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Porter's Five Forces Analysis

Analyze an industry's competitive forces and rate its attractiveness in a structured way.

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Repository
phuryn/pm-skills
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27,616
Licence
MIT
Files
1 file

What it does

Once installed, the agent walks through Porter's Five Forces framework, a classic business strategy method, when you ask about an industry or market. It rates competitive rivalry, supplier power, buyer power, threat of substitutes, and threat of new entrants as high, medium, or low, explains the reasons, and gives strategic implications for each. It is instruction-only: it guides the agent's thinking and output format rather than running software.

Great for

  • Product managers or founders preparing a market or strategy review
  • Students learning competitive strategy frameworks
  • Analysts who want a consistent structure for industry assessments

Skip it if

  • Precise, data-backed market sizing or financial forecasts, since the skill gives no data sources and relies on the agent's reasoning and whatever information you supply
  • Legal, investment, or regulatory decisions that need verified, up-to-date research from qualified professionals

Try asking

  • “Run a Porter's Five Forces analysis for the electric scooter sharing market in European cities”
  • “Assess the competitive forces facing a new project management SaaS tool for small agencies”
  • “Evaluate industry attractiveness for a regional coffee roastery expanding into subscriptions”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Porter's Five Forces AnalysisInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    porters-five-forces.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip porters-five-forces.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip porters-five-forces.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Give the agent concrete details up front: the industry definition, main competitors, key suppliers, customers, substitutes, and entry barriers.
  • Ask for the current state and trend of each force, and check any market facts the agent states against current sources.
  • Use the output as a structured starting point for discussion rather than a final verdict.

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from phuryn/pm-skills under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.