. The 'Before Starting' section is good but the rest doesn't follow a clear sequential process with validation checkpoints. | 2 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | Good structure with clear overview sections and well-signaled references to detailed materials (references/tier-structure.md, references/research-methods.md). Related skills are listed at the end. Content is appropriately split between overview and detailed references. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 9 / 12 Passed |
Validation
90%Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.
Validation — 10 / 11 Passed
Validation for skill structure
| Criteria | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|
frontmatter_unknown_keys | Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata | Warning |
Total | 10 / 11 Passed | |
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