Econ Market Structure

What it does

When your agent uses it

• The user needs to classify a markets competitive structure
• Predict pricing behavior
• Evaluate antitrust implications
• Understand why an industry behaves the way it does — even if they say why can they charge so much

Example prompts

• “why can they charge so much”
• “is this market competitive”
• “will prices come down”
• “/econ-market-structure”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Count sellers: How many significant firms serve this market?
2. 2Assess differentiation: Are products identical or differentiated?
3. 3Evaluate entry barriers: Can new firms enter easily?
4. 4Check interdependence: Do firms react to each other's moves?

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4e7f4f8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Econ Market Structure loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 118 tokens; SKILL.md has 455 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~118

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.3k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~3.7k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from asgard-ai-platform/skills at commit 4e7f4f8, republished under its MIT licence (© asgard-ai-platform). 455 words, ~1,326 tokens.

name

econ-market-structure

description

Analyze market structures across perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly to predict firm behavior and market outcomes. Use this skill when the user needs to classify a market's competitive structure, predict pricing behavior, evaluate antitrust implications, or understand why an industry behaves the way it does — even if they say 'why can they charge so much', 'is this market competitive', or 'will prices come down'.

metadata.category

WP-17 經濟學院

metadata.tags

economics, market-structure, industrial-organization

IRON LAW: Structure Determines Behavior, Not Vice Versa

Classify the market structure FIRST based on structural characteristics
(number of firms, barriers, differentiation), THEN predict behavior.
"This company charges high prices" does not mean it's a monopoly —
high prices can occur in oligopolies and even monopolistic competition.

# Market Structure Analysis: {Industry}

## Classification
- Structure: {type}
- Evidence:
  - Number of firms: ...
  - Product differentiation: ...
  - Entry barriers: ...
  - Interdependence: ...

## Predicted Behavior
- Pricing: {price-taking / markup / strategic}
- Long-run profit: {zero / positive}
- Competition type: {price / quality / advertising / innovation}

## Policy Implications
{Antitrust concerns, regulation needs, consumer impact}

© asgard-ai-platform, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in econ-market-structure of asgard-ai-platform/skills.

• SKILL.md
• examples/sample_scenario.md
• references/oligopoly-models.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4e7f4f8