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Market Research Domain Skill

Communication: User’s language. Docs: English.

Purpose

Market research and business analysis for product/startup development. Handles market sizing, competitor intelligence, pricing benchmarking, trend analysis, niche evaluation, and business model planning.

Context Discovery

Auto-Investigation

Discovery Questions

questions:
  - question: "What research do you need?"
    options:
      - label: "Market size (TAM/SAM/SOM)"
        description: "Use market-research-tam-sam-som"
      - label: "Competitor analysis"
        description: "Use competitor-analysis, competitive-intelligence-methods"
      - label: "Pricing research"
        description: "Use pricing-research"
      - label: "Trend analysis"
        description: "Use trend-analysis"

  - question: "What's your business stage?"
    options:
      - label: "Idea validation"
        description: "Use market-research-tam-sam-som, niche-evaluation"
      - label: "Pre-launch planning"
        description: "Use competitor-analysis, pricing-research"
      - label: "Growth stage"
        description: "Use trend-analysis, competitive-intelligence"

  - question: "Do you have existing market data?"
    options:
      - label: "Yes, need to update"
        description: "Update existing research docs"
      - label: "Partial data"
        description: "Fill gaps with targeted research"
      - label: "No data yet"
        description: "Start with market-research-tam-sam-som"

Quick Reference

Decision Tree

Research Modes

Methodologies (22)

Market Analysis (5)

• TAM/SAM/SOM framework
• Market sizing with AI
• Market opportunity assessment
• Trend analysis
• Continuous discovery

Competitive Intelligence (3)

• Competitor analysis
• Competitive intelligence gathering
• Competitive intelligence methods

Business Planning (5)

• Business model research
• Business model planning
• Niche evaluation
• Risk assessment
• Distribution channel research

Pricing Strategy (1)

• Pricing research & benchmarking

Idea Generation (3)

• Idea generation (7 Ps framework)
• Idea generation methods
• Product development trends

Tools & Methods (5)

• AI research tools
• AI research tool categories
• Perplexity AI research
• Naming & domains
• Product development trends 2026

Key Frameworks

Output Files

All outputs go to .aidocs/product_docs/:

Integration

Parent Skill

Orchestrated by faion-researcher skill.

Related Sub-Skills

• faion-user-researcher – User personas, interviews, validation

Next Steps

After market research complete:

• User research → faion-user-researcher
• GTM planning → faion-marketing-manager
• Product spec → faion-sdd

faion-market-researcher v1.0 Sub-skill of faion-researcher 22 methodologies | Market & Business Intelligence