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Design strategic partnerships — technology, channel, co-marketing — and the programs that scale them.
Passed 17 of 23 test cases with the skill, and 11 of 23 without it.
and 5 more in the full report
6 fixed11 passed either way6 still failing0 broke
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
One of 6 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
Just draft it. What is the primary killer question to ask prospective partner leadership before signing to ensure both sides share identical success metrics over the coming year?
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|---|---|
| Asks what success looks like in 12 months. | Missed | Passed |
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
End-to-end strategic partnership design and scaling: partnership type selection (tech integration vs channel vs OEM vs strategic), deal structures, partner program design (tiers, benefits, requirements), partner evaluation, and ROI modeling that justifies (or kills) a partnership investment.
This skill is provider-agnostic and works across SaaS, infrastructure, marketplace, and platform companies.
| Situation | Skill applies |
|---|---|
| Evaluating a potential partner | Yes — use scripts/partner_evaluation_scorer.py + evaluation framework |
| Picking partnership type for a specific opportunity | Yes — see partnership type decision tree |
| Designing a partner program from scratch | Yes — see partner program design + scripts/partner_program_designer.py |
| Structuring a specific partnership deal | Yes — see partnership deal structures |
| Modeling partnership ROI | Yes — scripts/partnership_roi_modeler.py |
| Auditing existing partner portfolio | Yes — use evaluation scorer across all partners |
| Per-deal partner economics | Use business-growth/channel-economics |
| Per-deal partner approval | Use business-growth/deal-desk |
| Writing the partner contract | Use business-growth/contract-and-proposal-writer |
Five primary partnership types. Different goals; different structures; different success metrics.
What's the primary goal of this partnership?
Grow our distribution reach
├── Customer-pays-them, they-pay-us → Reseller / Distributor / VAR
├── Customer-pays-us, we-pay-them → Affiliate / Referral
└── Joint sale to mutual customer → Co-sell
Embed our product in their offering
├── Customer doesn't see us (white-label) → OEM
├── Customer sees us as embedded → Embedded ISV / Powered-by
└── We're an option in their marketplace → Marketplace listing
test cases passed, vs 11 / 23 without
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