Best fit
- Use when the user wants market sizing, competitor comparisons, fund research, technology scans, or research that informs business decisions.
affaan-m/ECC
market-research
Conduct 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 business decisions.
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npx skills add https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC --skill "skills/market-research"Automated source guideResearchStandard source
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Source-grounded research guide: market-research
Produce research that supports decisions, not research theater.
npx skills add https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC --skill "skills/market-research"The pinned source supports a structured brief, but not an expanded tutorial. Only detected inputs, outputs, and sections are shown.
250 source words · 9 usable sections
Research evidence
- executive summary
- key findings
- implications
Research method
Read market-research through these 4 source sections
Sections are extracted automatically from the pinned SKILL.md and link back to the source.
When to Activate
researching a market, category, company, investor, or technology trend
researching a market, category, company, investor, or technology trendbuilding TAM/SAM/SOM estimatescomparing competitors or adjacent products
Research Standards
1. Every important claim needs a source. 2. Prefer recent data and call out stale data. 3. Include contrarian evidence and downside cases. 4. Translate findings into a decision, not just a summary. 5. Separate fact, inference, and recommendation clearly.
Every important claim needs a source.Prefer recent data and call out stale data.Include contrarian evidence and downside cases.
Common Research Modes
Collect: - fund size, stage, and typical check size - relevant portfolio companies - public thesis and recent activity - reasons the fund is or is not a fit - any obvious red flags or mismatches
fund size, stage, and typical check sizerelevant portfolio companiespublic thesis and recent activity
Investor / Fund Diligence
Collect: - fund size, stage, and typical check size - relevant portfolio companies - public thesis and recent activity - reasons the fund is or is not a fit - any obvious red flags or mismatches
fund size, stage, and typical check sizerelevant portfolio companiespublic thesis and recent activity
Research checklist
Verify each item before delivery
The source section “When to Activate” has been checked.
The source section “Research Standards” has been checked.
The source section “Common Research Modes” has been checked.
The source section “Investor / Fund Diligence” has been checked.
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market-research
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Open source detailmarket-research
Use it for research tasks; the detail page covers purpose, installation, and practical steps.
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Open source detailab-testing
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Open source detailFAQ
What does the market-research source document cover?
Produce research that supports decisions, not research theater.
How do I install market-research?
The source record exposes this install command: npx skills add https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC --skill "skills/market-research". Inspect the command and pinned source before running it.
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Documentation18/30
Specificity15/25
Maintenance20/20
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View original Skill.mdThis page is parsed directly from the repository SKILL.md without editorial rewriting. Collected: Jul 28, 2026 · about 2 min
Market Research
Produce research that supports decisions, not research theater.
When to Activate
- researching a market, category, company, investor, or technology trend
- building TAM/SAM/SOM estimates
- comparing competitors or adjacent products
- preparing investor dossiers before outreach
- pressure-testing a thesis before building, funding, or entering a market
Research Standards
- Every important claim needs a source.
- Prefer recent data and call out stale data.
- Include contrarian evidence and downside cases.
- Translate findings into a decision, not just a summary.
- Separate fact, inference, and recommendation clearly.
Common Research Modes
Investor / Fund Diligence
Collect:
- fund size, stage, and typical check size
- relevant portfolio companies
- public thesis and recent activity
- reasons the fund is or is not a fit
- any obvious red flags or mismatches
Competitive Analysis
Collect:
- product reality, not marketing copy
- funding and investor history if public
- traction metrics if public
- distribution and pricing clues
- strengths, weaknesses, and positioning gaps
Market Sizing
Use:
- top-down estimates from reports or public datasets
- bottom-up sanity checks from realistic customer acquisition assumptions
- explicit assumptions for every leap in logic
Technology / Vendor Research
Collect:
- how it works
- trade-offs and adoption signals
- integration complexity
- lock-in, security, compliance, and operational risk
Output Format
Default structure:
- executive summary
- key findings
- implications
- risks and caveats
- recommendation
- sources
Quality Gate
Before delivering:
- all numbers are sourced or labeled as estimates
- old data is flagged
- the recommendation follows from the evidence
- risks and counterarguments are included
- the output makes a decision easier
- Source repo
- affaan-m/ECC
- Skill path
- skills/market-research/SKILL.md
- Commit SHA
- 4e973d3eaf92
- Repository license
- MIT
- Data collected