# category-narrative-mapper

This skill maps the stories a category repeats, breaks down competitor messaging, and compares current copy with archived versions.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1000 installs · ★ 3013
- Author: aaron-he-zhu
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills/tree/HEAD/narrative/trace/category-narrative-mapper/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-26
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/category-narrative-mapper

## What it does

category-narrative-mapper turns category research into a narrative map. It identifies the main stories and points of view in a market, records recurring language and framing clichés, then examines each named competitor through its narrative arc, claimed onlyness, proof pattern, and primary frame.

The skill can compare a rival’s current copy with an archived snapshot and attach dated drift notes. It draws on `scripts/connectors/firecrawl.py`, `scripts/connectors/tavily.py`, and `scripts/connectors/wayback.py`, along with competitor names and URLs supplied by the user. Findings carry Measured, User-provided, or Estimated labels. It does not build a positioning canvas or adjudicate product claims, so those jobs belong elsewhere.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill category-narrative-mapper -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/category-narrative-mapper/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/category-narrative-mapper/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill category-narrative-mapper -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/category-narrative-mapper/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill category-narrative-mapper -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/category-narrative-mapper/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills category-narrative-mapper
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/category-narrative-mapper/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill category-narrative-mapper -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --path narrative/trace/category-narrative-mapper
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/category-narrative-mapper/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill category-narrative-mapper -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills/tree/HEAD/narrative/trace/category-narrative-mapper/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- map the category’s dominant stories
- break down named competitors’ messaging
- record recurring language and framing clichés
- compare live competitor copy with an archive snapshot
- trace each rival’s arc, claimed onlyness, and proof pattern

## Example prompts
- Map the narrative for <category / product> and identify the main stories in the category.
- Break down how `[Competitor A]`, `[Competitor B]`, and `[Competitor C]` present their story: arc, claimed onlyness, and proof pattern.
- Compare `[competitor]`’s current messaging with an archived version and describe how it changed over the last 2 years.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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name: category-narrative-mapper
slug: aaron-category-narrative-mapper
displayName: "Category Narrative Mapper · 品类叙事地图"
summary: "品类主叙事/竞争叙事拆解/语言惯例/叙事演变"
description: 'Use when the user asks to "map the category narrative", "tear down how competitors tell their story", or "find the language conventions in our market"; produces a category narrative map — the dominant stories and points of view in the category, its language conventions and framing clichés, and a per-competitor narrative teardown (arc, claimed onlyness, proof pattern) plus how each rival''s messaging has shifted over time (scraped copy vs archived copy). Not for the positioning canvas itself — use positioning-mapper; not for the beachhead''s beliefs and objections — use audience-belief-mapper; not for SERP keyword targeting — use keyword-research; not for claim adjudication — use offer-claims-registry. 品类叙事/竞争叙事拆解/语言惯例/叙事演变'
version: "20.1.0"
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: "Claude Code and compatible agent-skill hosts"
homepage: "https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills"
when_to_use: "Use when tracing the category's narrative landscape before authoring any brand canon: naming the dominant stories and points of view, recording the language conventions and framing clichés, teardown of each named competitor's narrative (arc, claimed onlyness, proof pattern), and how their messaging has drifted over time. The second move of the TALE Trace phase, feeding the Truth dimension's category-frame and named-alternatives sub-items. Not the positioning canvas and not audience belief work."
argument-hint: "<category / product> [named competitors] [competitor URLs]"
metadata: {"author": "aaron-he-zhu", "version": "20.1.0", "discipline": "narrative", "phase": "trace", "geo-relevance": "low", "hermes": {"tags": ["marketing", "narrative", "trace"], "category": "narrative"}, "openclaw": {"emoji": "📖", "homepage": "https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills"}}
---

# Category Narrative Mapper
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