product-marketing
When the user wants to create or update their product marketing context document. Also use when the user mentions 'product context,' 'marketing context,' 'set up context,' 'positioning,' 'who is my target audience,' 'describe my product,' 'ICP,' 'ideal customer profile,' or wants to avoid repeating
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Product Marketing Context
You help users create and maintain a product marketing context document. This captures foundational positioning and messaging information that other marketing skills reference, so users don't repeat themselves.
The document is stored at .agents/product marketing.md .
Workflow
Step 1: Check for Existing Context
First, check if .agents/product marketing.md already exists. Also check .claude/product marketing.md and the legacy filename product marketing context.md (in either .agents/ or .claude/ ) for older setups — if found anywhere other than .agents/product marketing.md , offer to move it to the canonical location.
If it exists:
Read it and summarize what's captured — note its current Document version and the last few Changelog entries so the user sees where the doc stands and what's changed recently
Ask which sections they want to update
Only gather info for those sections
On any substantive save, bump the version and add a changelog entry (see Step 4). This doc is the shared context every other marketing skill reads, so a dated paper trail of what changed and why is worth keeping.
If it doesn't exist, offer two options:
1. Auto draft from codebase (recommended): You'll study the repo—README, landing pages, marketing copy, package.json, etc.—and draft a V1 of the context document. The user then reviews, corrects, and fills gaps. This is faster than starting from scratch.
2. Start from scratch : Walk through each section conversationally, gathering info one section at a time.
Most users prefer option 1. After presenting the draft, ask: "What needs correcting? What's missing?"
Step 2: Gather Information
If auto drafting:
1. Read the codebase: README, landing pages, marketing copy, about pages, meta descriptions, package.json, any existing docs
2. Draft all sections based on what you find
3. Present the draft and ask what needs correcting or is missing
4. Iterate until the user is satisfied
If starting from scratch:
Walk through each section below conversationally, one at a time. Don't dump all questions at once.
For each section:
1. Briefly explain what you're capturing
2. Ask relevant questions
3. Confirm accuracy
4. Move to the next
Push for verbatim customer language — exact phrases are more valuable than polished descriptions because they reflect how customers actually think and speak, which makes copy more resonant.
Sections to Capture
1. Product Overview
One line description
What it does (2 3 sentences)
Product category (what "shelf" you sit on—how customers search for you)
Product type (SaaS, marketplace, e commerce, service, etc.)
Business model and pricing
2. Target Audience
Target company type (industry, size, stage)
Target decision makers (roles, departments)
Primary use case (the main problem you solve)
Jobs to be done (2 3 things customers "hire" you for)
Specific use cases or scenarios
3. Personas (B2B only)
If multiple stakeholders are involved in buying, capture for each:
User, Champion, Decision Maker, Financial Buyer, Technical Influencer
What each cares about, their challenge, and the value you promise them
4. Problems & Pain Points
Core challenge customers face before finding you
Why current solutions fall short
What it costs them (time, money, opportunities)
Emotional tension (stress, fear, doubt)
5. Competitive Landscape
Direct competitors : Same solution, same problem (e.g., Calendly vs SavvyCal)
Secondary competitors : Different solution, same problem (e.g., Calendly vs Superhuman scheduling)
Indirect competitors : Conflicting approach (e.g., Calendly vs personal assistant)
How each falls short for customers
6. Differentiation
Key differentiators (capabilities alternatives lack)
How you solve it differently
Why that's better (benefits)
Why customers choose you over alternatives
7. Objections & Anti Personas
Top 3 objections heard in sales and how to address them
Who is NOT a good fit (anti persona)
8. Switching Dynamics
The JTBD Four Forces:
Push : What frustrations drive them away from current solution
Pull : What attracts them to you
Habit : What keeps them stuck with current approach
Anxiety : What worries them about switching
9. Customer Language
How customers describe the problem (verbatim)
How they describe your solution (verbatim)
Words/phrases to use
Words/phrases to avoid
Glossary of product specific terms
10. Brand Voice
3 5 voice attributes, each with what it means, what it doesn't mean, and a real line from existing copy
Tone by context: how the voice shifts for support, launches, errors, sales, and social
Brand words: terms you own, words you never use (with the reason)
Build this from copy that already performed and from the founder's own writing, rather than from adjectives picked in a meeting. See [references/brand voice.md](references/brand voice.md) for the extraction steps, a worked profile, before/after examples, and per person voice guides.
11. Proof Points
Key metrics or results to cite
Notable customers/logos
Testimonial snippets
Main value themes and supporting evidence
12. Goals
Primary business goal
Key conversion action (what you want people to do)
Current metrics (if known)
13. Paid Ads (optional, only if they run ads)
The ads skill reads this so the user doesn't re explain the account every session.
Margin reality: the target CPA or ROAS that keeps the business profitable, and the hard floor (the ROAS below which, or CPA above which, to flag immediately)
Budget and pacing: monthly budget and acceptable daily variance
Conversion truth: which conversion actions count and what each is worth, known tracking weaknesses (lag, double counting, offline gaps), and what separates a good lead from a form fill
Campaign naming convention and what each campaign is for, one line each
What the agent may do (read, compare, flag, draft, recommend) and may not do without approval (change budgets or bids, pause or launch, edit tracking, publish ads)
14. Learnings
Start this empty. It fills up as work ships (see "Maintaining Learnings" below).
Step 3: Create the Document
After gathering information, create .agents/product marketing.md with this structure:
Step 4: Confirm, Version, and Save
Show the completed document
Ask if anything needs adjustment
Set the version and changelog — this is the paper trail for a doc every other skill reads:
New document: set Document version: v1 and a single Changelog entry — v1 ([today]) — Initial context.
Updating an existing document: increment the version (v2 → v3 …), update Last updated to today, and prepend a new Changelog entry at the top of the list (newest first) summarizing what changed and why in one line. Never rewrite or reorder past entries.
A good entry names the sections touched and the reason, not "updated the doc." Examples:
v3 (2026 07 16) — Repositioned from "email tool" to "deliverability platform"; added RevOps to the ICP.
v2 (2026 06 02) — Rewrote value prop and objections after 5 customer interviews; added competitor Acme.
Use today's date in ISO form (YYYY MM DD) for the entry and Last updated .
Pure typo only fix: don't bump the version or add a changelog entry — just save the correction. Every other change bumps the version and gets an entry. When the change is a real repositioning, say so plainly — downstream skills will now generate against the new context.
Save to .agents/product marketing.md
Tell them: "Other marketing skills will now use this context automatically. The Changelog at the bottom tracks every revision — check it to see how your positioning has evolved. Run /product marketing anytime to update it."
Maintaining Learnings
The Changelog records how the document changed. Learnings records what the team found out by shipping: which angles won, which offers flopped, which decisions were made and why. Drafting skills (copywriting, emails, ads, ad creative, social) read it before writing so the next brief starts from what's already known.
Entry format: one row per learning.
Learning: one sentence, specific enough to change a draft. "Price anchored headlines beat outcome headlines on the pricing page" works. "Be clearer" doesn't.
Evidence: the test, campaign, or source, with the number and sample size. "Variant B +18% trial starts, 2,400 visitors per arm, 3 weeks."
Applies to: the channels, segments, or skills it affects.
Status: active , watch (one data point, worth retesting), or retired .
What earns a place:
A test result that reached its planned sample, or the same pattern seen in two or more campaigns
A decision the user made with a reason (positioning, pricing, a channel cut) that future drafts must respect
A correction the user gave more than once ("never call it a platform")
What doesn't: single run anecdotes (log those as watch or leave them out), task notes, and anything that belongs in another section. A new objection goes in Objections; a new customer phrase goes in Customer Language.
When to retire an entry: a later test contradicts it, the product or market changed underneath it (new pricing, new ICP), or it hasn't been relevant for two quarters. Change the status to retired and add a line saying why, rather than deleting it, so nobody re tests a settled question. Move retired rows to the bottom, and archive them once the table passes about 20 active rows.
Who writes it: any skill that finishes a test, campaign, or postmortem may propose a row. Show the proposed row to the user and add it on approval, with a version bump and a Changelog line like any other substantive change. Loops that run on a schedule do this through their session end step (see marketing loops ).
Tips
Be specific : Ask "What's the 1 frustration that brings them to you?" not "What problem do they solve?"
Capture exact words : Customer language beats polished descriptions
Ask for examples : "Can you give me an example?" unlocks better answers
Validate as you go : Summarize each section and confirm before moving on
Skip what doesn't apply : Not every product needs all sections (e.g., Personas for B2C, Paid Ads if they don't run ads)