Inputs
Provide these when prompted. The skill asks for anything missing before it runs.
Required
- Partner profiles
- Partnership goals
- Required capabilities
Optional
- Target markets
- Existing partners to avoid overlap
- Preferred partnership types
Agent Skill
Partner Qualification
Evaluate potential channel, integration, affiliate, or strategic partners against partnership goals.
Version 1.0 Updated June 2026 SKILL.md MIT 6 min read
Overview
What this skill does
Partnership pipelines mix very different organizations — resellers, integrators, affiliates, co-marketers — and a single score rarely captures why one matters more than another.
This skill evaluates each candidate against your stated goals, proposes the most fitting partnership type, estimates strategic value, flags risks such as competitive overlap, and ranks outreach priority so business development can sequence its effort.
When to use it
Best used for
- Prioritizing a partner long-list
- Classifying the likely partnership type per candidate
- Surfacing competitive or channel-conflict risks
- Sequencing partnership outreach
Know the limits
When not to use this skill
- You have no partnership goals or target markets defined
- The records lack enough signal to assess fit
- You need contract terms rather than a fit assessment
Outputs
One record per partner with a consistent, inspectable schema.
partner_fit_scoreA 0–100 score against partnership goals.
partnership_typeChannel, integration, affiliate, or strategic.
strategic_valueWhy the partner matters, with evidence.
risksOverlap, conflict, or capability concerns.
recommended_outreach_priorityHigh, medium, or low with rationale.
Example
Example
A candidate assessed for an integration partnership.
Input
Goal: Expand integrations for our CRM. Capability needed: open API, shared customers.
Partner:
- Northwind Analytics, BI platform
- Public API; overlaps in mid-marketOutput
partner_fit_score: 79
partnership_type: integration
strategic_value: Complementary BI layer; shared mid-market ICP
risks: Minor feature overlap in reporting
recommended_outreach_priority: High; propose API integration pilotComplementary capability and a shared ICP make this a high-priority integration partner; the only risk is minor reporting overlap to clarify in talks.
Setup
How to use the skill
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Partner Qualification
Purpose
Evaluate potential channel, integration, affiliate, or strategic partners against partnership goals.
When to use this skill
- Prioritizing a partner long-list
- Classifying the likely partnership type per candidate
- Surfacing competitive or channel-conflict risks
- Sequencing partnership outreach
When not to use this skill
- You have no partnership goals or target markets defined
- The records lack enough signal to assess fit
- You need contract terms rather than a fit assessment
Required inputs
- Partner profiles
- Partnership goals
- Required capabilities
Optional inputs
- Target markets
- Existing partners to avoid overlap
- Preferred partnership types
Rules
- Score against stated partnership goals only.
- Use evidence from the profiles; do not assume capabilities.
- Flag competitive overlap and channel conflict explicitly.
- Separate facts from strategic assumptions.
- Apply the same framework to every candidate.
Process
- Parse partnership goals and required capabilities.
- Assess each candidate for fit and overlap.
- Classify the most fitting partnership type.
- Estimate strategic value and risks.
- Score fit and assign an outreach priority.
Output format
Return one record per partner with the following fields:
- partnerfitscore
- partnership_type
- strategic_value
- risks
- recommendedoutreachpriority
Validation
- Confirm partnership type follows from the evidence.
- Confirm risks include any competitive overlap.
- Confirm priorities are comparable across candidates.
Limitations
- Strategic value is an estimate, not a forecast.
- Partnership fit depends on relationship factors not present in records.
Before you rely on it
Safety and limitations
- Strategic value is an estimate, not a forecast.
- Partnership fit depends on relationship factors not present in records.
- Review the output before acting on it.
- Do not upload confidential datasets to an external model without authorization.
- Outputs depend on the model and the source data and are not guaranteed to be accurate.
History
Changelog
- v1.0June 2026
- Initial release.
Questions
Agent Skill FAQ
What partnership goals can it score against?
Any goals you state — channel reach, integration fit, audience overlap, or strategic value. It scores only against the goals you provide, so define them before running.
Can it rank partners across different types together?
Yes. It scores each against your goals on one scale, while still labeling the most fitting partnership type per candidate.
Do I need ProfileSpider to use this skill?
No. The skill works on any compatible data. ProfileSpider is one convenient way to produce that structured input.
Does running this skill send data to ProfileSpider?
No. Downloading or copying the file does not send any data to ProfileSpider. What happens afterward depends on the AI service you load it into.
Are Agent Skills the same as prompts?
No. A skill is a structured, reusable package — task, inputs, rules, process, and output format — so the workflow runs consistently and can be shared, versioned, and edited.