Agent skill

Company Research Brief

by deanpeters in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills

Builds a company research brief covering executive quotes, product strategy, transformation efforts and org context, tailored to interview prep, competitor or partnership work.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install Company Research Brief

skills CLI
$ npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill company-research -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills company-research --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/company-research .claude/skills/company-research && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
company-research
GitHub stars
7.2k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~3.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
907 words
Files
4
Skills in repo
75
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Builds a company research brief covering executive quotes, product strategy, transformation efforts and org context, tailored to interview prep, competitor or partnership work.

  • Works in 9 steps: Define Research Scope → Gather Company Overview → Extract Executive Quotes on Strategic… → …
  • Preparing for a product management interview at a specific company
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, Input, Key Concepts and Application, plus 3 more sections
  • Reaches github.com

What it does

The brief draws on public sources such as interviews, earnings calls, blog posts and case studies to describe a company from a product-management angle. It follows a seven-part framework: company overview, executive quotes from leaders such as the CEO and VP Product, product insights, transformation strategies (digital, AI, agile), organizational impact of product management, future roadmap and product-led growth.

It works best when you name the company and the reason for the research, since interview prep, competitive analysis, partnership evaluation or market entry change what the brief emphasizes; anything passed with the invocation counts as already answered, and with nothing supplied it asks. A template and two sample briefs, one for life sciences, are included. It is not financial analysis: valuation and stock performance are out of scope.

When your agent uses it

  • Preparing for a product management interview at a specific company
  • Profiling a competitor's product strategy and leadership thinking
  • Evaluating a potential partner before a meeting
  • Gathering context before entering a new market

Example prompts

  • “Build a company research brief on Datadog; I interview with their platform PM team Friday.”
  • “Profile our main competitor's product strategy with executive quotes.”
  • “Research this partner company and summarize its transformation initiatives.”

Requirements

  • Web access to public sources about the company

Workflow steps

9 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Define Research Scope
  2. Gather Company Overview
  3. Extract Executive Quotes on Strategic Vision
  4. Document Product Insights
  5. Identify Transformation Strategies
  6. Understand Organizational Impact of Product Management
  7. Analyze Future Roadmap and Challenges
  8. Document Product-Led Growth Insights
  9. Synthesize Key Takeaways

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1b5a524. 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

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • github.com

    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

Company Research Brief loads about 3.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 50 tokens; SKILL.md has 907 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~50
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.8k

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

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 907 words (~3,781 tokens).

“Create a comprehensive company profile that extracts executive insights, product strategy, transformation initiatives, and organizational dynamics from publicly available sources. Use this to understand competitive landscape, evaluate partnership opportunities, benchmark best practices, prepare for interviews, or inform market entry decisions…”

— opening of SKILL.md by deanpeters, Custom licence
name
company-research
argument-hint
[company name] [purpose]
intent
Create a comprehensive company profile that extracts executive insights, product strategy, transformation initiatives, and organizational dynamics from…
type
component
theme
market-intelligence
best_for
Preparing for a PM interview with real company context, Building a competitor or partner brief before a first meeting, Understanding a company's product…
scenarios
I have a PM interview next week and need real context on their product strategy, We're meeting a potential partner and I need a brief on how they actually…
estimated_time
20-40 min

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files in skills/company-research of deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • examples/sample-lifesciences.md
  • examples/sample.md
  • template.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1b5a524

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Company Research Brief

What does Company Research Brief do?

Builds a company research brief covering executive quotes, product strategy, transformation efforts and org context, tailored to interview prep, competitor or partnership work. The brief draws on public sources such as interviews, earnings calls, blog posts and case studies to describe a company from a product-management angle. It follows a seven-part framework: company overview, executive quotes from leaders such as the CEO and VP Product, product insights, transformation strategies (digital, AI, agile), organizational impact of product management, future roadmap and product-led growth.

When should I use Company Research Brief?

Company Research Brief fits situations like: preparing for a product management interview at a specific company; profiling a competitor's product strategy and leadership thinking; evaluating a potential partner before a meeting; gathering context before entering a new market.

How do I install Company Research Brief in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill company-research -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/company-research in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills) into .claude/skills/company-research in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Company Research Brief in Codex?

Run `npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill company-research -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/company-research in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills) into .agents/skills/company-research in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Company Research Brief in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill company-research -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/company-research, .gemini/skills/company-research, .github/skills/company-research and .opencode/skills/company-research in your project.

What does Company Research Brief need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Company Research Brief is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Web access to public sources about the company.

Does Company Research Brief access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: github.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Company Research Brief safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Company Research Brief use?

Company Research Brief has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Company Research Brief use?

About 3.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 15k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Company Research Brief?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Company Research Brief: Product Strategist (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars), Product Competitive Analysis (Fokkyp/claude-skills, 226 stars), Prd V02 Product Type Classification (mattgierhart/PRD-driven-context-engineering, 180 stars) and Product Discovery (majiayu000/spellbook, 287 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Company Research Brief?

deanpeters (a GitHub user) maintains it in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, which has 7,224 GitHub stars. The repository holds 75 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 1, 2026.

Source: deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.