Benchmark Analyzer

This skill helps you find competitors genuinely worth emulating by applying a rigorous five-filter method that cuts through bias and noise. Rather than getting stuck debating whether something "feels right," you systematically evaluate candidates on profitability, comprehensibility, feasibility, and execution clarity. The approach rests on a core conviction: in the 0-to-1 phase, imitation is the right strategy. Most people don't lack the ability to imitate—they lack the willingness, hiding behind excuses like "that doesn't suit me" or "I want to be myself." This skill strips away those rationalizations and forces you to decide: can you execute it or not?

What it does

• Five-filter evaluation: Screen benchmarks through profitability (10x your current income), comprehensibility (can you understand the business model?), feasibility (can you replicate the process?), freedom from self-justification, and willingness to avoid discussing "industry potential."
• Commercial model breakdown: Maps how your benchmark acquires customers, converts them to paying customers, delivers the product, and generates repeat purchases.
• Execution pathway: Provides concrete first steps to begin imitation at the necessary level of detail.
• Granularity check: If you already have a benchmark, compares you across dozens of dimensions—price, content form, posting frequency, tone, platform strategy—to expose exactly where you're drifting.
• Platform operations detail: For social platforms (Douyin, Xiaohongshu, TikTok), checks account setup, ad spend, private-domain funnels, and livestream cadence against your benchmark.

How to use it

Tell the skill what you're currently building, or the direction you want to pursue. If you already have business running, describe it. The skill will either help you find worthy benchmarks in your space, or help you evaluate candidates you've identified. Hand over specific competitor names, accounts, or business examples—the more concrete, the better. The skill then runs each through the five filters and outputs a results table, business model breakdown, and precise imitation steps.

Note: this skill's internal instructions are written in Chinese. Claude reads them natively and will work with you in English.