Reverse Costing
Deconstruct competitor products to understand cost structure. Use for competitive pricing and cost analysis.
Install
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Security review
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- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
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Reverse Costing
Metadata
- Name: reverse-costing
- Description: Competitor cost structure analysis
- Triggers: reverse costing, competitor cost, teardown, cost structure
Instructions
Analyze competitor cost structure for $ARGUMENTS to understand pricing dynamics.
Framework
Cost Structure Analysis
| Cost Component | Analysis Method | |----------------|-----------------| | Materials | BOM estimation | | Labor | Wage rates x hours | | Overhead | Industry benchmarks | | Margin | Price - cost |
Output
## Reverse Cost Analysis: [Product/Competitor]
### Cost Breakdown
| Component | Our Cost | Est. Competitor | Difference |
|-----------|----------|-----------------|------------|
| Materials | $50 | $45 | +$5 |
| Labor | $20 | $15 | +$5 |
| Overhead | $15 | $12 | +$3 |
| **Total Cost** | **$85** | **$72** | **+$13** |
### Margin Analysis
| Metric | Us | Competitor |
|--------|-----|------------|
| Price | $120 | $110 |
| Cost | $85 | $72 |
| Margin | $35 | $38 |
| Margin % | 29% | 35% |
### Key Findings
1. **Cost Gap**: Competitor is $13 cheaper to produce
2. **Margin Gap**: Despite lower price, competitor has higher margin
3. **Drivers**: Lower labor and material costs
### Recommendations
1. [Recommendation 1]
2. [Recommendation 2]Tips
- Use industry benchmarks
- Validate with multiple sources
- Consider scale advantages
Source & license
This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: linuszz
- Source: linuszz/business-strategy-planning-skills
- License: MIT
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.