Agent skill

Market Research

by extruct-ai in extruct-ai/gtm-skills

Research a target vertical's pain points using deep research APIs and distill findings into a numbered hypothesis set.

No licenceAuto-check passedMarketing & SEO

Install Market Research

skills CLI
$ npx skills add extruct-ai/gtm-skills --skill market-research -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install extruct-ai/gtm-skills market-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/extruct-ai/gtm-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/market-research .claude/skills/market-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
market-research
GitHub stars
109
Token cost
~1.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
749 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
20
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Research a target vertical's pain points using deep research APIs and distill findings into a numbered hypothesis set.

  • Works in 6 steps: Confirm provider and learn API → Define the research scope → Run hypothesis-driven research → …
  • The user wants to understand a market before outreach
  • SKILL.md covers Environment, Workflow, Output Consumers and Relationship to…, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Market Research is an agent skill from extruct-ai/gtm-skills. Research a target vertical's pain points using deep research APIs and distill findings into a numbered hypothesis set. Pure industry education tool — decoupled from email generation. Use when the user wants to understand a market before outreach, form hypotheses about a vertical, or build an industry knowledge base. Triggers on: "deep research", "hypothesis set", "research pain points", "research vertical", "sourcing research", "pain mapping", "industry problems", "market research", "educate me on".

Its SKILL.md is about 1.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Marketing & SEO, covering Market research, Deep research and Knowledge bases.

When your agent uses it

  • The user wants to understand a market before outreach
  • Form hypotheses about a vertical
  • Build an industry knowledge base
  • : deep research

Example prompts

  • “deep research”
  • “hypothesis set”
  • “research pain points”
  • “/market-research”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Confirm provider and learn API
  2. Define the research scope
  3. Run hypothesis-driven research
  4. Distill into numbered hypothesis set
  5. (optional): Industry Leaders
  6. Save outputs

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 34406cb. 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

Market Research loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 130 tokens; SKILL.md has 749 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~130
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.7k

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

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 749 words (~1,674 tokens).

“Research a target vertical's pain points using deep research APIs. Distill findings into a numbered hypothesis set. Output is pure industry education — no email generation, no company matching.”

— opening of SKILL.md by extruct-ai
name
market-research

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/market-research of extruct-ai/gtm-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 34406cb

Compare with similar skills

Market Research next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Omk ResearchKaimingWan/oh-my-kiro107—~827Automated safety check: PassMIT
Reddit Insightslignertys/reddit-research-skills14—~2.2kAutomated safety check: WarnMIT
Bmad Researchaj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills488—~1.6kAutomated safety check: NotesCustom licence
Research AgentAtmosphere/atmosphere3.8k—~288Automated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Questions about Market Research

What does Market Research do?

Research a target vertical's pain points using deep research APIs and distill findings into a numbered hypothesis set. Market Research is an agent skill from extruct-ai/gtm-skills. Research a target vertical's pain points using deep research APIs and distill findings into a numbered hypothesis set.

When should I use Market Research?

Market Research fits situations like: the user wants to understand a market before outreach; form hypotheses about a vertical; build an industry knowledge base; : deep research.

How do I install Market Research in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add extruct-ai/gtm-skills --skill market-research -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/market-research in extruct-ai/gtm-skills) into .claude/skills/market-research in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Market Research in Codex?

Run `npx skills add extruct-ai/gtm-skills --skill market-research -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/market-research in extruct-ai/gtm-skills) into .agents/skills/market-research in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Market Research 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 extruct-ai/gtm-skills --skill market-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/market-research, .gemini/skills/market-research, .github/skills/market-research and .opencode/skills/market-research in your project.

What does Market Research need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Market Research is instructions for the agent only.

Does Market Research access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Market Research 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 Market Research use?

No licence was found for Market Research or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Market Research use?

About 1.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.7k 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 Market Research?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Market Research: Consulting Analysis (bytedance/deer-flow, 84k stars), Omk Research (KaimingWan/oh-my-kiro, 107 stars), Reddit Insights (lignertys/reddit-research-skills, 14 stars) and Bmad Research (aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills, 488 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Market Research?

extruct-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in extruct-ai/gtm-skills, which has 109 GitHub stars. The repository holds 20 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 28, 2026.

Source: extruct-ai/gtm-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.