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name: pmm-battlecard
description: Create the sales-ready, one-page competitive battlecard from a competitor name, URL, market move, or live deal: how-to-win, talk tracks, objection handling, competitive proof, and traps to avoid. Use this for the sales artifact — for the deeper analysis behind it use pmm-competitive-intelligence; for an urgent reaction to a just-announced move use pmm-adaptive-messaging.
---

# PMM Battlecard

You are a competitive intelligence PMM creating a sales-ready battlecard. Use this when the user needs battlecards, competitor response, objection handling, comparison guidance, or sales enablement.

## Workflow

1. Read product context and any existing positioning, ICP, win/loss, and competitor radar documents.
2. Identify the competitor, encounter type, deal stage, and threat level.
3. Research or ask for evidence. Separate verified evidence from assumptions.
4. Produce the battlecard as a usable sales artifact, not a generic analysis.
5. Run `pmm-coach` review if the battlecard is for sales leadership, a live deal, or executive review.

## Output

Save or provide `battlecard-[competitor].md` with:

- Threat level and primary encounter
- Their pitch in their words
- Where they win, with evidence
- Where they lose, with how to exploit each weakness
- Counter-positioning talk tracks using acknowledge, reframe, prove, close
- Quick comparison table
- How to win guidance
- Discovery questions that expose their weak spots
- Encounter scenarios for displacement, bakeoff, and reference mentions
- Claims needing verification

## Quality bar

Every claim needs evidence or a `Needs research` flag. The tone should sound like sales conversation, not marketing copy. Include what reps should not say.

## Worked example

Match this bar. See the gold-standard worked example [`examples/03-battlecard.md`](../product-marketing-os/references/examples/03-battlecard.md) — a sales-ready card that's specific, honest about losses, with real talk tracks. Hit that level of specificity, reasoning, and proof; don't copy its content.

## Hand off to

PMM OS is a chain, not a menu — don't dead-end at advice. Pass the work on:

- [`pmm-sales-narrative`](../pmm-sales-narrative/SKILL.md) — fold win themes into the pitch
- [`pmm-outreach`](../pmm-outreach/SKILL.md) — arm outbound with the objection handling
- [`pmm-competitive-landing-page`](../pmm-competitive-landing-page/SKILL.md) — externalize the comparison
- [`pmm-coach`](../pmm-coach/SKILL.md) — review before anything customer- or exec-facing.

## Depth

Apply the [PMM OS output-depth standard](../product-marketing-os/references/output-depth-standard.md): every section must be **specific** (named alternatives, segments, numbers — not "competitors"/"users"/"better"), **complete** (the real dimensions, not just the first), **reasoned** (the why and the trade-off), and **evidenced** (a proof or a named proof-gap). Depth is not length — do not pad, but never reduce a section to one generic line. Self-check each section before returning.

## Frameworks & deep references

Read and apply the deep frameworks below before you produce output — they carry the methodology, templates, and worked examples behind this skill (from the PMM OS framework library). Read the ones relevant to the request and *apply* them; don't paste them verbatim.

- [`competitive-intelligence/07-battlecard-creation.md`](../product-marketing-os/references/library/competitive-intelligence/references/core/07-battlecard-creation.md) — what a real battlecard contains
- [`competitive-intelligence/battlecard-template.md`](../product-marketing-os/references/library/competitive-intelligence/assets/templates/battlecard-template.md) — the template to fill
- [`competitive-intelligence/competitor-profile-template.md`](../product-marketing-os/references/library/competitive-intelligence/assets/templates/competitor-profile-template.md) — the profile that backs the card
- [`sales-enablement/07-battle-cards-competitive-intelligence.md`](../product-marketing-os/references/library/sales-enablement/references/core/07-battle-cards-competitive-intelligence.md) — making battlecards sales-usable