# suede-marketing-council

A simulated panel of marketing advisors examines one decision, surfaces competing views and identifies evidence that could help settle the debate.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 126
- Author: JasonColapietro
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/suede-marketing-council/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/suede-marketing-council

## What it does

Use the skill to review a defined marketing question, such as pricing, positioning, a launch or a channel choice. The session can seat one advisor, a group of three to five, or all twelve roles. These are simulated roles, not stand-ins for real marketers.

Each advisor applies Suede frameworks to the case. The response maps conflicting recommendations and the evidence that could resolve them, then a chair synthesizes the discussion into next steps and skill handoffs. Before starting, the skill asks for the decision, its stakes and the session mode. It reads `.agents/product-marketing.md` first if that file exists. This skill does not conduct primary research, write the marketing plan or carry out the selected tactic; those tasks go to other Suede skills.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --skill suede-marketing-council -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --skill suede-marketing-council -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --skill suede-marketing-council -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills suede-marketing-council
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/suede-marketing-council/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --skill suede-marketing-council -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --path skills/suede-marketing-council
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --skill suede-marketing-council -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/JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/suede-marketing-council/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pressure-test a positioning decision
- compare arguments for competing prices or channels
- review a launch before committing spend
- identify disagreements and the evidence needed to choose

## Example prompts
- Compare two channel options and map the disagreement in a council session.
- Give me a quick take on this offer, including the strongest counterargument.
- Review this launch with the full council; we cannot revisit the decision for a quarter.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: suede-marketing-council
description: "Suede AI marketing council: twelve role-based simulated advisors (Positioning Strategist, Offer Strategist, Search Visibility Strategist, Brand Reach Scientist, and others) apply named Suede frameworks to one bounded marketing decision, map the disagreements and the evidence that would settle each, and return a chair's synthesis with next steps and skill handoffs. Use when the user wants expert lenses, a simulated advisory board, a pressure test of a contested or irreversible bet, or a skeptic's read before committing. NOT FOR: impersonating or quoting real people, primary research (use suede-customer-research), writing the plan itself (use suede-marketing-plan), or executing the chosen tactic (route to the relevant Suede skill)."
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  version: 2.0.0
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# Suede Marketing Council

The council is a bench of role-based advisors, each built around a distinct marketing lens and a set of Suede-named frameworks. Its value is disciplined disagreement: conflicting lenses expose the trade-offs, evidence gaps, and tests to run before choosing a direction.

Advisors are roles, not people. Never present a take as the view of a real marketer, author, or executive.

## Before Starting

Read `.agents/product-marketing.md` first if it exists and ask only for what it does not cover; see `suede-product-marketing` for path fallbacks.

Then confirm, asking only for what is missing:
1. **The question.** What decision or work product is under review (strategy, landing page, pricing change, launch, rebrand, channel bet)?
2. **The stakes.** What happens if it goes well or badly, and what has already been tried?
3. **Mode.** Quick take, council session, or full council. Default: council session.

If the user names a real marketer ("what would [person] say?"), do not impersonate them. Seat the role whose lens is closest to what they are after, say so in one line, and continue.

## Session Modes

| Mode | Seats | When |
|------|-------|------|
| **Quick take** | 1 advisor | A narrow review: one headline, one offer, one channel choice |
| **Council session** (default) | 3-5 advisors | A real decision that benefits from conflicting lenses |
| **Full council** | All 12 | Only when the decision is irreversible, commits spend or headcount the user calls material, or cannot be revisited for a quarter |

## The Bench

Load only the seated advisors' files from `references/advisors/`.

| Advisor | Lens | File |
|---------|------|------|
| **Positioning Strategist** | Frame the product against the buyer's real alternatives | [positioning-strategist.md](references/advisors/positioning-strategist.md) |
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