ln-51-opportunity-evaluator
Opportunity Evaluator
Goal: Evaluate product opportunities before implementation commitment. Start from observable demand and a reachable acquisition path, eliminate weak candidates early, and recommend one low-cost validation step without manufacturing market precision.
Execution contract: Treat the ordered checkbox workflow below as this skill's Definition of Done. Work through every item in order, and mark it complete only when its action and required evidence are complete. N/A, skipped, unavailable, or delegated items remain incomplete.
Before returning, apply this skill's verdict, decision, and approval rules to every incomplete item and prepend Checklist: X/Y completeIncomplete: None | section/item — reason; outcome impact; exact next action; list every incomplete item.
Tool Routing
| Need | Preferred tool | Use it when | Fallback |
|---|---|---|---|
| Product and constraints | User context plus existing product, analytics, customer, and strategy documents | Establishing audience, assets, channels, economics, and non-goals | State assumptions and request only consequential missing intent |
| Current demand and acquisition | Web research, trend or marketplace data, communities, reviews, ads, directories, and primary customer evidence | Every external market claim that affects elimination or recommendation | Mark the signal unavailable; never infer a number from search-result count |
| Competition and pricing | Competitor product pages, pricing, release history, distribution channels, reviews, and public filings where relevant | Establishing substitutes, willingness-to-pay signals, and credible differentiation | Use qualitative evidence with explicit confidence |
| Feasibility and validation cost | Existing capabilities, public APIs, regulations, platform rules, and current official documentation | Comparing the cheapest credible experiment and major blockers | Label estimates and name the evidence still required |
Keep the evaluation read-only. Do not create project files, roadmaps, Epics, Stories, implementation plans, campaigns, listings, advertisements, or customer outreach.