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Market validation skill
Market Opportunity AnalystFind the market opportunity most worth testing next.
Rank market opportunities by demand, urgency, whitespace, fit, reachability, and evidence quality before committing resources.
KLINKO / SKILL MAPMarket validation
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What is Market Opportunity Analyst?
Market Opportunity Analyst turns current market evidence into ranked market opportunities and recommends what to validate next. It compares demand, problem urgency, buying motivation, market gap, strategic fit, reachability, and evidence quality in one transparent decision—not a fabricated market-size number or generic trend summary.
Use it in Codex or Claude Code
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Run Market Opportunity Analyst
Describe the market question directly; the Skill applies a consistent research standard and output.
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What this skill helps you decide
Find the market opportunity most worth testing next.
Use it before committing product capacity, campaign budget, or a quarter of execution. The skill makes opportunity costs visible and identifies the smallest test that could increase or destroy confidence.
Inside the skill
Market Opportunity Analyst research process
Inputs
- Market question or opportunity set
- Target geography and time horizon
- Capabilities and constraints
- Known evidence, competitors, and alternatives
Decision process
- 01
Define comparable opportunities
Frame each option as a specific audience, unmet need, and possible value exchange.
- 02
Evaluate decision dimensions
Compare demand, urgency, whitespace, fit, reachability, and evidence reliability.
- 03
Recommend the next bet
Rank opportunities and design a validation around the most consequential uncertainty.
Outputs
- Ranked opportunity portfolio
- Decision scorecard and rationale
- Risks, contradictions, and confidence
- Minimum useful validation plan
Natural-language guide
Start with one market question
Use the complete question, then ask for evidence boundaries and the next test. The Skill keeps the research path consistent while the market question changes.
Which expansion opportunity should a premium pet-care brand test next: senior-dog mobility, anxious-dog routines, or travel products?
Separate conclusions supported by public evidence from inferences, and show what information is still missing.
What new evidence is most likely to change the recommendation, and what should I validate next?
Worked example
Market question
QUESTIONWhich expansion opportunity should a premium pet-care brand test next: senior-dog mobility, anxious-dog routines, or travel products?
What the skill clarifies
The output may favor a narrower opportunity with repeated high-cost pain and weak existing solutions over a larger but saturated category, while showing exactly which assumption drives the choice.
Recommended actions- Choose one opportunity for a bounded validation
- Define a disproof threshold before testing
- Preserve the comparison for the next review
- A team must choose between several market bets
- A new category looks attractive but evidence is scattered
- Roadmap debate lacks explicit opportunity criteria
- It does not replace financial forecasting or representative market sizing.
- Opportunity rankings depend on current constraints and should be revisited when those constraints change.
FAQ
Questions about this skill
What is a market opportunity in this skill?
A specific audience with a meaningful unmet need, plausible value exchange, reachable path, and evidence worth testing.
Does it calculate TAM?
No. It can organize sizing evidence and proxies, but it does not manufacture a defensible TAM from public discussion volume.
What should happen after the ranking?
Run the smallest test that addresses the highest-impact uncertainty behind the leading opportunity.
Can I use Market Opportunity Analyst with Codex and Claude Code?
Yes. Market Opportunity Analyst supports Codex CLI, the Codex desktop app, and Claude Code, using Klinko MCP for market evidence.
Continue your research
Use the right skill for the market decision in front of you.
Connect Klinko to Codex or Claude Code, then start with a focused market question.