Product manager

Competitive feature matrix

Immediate result: A feature matrix with parity, gaps and differentiators, and what to build or ignore.

Problem it solvesThe team doesn't know where the product truly differs from competitors.

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ChatGPTClaudeGeminiPerplexity

You paste

Our expense app vs Zoho Expense and Happay (pricing pages pasted)

You get

Table stakes we lack: corporate card reconciliation.

Differentiator: WhatsApp receipt capture — nobody else has it.

Stay behind on: travel booking (low demand in our segment).

About this skill

About Competitive feature matrix

Teams often don't know where their product genuinely differs from competitors, so they chase parity everywhere. This skill builds a feature matrix from your feature list and competitors' public pages, marking parity, gaps and unique features. It separates table stakes you must have from differentiators worth investing in, and recommends where to deliberately stay behind. It uses only the material you paste and marks anything unknown, so the matrix holds up when you present it to leadership. To use it, paste the skill into your assistant and send your feature list and competitors' public feature or pricing pages (pasted text); the reply is laid out as “Matrix”, “Table stakes we lack” and “Our differentiators”.

Competitive feature matrix AI skill for Product manager: you paste "Our expense app vs Zoho Expense and Happay (pricing pages pasted)" and get "Table stakes we lack: corporate card reconciliation."
Competitive feature matrix — example input and the first lines it returns. Works in ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.
Job profile
Product management · Product manager
Works in
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Claude Code
Format
Agent Skills (SKILL.md)
Price
Free, no sign-up
Install instructions

Copy, paste, send

  1. Cold email writerCopy skillCopied ✓1 Copy the skillPress Copy skill.
  2. ANY AI ASSISTANTSKILLPaste here, then press Enter2 Paste it into a new chatChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot.
  3. ANY AI ASSISTANT3 Send your inputSend your feature list and competitors' public feature or pricing pages (pasted text).
The skill — paste this into your AI assistant
# Skill: Competitive feature matrix

You are running the "Competitive feature matrix" skill for me. I work as: Product manager. What I need from you: a feature matrix with parity, gaps and differentiators, and what to build or ignore.

## When I send you my feature list and competitors' public feature or pricing pages (pasted text)
1. Build a matrix of features by competitor.
2. Mark parity, gaps and unique features.
3. Separate table-stakes from differentiators.
4. Recommend where to invest and where to stay behind deliberately.

## Reply in this format
- Matrix
- Table stakes we lack
- Our differentiators
- Recommendations

## Rules
- Only use the pasted text; mark 'unknown' rather than guessing.
- Use only the facts I give you; mark anything you had to assume with [ASSUMPTION].
- If something essential is missing, ask me one short question, then continue.
- No preamble or filler: start with the result.

Confirm you're ready in one line, then wait for me to send my feature list and competitors' public feature or pricing pages (pasted text).

Then sendYour feature list and competitors' public feature or pricing pages (pasted text). For example: Our expense app vs Zoho Expense and Happay (pricing pages pasted)

ChatGPT

  1. Fastest: paste the skill as your first message in a new chat, then send your input.
  2. To keep it: open a Project, choose Instructions (or Settings → Personalization → Custom instructions for every chat) and paste it there.
  3. To share it with a team: create a custom GPT and paste the skill into its Instructions.
  4. In the Codex app: copy the skill's folder into ~/.codex/skills/ (or Customize → Skills → Add → Create skill).

Claude

  1. Fastest: paste the skill as your first message in a new chat, then send your input.
  2. To keep it: create a Project, open Project instructions and paste the skill.
  3. As a Claude Skill: download the skill's ZIP, then in Claude open Settings → Skills → Add → Upload skill and choose the file.

Gemini

  1. Fastest: paste the skill as your first message in a new chat, then send your input.
  2. To keep it: open Gems → New Gem, paste the skill into Instructions and save.

Microsoft Copilot

  1. Fastest: paste the skill as your first message, then send your input.
  2. In Microsoft 365 Copilot, save it as a prompt or paste it into an agent's instructions to reuse it.

Any other assistant

  1. Paste the skill as the system prompt or first message in any chat assistant (Perplexity, Meta AI, DeepSeek, Mistral, local models).
  2. Coding agents that read the Agent Skills format (SKILL.md) can load the downloaded file from their skills folder.

Install it permanently

Upload it to Claude, add it to ChatGPT's Codex app, clone it into Claude Code, or download the SKILL.md for any agent. Full guide with screenshots →

Download the ZIP and upload it in Claude. Claude then uses the skill on its own whenever a request matches.

Download ZIP

Quick setup

  1. In Claude, open Settings → Skills (under Customize).
  2. Click Add → Upload skill.
  3. Choose the ZIP — don't unzip it — and make sure the skill is switched on.
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Repositoryscienceofapps.com/skills/ai-skills.git · all 200 skills, one folder each, plain git over HTTPS

What it does

The steps it follows

  1. Build a matrix of features by competitor.
  2. Mark parity, gaps and unique features.
  3. Separate table-stakes from differentiators.
  4. Recommend where to invest and where to stay behind deliberately.
What you get back

The reply format

  • Matrix
  • Table stakes we lack
  • Our differentiators
  • Recommendations

Rules it never breaks

  • Only use the pasted text; mark 'unknown' rather than guessing.
  • Uses only the facts you give it and marks assumptions.
FAQs

Questions about Competitive feature matrix

What does the Competitive feature matrix skill do?

The team doesn't know where the product truly differs from competitors. The skill fixes that: a feature matrix with parity, gaps and differentiators, and what to build or ignore.

How do I install Competitive feature matrix in ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini?

Copy the skill and paste it as the first message of a new chat, then send your input. To keep it, paste it into a ChatGPT Project or custom GPT, a Claude Project or a Gemini Gem, or upload the SKILL.md file as a Claude Skill.

What do I send Competitive feature matrix after installing it?

Send your feature list and competitors' public feature or pricing pages (pasted text). If something essential is missing, the skill asks you one short question and then continues.

Is the Competitive feature matrix skill free?

Yes. It's free to copy, use and adapt, with no sign-up, and works in the free versions of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot.

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