Business Model

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Preflight

Run canonical pre-flight per contracts/preflight.md.

Include the X-Agentii-Trace header on every tool call per contracts/x-agentii-trace-header.md — carry the _run_id from your first tool result and name yourself (and your parent, if you were spawned).

Triggers

• analyze the business model of {ticker}
• run business model analysis on {ticker}
• decompose the business model of {ticker}
• what does {ticker} sell and how does it make money
• classify the business model type of {ticker}
• analyze {ticker} product offerings and distribution channels
• assess {ticker} revenue composition and concentration risk
• evaluate {ticker} TAM SAM SOM and market positioning
• analyze {ticker} management team and leadership changes
• review {ticker} go-to-market strategy
• breakdown {ticker} customer segments and distribution model
• structural analysis of {ticker}
• business unit performance analysis for {ticker}
• competitive positioning of {ticker}

Defaults

Production Grounding

Production data-plane grounding (scale, locators) is in references/methodology.md.

Data Source Priority (mandatory order)

1. XBRL FIRST (grounding truth) — search_xbrl_facts with the detailed/segment view for revenue & margins broken down by product line, segment, geography, and distribution channel (concepts Revenues, GrossProfit, OperatingIncomeLoss, SegmentReportingInformation). Retrieve XBRL BEFORE any document discovery.
2. SEC filings — search_documents / search_sec_filings for the 10-K (annual, richest business overview), trailing 10-Q, and 20-F for foreign issuers → read_source_pages enrichment.
3. Web search = LAST RESORT — only when SEC/XBRL coverage is genuinely insufficient (e.g., third-party TAM estimates, very recent unfiled events), and it MUST be flagged in Coverage Gaps. Web search is NOT an MCP tool and is never a substitute for filings.

Methodology

1. Retrieval Scope

This skill performs unstructured document search at scale (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K filings and earnings call transcripts). The three-layer agent-use-ready retrieval protocol applies (Layer 1 → Layer 2 → Layer 3). For foreign issuers, use 20-F (annual) and 6-K (material events) instead of 10-K and 8-K respectively.

2. Retrieval Strategy

See contracts/retrieval.md for the canonical decision tree; skill-specific retrieval detail is in references/methodology.md.

Read before you quote. A page's description is platform-generated — it is never the issuer's words and must never be quoted as the filing's. When a description identifies a relevant page, read_source_pages that page and quote its page_content. The description is a pointer, not a source: a citation written from one is the fabricated quote this skill's output standard exists to prevent (contracts/retrieval.md § Three-Layer Document Protocol).

3. Temporal Scope

Default: 4 fiscal quarters (max 8). A single-quarter snapshot is INSUFFICIENT for business-model classification — use the latest 10-K (annual) plus trailing 10-Qs. Extend the window when explicitly tracking channel-mix evolution (mode 1_2 default 12 quarters) or management changes (mode 1_5 default 4 quarters).

4. Tool Allowlist

See frontmatter allowed_tools.

• search_companies, get_company_profile — issuer resolution and sector classification.
• search_xbrl_facts, list_xbrl_concepts, get_company_financials — segment-level P&L and revenue concentration metrics.
• search_documents, search_sec_filings — Layer 1 document discovery (with secondary_labels filter).
• read_source_outline, read_source_pages, search_keyword_in_source — Layer 2/3 deep read for business-overview pages.
• get_company_fiscal_calendar, get_ticker_coverage — pre-flight (mandatory first step).

5. Protocol

Step-by-step execution detail is in references/methodology.md.

Moat Assessment: When evaluating competitive advantage durability, apply the Sustainable Value Creation framework in references/moat-methodology.md. Quantify the ROIC−WACC spread magnitude, calibrate sustainability using sector-level ROIC autocorrelation data (Consumer Staples r=0.46 → Energy r=0.15), classify industry structure (Fragmented/Oligopoly/Dominant/Network/Commodity), and apply the 67-item Moat Checklist. High current ROIC in a rapid-mean-reversion industry is not a moat.

Modes (5 — structural equity analysis)

This skill delivers analyst-grade output via 5 addressable mode(s); invoke with --mode=<slug> / --modes=<slug1>,<slug2> / --mode=all (see Mode syntax. The default invocation (no flag) runs the essentials_modes subset declared in this skill's frontmatter.

Analyst Modes

This skill exposes addressable analysis modes (--mode=<slug> / --modes=<s1>,<s2> / --mode=all; see Mode syntax). The full mode definitions and their output templates live in references/modes.md. The default invocation runs the essentials subset.

Tool Fallbacks

Per-tool failure modes and fallback actions are tabulated in references/tool-fallbacks.md.