# stakeholder-identification

Maps initiative stakeholders before outreach, helping teams spot affected groups and decision-makers that an initial list can miss.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 829 installs · ★ 7673
- Author: deanpeters
- License: CC-BY-SA-4.0 · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills/tree/HEAD/skills/stakeholder-identification/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-16
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/stakeholder-identification

## What it does

This skill builds a broad stakeholder list before outreach begins. Use it when starting an initiative, scoping discovery work, or drafting the stakeholder section of a PRD.

It starts with an unfiltered brainstorm, then sorts people and groups as Allies, Audiences, or Influencers. Each entry can receive R/P/D labels for resources, permission, and final decision authority. It also prompts an equity and bias check, including people affected indirectly or left out of the usual team discussion.

The skill keeps identification separate from prioritisation. A missing stakeholder with P or D is a reason to review the map before work starts, because that gap can become a blocker later.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill stakeholder-identification -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill stakeholder-identification -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill stakeholder-identification -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills stakeholder-identification
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/stakeholder-identification/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill stakeholder-identification -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --path skills/stakeholder-identification
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill stakeholder-identification -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/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills/tree/HEAD/skills/stakeholder-identification/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a stakeholder list for a new initiative
- classify people by their relationship to the work
- mark resource, permission, and decision holders
- find overlooked affected groups
- prepare stakeholders for a PRD

## Example prompts
- Identify stakeholders for moving customers to a new billing system.
- Review our stakeholder map and identify missing groups.
- Prepare a stakeholder list for product discovery research.

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