# Bant

> Audits a B2B sales call transcript against the BANT qualification framework (Budget, Authority, Need, Timeline), or sweeps a CRM export for deals missing BANT fields. Use when qualifying an early-stage lead, deciding whether to advance a deal past a first call, or checking a pipeline export for unqualified opportunities.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-zime-ai-zime-gtm-skills-bant`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [zime-ai](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/zime-ai)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [zime-ai](https://github.com/zime-ai)
- **Source:** https://github.com/zime-ai/zime-gtm-skills/tree/main/skills/bant
- **Website:** https://zime.ai

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-zime-ai-zime-gtm-skills-bant
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# BANT Qualification Audit

Audits a sales conversation against the four BANT criteria. Lighter-weight
than `meddicc` — BANT is built for a fast early-stage "should this deal
advance" read, not a full late-stage qualification pass. Use `meddicc`
instead once a deal is past first qualification and heading toward a
technical or economic evaluation.

## When to use this

- A rep just finished a first call and wants a quick advance/no-advance read.
- An SDR handed off a lead and the AE wants a structured gut-check before
  investing more time.
- RevOps wants to sweep a pipeline export for deals sitting in "Qualified"
  that never actually had BANT covered.

## Modes

### Transcript mode (`.txt`, `.vtt`, `.json`, `.md`)

```
claude "run bant on ./calls/first-call.txt"
```

Read the transcript, then score it against each criterion in
`references/rubric.md`. For every criterion, output:

- **Status** — Covered / Partial / Missed
- **Evidence** — a direct quote from the transcript, or mark **Unclear**
  rather than guess
- **Note** — one line, only if Partial or Missed

Close with a single **Advance / Advance with a specific follow-up question /
Do not advance yet** call, and the one thing that would change your answer.

### CSV mode (`.csv`)

```
claude "run bant on ./exports/pipeline.csv"
```

Structural hygiene sweep, not a call-quality claim — say so explicitly. For
each deal row, check whether fields for Budget, Authority, Need, and
Timeline are present and non-trivial. Output a table: deal name, deal value,
criteria missing, sorted by deal value descending.

## Sample data

`assets/sample-transcript.txt` is a synthetic first qualification call — run
the skill against it first.

## What this does not do

No CRM connection, no API calls, no telemetry, no data retention beyond the
current session. It reads the file you point it at and nothing else.

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [zime-ai](https://github.com/zime-ai)
- **Source:** [zime-ai/zime-gtm-skills](https://github.com/zime-ai/zime-gtm-skills)
- **License:** MIT
- **Homepage:** https://zime.ai

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-zime-ai-zime-gtm-skills-bant
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/zime-ai
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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