name: market-landscape-scan argument-hint: "[market or problem space, and the decision it supports]" description: "Map a market's segments, players, substitutes, and whitespace with cited evidence. Use when entering or re-evaluating a market before sizing, positioning, or picking competitors to study." intent: >- Autonomous market discovery: map how buyers segment the market, who plays where (direct, adjacent, substitutes, emerging), where the money and momentum are, and whether apparent whitespace is opportunity or dead zone — with labeled evidence, so sizing and positioning start from structure instead of vibes. type: workflow theme: market-intelligence best_for:
- "Mapping who plays in a market before committing to enter or re-position"
- "Scoping a new product line with a defensible view of segments and substitutes"
- "Producing the landscape view that feeds TAM/SAM/SOM sizing and competitor deep-dives" scenarios:
- "We're considering a move into contract-analytics tooling — map that market for me"
- "My exec team keeps citing an analyst quadrant; show me how buyers actually segment this space" estimated_time: "20-40 min per run"
Market Landscape Scan
Purpose
Map a market's structure using a workflow, not a one-shot answer: search plan → segmentation → player mapping → dynamics → whitespace → next-step options. The output is the landscape view that everything downstream stands on — sizing needs to know the segments, positioning needs to know the players, and competitor deep-dives need to know who's worth the effort. This skill maps structure, not magnitude: it tells you who plays where and why, not how big the prize is.