What problem does it solve?
Single-source competitive research produces anecdotes, not intelligence. This Skill gives product managers the intelligence community's collection playbook: eight independent disciplines (OSINT, FININT, GEOINT/DEMOINT, TECHINT, HUMINT, SIGINT, MASINT, and all-source fusion) so weak signals from separate channels can be cross-validated into defensible conclusions.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Eight Collection Disciplines: Each discipline lists free and paid sources, signal-to-inference chains, and the PM artifact it feeds (TAM/SAM/SOM, ICPs, battle cards, roadmap bets, pricing, positioning).
- Confidence Stacking & Fusion: A fusion template applies the stacking rule — one discipline is a watch item, two a working hypothesis, three or more actionable intelligence — with a weekly/monthly/quarterly collection cadence.
- Collection Plan Template & Worked Examples: A copy-paste plan with six instantiation variables ([TARGET], [MARKET], [GEOGRAPHY], [BUYER], [CAPABILITY], [DECISION]) plus fictional SaaS and industrial worked examples.
- Use Case: You suspect a competitor is building a platform play. Fill the instantiation block, run HUMINT (hiring surge), TECHINT (patent cluster), and SIGINT (new subdomain cert), then fuse the signals into a high-confidence verdict that drives your roadmap response before their launch.
Quick Start
Use intelligence-collection-disciplines with [TARGET] set to your competitor, [CAPABILITY] set to the move you suspect, and [DECISION] set to what this research will change.
