Collab Partner Vetting Skill — Virtually Structured
Virtually Structured
Collab Partner Vetting Skill
An Interactive Skill Setup Guide

Collab Partner
Vetting Skill

Build Your Own Partnership Analyzer

Stop guessing on partnerships. Start vetting with intention — with a custom skill you build once and own forever.

Before You Start
A Claude account — the Free plan works, though a paid plan avoids hitting message limits partway through a build (claude.ai/upgrade)
This guide open alongside your Claude chat — two windows or two tabs works great
30–45 minutes for your first pass — this isn't a tool you rent, it's a thinking process you'll want to get right
1Your Positioning
2Your Ideal Client
3What You Don't Do
4Your Reach & Collab Channels
5Build Your Custom Analyzer

Keep this guide open in one tab. Open Claude.ai in another. You'll paste each prompt directly into your Claude chat.

Step 1 of 5 — Your Positioning

Who you are and what you actually do.

Every fit judgment starts here — how you're actually positioned, not how you wish you were. Open a new Claude chat and paste the prompt below.

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I'm building a custom partnership analyzer for my business. Let's start by getting clear on how I'm actually positioned. Answer these — be specific, not generic:

1. What's your core service or expertise? (One sentence. The main thing you do.)

2. Who do you serve? (List 3–5 specific types of people or businesses. Be narrow.)

3. What problem do you solve for them? (The transformation or outcome they get.)

4. How long have you been doing this? (Credibility matters — lived experience counts.)

Once I answer, ask me follow-ups if anything's vague. Help me get crystal clear on how I actually show up for clients — not how I wish I were positioned.
Answer the questions, then answer any follow-ups. When it feels clear, move to Step 2.
Step 2 of 5 — Your Ideal Client

The person or business you most want to work with.

This is what "good audience fit" actually gets measured against later. Paste this into the same Claude chat.

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Now let's get specific about my ideal client — the person or business I most want to work with.

1. Who is your absolute ideal client? Describe them — industry, business size, stage, personality, challenges.

2. What's their biggest pain point? The one that keeps them up at night.

3. Is it one clear profile, or a few different types? (Both are fine — just be honest.)

Once I answer, help me refine this. Push back if it's too broad. A vague "small business owner" isn't helpful — I need to know who I'm actually saying yes and no to.
Answer fully, and let Claude push back and tighten it with you. Then move to Step 3.
Step 3 of 5 — What You Don't Do

The gaps your clients need filled.

This is the critical one — partnership fit is often about the gaps you don't fill, not the ones you do. Paste this into the same Claude chat.

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Partnership fit is often about the gaps I don't fill. Help me map mine:

1. What are the top 3–5 things my ideal client needs that I don't deliver? (Marketing, copywriting, design, bookkeeping, paid ads — whatever it is.)

2. For each one, do I touch it but not specialize, or avoid it completely?

3. Who would I happily refer a client to for those things? (Name them, or describe the type of person.)

Once I answer, help me spot which gaps are the greenest green flags — which specialists I'd love to collaborate with because our audiences actually align.
Be thorough here. This is where you spot your natural partners.
Step 4 of 5 — Your Reach & Collab Channels

Where you have an audience worth collaborating around.

Where you have reach shapes what collaboration actually makes sense. Paste this into the same Claude chat.

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Let's map where I have reach, so we know what collaborations make sense for me.

1. Do I have a podcast, newsletter, email list, social following, or membership? (Yes/no for each — roughly how many people?)

2. Which of these do I actively use for outreach or sharing?

3. What collaboration types fit my audience? (Guest spots, email swaps, affiliate referrals, bundles, summits.)

Then help me get specific about what collab channels I should look for in a potential partner — so "good fit" means something concrete for me.
Answer clearly. This tunes the kind of partner the analyzer flags as worth your time.
Step 5 of 5 — Build Your Custom Analyzer

Where it all comes together.

Claude turns everything you've said into the analyzer you'll use anytime someone pitches you. Paste this into the same Claude chat.

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Based on everything we've talked through, build me my custom partnership analyzer prompt — the one I'll use anytime someone pitches me. First, confirm these three things back to me:

1. My positioning (one sentence):
2. My ideal client (one sentence):
3. My natural partner specialties (the gaps I want filled):

Then create the prompt. It should research a partner's website and platform, give me a clear verdict with reasoning, flag collaboration channels, and offer to draft either a warm pitch or a gracious pass — all tailored to me, not a generic template.
The framework underneath it all:
  • GREEN FLAG — complementary. They serve a different audience than you, or they fill a gap your people need and your audiences align.
  • RED FLAG — competitor. Same audience, same core service. Direct competition for the same client.
  • NEUTRAL — not a fit. Their audience or offer doesn't connect to your people, or there's not enough to tell.
Read the finished analyzer against a recent real pitch — does it sound like something you'd actually say? Adjust with Claude until it does, then move on to save it.
Keep It Forever

Save your analyzer as a Claude skill.

The best way to keep your analyzer is to install it as your own Claude skill — so it's always there, ready anytime someone pitches you.

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Please format this as a SKILL.md file I can upload as a custom skill. Give it a short name, a clear description of when to use it (so it triggers when I'm vetting a collaboration pitch), and put my analyzer prompt in as the instructions.
1
Save the file
Save Claude's output into a file named SKILL.md — keep that exact name.
2
Zip it
Put that file inside a folder, then zip the folder (Mac: right-click → Compress. Windows: right-click → Send to → Compressed folder).
3
Turn skills on
In Claude, go to Settings → Capabilities and switch on Code execution and file creation.
4
Upload your skill
Go to Customize → Skills, click +, then + Create skill, then Upload a skill. Choose your zip and toggle it on.
5
Use it anytime
In any new chat, just say: "Run my collab partner vetting skill on [their website URL]." Claude loads it automatically.

Your analyzer is built.

You're not buying a black box. You thought through your real positioning, your real audience, and your actual gaps — and you walked away with something genuinely yours.

What You Built
An analyzer that researches a partner's site and platform automatically
A clear GREEN FLAG / RED FLAG / NEUTRAL verdict with reasoning, every time
Collaboration-channel flags tuned to your actual reach
A finished Claude skill you own forever — no subscriptions, no platform you're renting
Next Time Someone Pitches You

Open Claude. Say: "Run my collab partner vetting skill on [their website URL]." Your skill loads automatically and gives you the read.

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