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Seven Powers

Agent skill
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Use when diagnosing whether a business has, can build, or is falsely claiming durable strategic power using Hamilton Helmer's Seven Powers: scale economies, network economies, counter-positioning, switching costs, branding, cornered resource, and process power. Do NOT use for industry-structure analysis alone (use porters-five-forces), integrated strategy-cascade formulation (use playing-to-win), generic prioritization, or surface-level SWOT lists. Covers power as benefit plus barrier, moat-source classification, power progression by company phase, false-positive checks, and strategy implications. Do NOT use for analyze the attractiveness of this industry using entrants, suppliers, buyers, substitutes, and rivalry. Do NOT use for turn this market-entry plan into a winning aspiration, where to play, how to win, capabilities, and systems. Do NOT use for rank these roadmap items by impact and effort. Do NOT use for make a SWOT table for this company.

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Claude CodeCodexCursorGitHub CopilotGemini CLI

Supported by the Atlas install prompt. Skill-specific requirements vary.

Skill stats

Skills1CategoryGrowth & marketingStars0

About this skill

Use when diagnosing whether a business has, can build, or is falsely claiming durable strategic power using Hamilton Helmer's Seven Powers: scale economies, network economies, counter-positioning, switching costs, branding, cornered resource, and process power. Do NOT use for industry-structure analysis alone (use porters-five-forces), integrated strategy-cascade formulation (use playing-to-win), generic prioritization, or surface-level SWOT lists. Covers power as benefit plus barrier, moat-source classification, power progression by company phase, false-positive checks, and strategy implications. Do NOT use for analyze the attractiveness of this industry using entrants, suppliers, buyers, substitutes, and rivalry. Do NOT use for turn this market-entry plan into a winning aspiration, where to play, how to win, capabilities, and systems. Do NOT use for rank these roadmap items by impact and effort. Do NOT use for make a SWOT table for this company.

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About this listing

Category
Growth & marketing
Reported license
Not specified
Listing language (estimated)
English
Review status
Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility
Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.
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