Startup Channel Finder

Turn a startup URL or product description into an evidence-backed distribution plan. Recommend places where the intended audience is demonstrably active, not generic lists of popular launch sites.

Read references/research-playbook.md before researching. Read references/analysis-schema.md before writing the analysis JSON.

Resolve SKILL_DIR as the directory containing this SKILL.md. Run bundled scripts from SKILL_DIR, while writing all outputs into the user's current workspace.

Workflow

1. Understand the launch

• Inspect the supplied URL, repository, landing page, README, or product description.
• Identify product, primary ICP, painful job, differentiation, stage, geography, language, CTA, and launch goal.
• Separate facts from inferences. Ask one concise question only when ambiguity would materially change the audience or market; otherwise continue with labeled assumptions.
• Treat a feature launch differently from a company launch, waitlist, beta, open-source release, or paid-product launch.

2. Build a channel hypothesis map