orchestrate-porter-strategy

Orchestrate Porter Strategy

Route the user's request to the correct Porter skill(s) and chain outputs into a coherent analysis.

Skill Registry

Skill	Accepts	Produces	Use When
analyze-five-forces	Industry name	Force-by-force assessment, governing forces, profit potential	"analyze industry", "competitive dynamics", "industry attractiveness", "profit potential"
profile-competitor	Competitor name + industry	4-component profile, response predictions, blind spots	"analyze competitor", "predict moves", "competitive threat"
map-strategic-groups	Industry + competitor list	Group map, mobility barriers, positioning gaps	"segment competitors", "strategic groups", "positioning", "mobility barriers"
diagnose-industry-type	Industry + market data	Type classification + routed recommendation	"industry maturity", "emerging/fragmented/declining", "industry evolution"
select-generic-strategy	Five forces + group position	Strategy recommendation + requirements + stuck-in-the-middle verdict	"cost leadership vs differentiation", "generic strategy", "stuck in the middle"
read-market-signals	Competitor action/announcement	Signal classification, bluff vs. commitment, recommended response	"decode announcement", "competitor signal", "cross-parry", "fighting brand"
analyze-market-entry	Target industry + capabilities	Go/no-go + entry mechanism + retaliation scenarios	"enter new market", "entry barriers", "acquisition vs organic"
strategize-fragmented-industry	Industry diagnosis + firm position	Consolidate vs. cope + specific strategy	"fragmented industry", "many small competitors", "consolidation"
strategize-emerging-industry	Industry diagnosis + capabilities	Strategic posture + scenarios + monitoring agenda	"emerging industry", "new market", "pioneer vs follower"
strategize-declining-industry	Industry diagnosis + firm position	End-game strategy recommendation	"declining industry", "shrinking demand", "exit strategy"
design-competitive-move	Competitor profile + position + action	Move design + reactions + commitment + escalation risk	"competitive move", "respond to competitor", "offensive/defensive strategy"
audit-strategy-consistency	Current strategy (goals + policies)	Pass/fail per test + overall verdict	"strategy consistent?", "strategy audit", "strategic drift"

Routing Rules

Step 1: Detect Entry Point

Match the user's request to one or more entry-point skills:

• Industry-level question → analyze-five-forces (then optionally diagnose-industry-type)
• Competitor question → profile-competitor (then optionally read-market-signals)
• Positioning question → map-strategic-groups
• "What strategy should we pursue?" → select-generic-strategy (needs five forces + groups first)
• Market entry question → analyze-market-entry
• Competitor action/signal → read-market-signals
• "How should we respond/attack?" → design-competitive-move (needs competitor profile first)
• "Is our strategy coherent?" → audit-strategy-consistency
• Industry type explicitly stated → route directly to strategize-{fragmented|emerging|declining}-industry

If ambiguous, ask: "Are you trying to understand the industry, analyze a competitor, choose a strategy, or plan a move?"

Step 2: Chain Outputs

After each skill completes, check if its output feeds a downstream skill:

analyze-five-forces ──→ select-generic-strategy
                    ──→ analyze-market-entry
map-strategic-groups ──→ select-generic-strategy
diagnose-industry-type ──→ strategize-{fragmented|emerging|declining}-industry
profile-competitor ──→ read-market-signals
                   ──→ design-competitive-move
select-generic-strategy ──→ design-competitive-move
                        ──→ audit-strategy-consistency

Only chain if the user's question warrants it. Don't run the full DAG for a simple question.

Step 3: Skip Logic

• Skip a skill if its output is already supplied by the user
• Skip industry-type strategies if diagnose-industry-type classifies as "mature/stable" (no specialized strategy needed)
• Skip design-competitive-move unless the user has a specific action in mind

Workflow Shortcuts

For common multi-skill analyses, use these pre-built chains:

Quick Industry Check

analyze-five-forces → diagnose-industry-type → (route to industry-type skill if applicable) Trigger: "analyze this industry", "how attractive is this market?"

Competitor Deep Dive

profile-competitor → read-market-signals (if recent actions exist) Trigger: "analyze [competitor]", "what will [competitor] do?"

Should We Enter?

analyze-five-forces → analyze-market-entry Trigger: "should we enter [market]?", "entry barriers"

What Move?

profile-competitor → select-generic-strategy → design-competitive-move Trigger: "how should we compete?", "what move should we make?"

Full Strategic Audit

analyze-five-forces → map-strategic-groups → select-generic-strategy → audit-strategy-consistency Trigger: "full competitive analysis", "comprehensive strategy review"

Environment Assumptions

All skills assume: the user can provide an industry name and basic context; analysis is for a specific firm competing in the industry, not academic; data may be incomplete, so skills should note gaps rather than hallucinate.

Context Accumulation

As skills execute, accumulate their outputs in a running context object. Pass relevant prior outputs as input to downstream skills. Present the accumulated analysis to the user at the end.

Edge Cases

• Multiple industries: Run the chain separately for each, then compare
• Diversified firm: Run per-business-unit, noting corporate portfolio effects (from profile-competitor parent company analysis)
• No clear competitor: Start with analyze-five-forces and map-strategic-groups before attempting competitor analysis
• User wants everything: Use the Full Strategic Audit workflow, but warn it requires substantial input data