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benchmark-methodology from affaan-m/ecc is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

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Use after competitive-platform-analysis has produced a tiered competitor set. Scores each competitor across nine weighted dimensions (positioning, voice, visual craft, offer packaging, evidence, enterprise-readiness, thought leadership, pricing, client's strategic tension) with explicit 1–5 rubrics and a tension-plot. Precedes competitive-report-structure.

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What the file says

# Benchmark Methodology

Use this skill to turn a scoped competitor set into **comparable, defensible
scores**. Each competitor is assessed on the same nine dimensions, with
explicit 1–5 rubrics, then captured in a uniform profile card. Consistency is
the point: scores are only useful if the same evidence would earn the same
number for any competitor.

## When to Activate

- A scoped, tiered competitor set from competitive-platform-analysis is ready to score.
- Need comparable, evidence-anchored scores across competitors — not gut-feel rankings.
- Client's strategic tension (the paired axes defining their target white-space) has been established.
- Preparing to produce profile cards for assembly in competitive-report-structure.

## Client positioning brief (establish first)

Before scoring, establish the client's positioning brief. It supplies:

- **Strategic tension** — the two axes (e.g., memorability × hireability) whose
  intersection marks the client's target white-space. Dimension 9 is always
  the client's named tension; report both poles separately, never averaged.
- **Differentiator** — what makes the client's moat. This informs which
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
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Source

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affaan-m/ecc · 284,510 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_dncudsftsn4jxnru
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=affaan-m/ecc/benchmark-methodology
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f2cba14bb87ff43f80c2eaec6311eee7ead4d8b89949864442362eb368acbbac

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