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seven-powers

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About seven-powers

seven-powers is a product strategy skill based on the 7 Powers framework. It helps product managers and business teams assess durable competitive advantage and prioritize initiatives that can build it.

Key features

  1. 01Assesses sustainable competitive advantage
  2. 02Separates benefits from competitive barriers
  3. 03Evaluates business defensibility
  4. 04Guides strategic initiative prioritization

Use cases

  1. 01Assessing a business for investment
  2. 02Designing a startup for durability
  3. 03Evaluating responses to disruptive moves

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/pmprompt/claude-plugin-product-management --skill seven-powers

After installing, type/seven-powersin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Details

From the project README

Domain Context

This skill implements a proven product management framework. The approach combines best practices from industry leaders and is designed for practical application in day-to-day PM work.

Input Requirements

  • Context about your product, feature, or problem
  • Relevant data, research, or constraints (recommended but optional)
  • Clear articulation of what you're trying to achieve

7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy

What It Is

7 Powers is a framework for understanding sustainable competitive advantage. The core insight: Business value comes from possessing an attribute that produces higher returns than competitors AND a barrier that prevents competitors from arbitraging it away.

Power = Benefit + Barrier

Warren Buffett famously said: "In business, I look for economic castles protected by unbreachable moats." Power is understanding what makes something a castle (the benefit) versus a shack, and what makes the moat unbreachable (the barrier).

The key shift: Move from asking "What's our competitive advantage?" to asking "What economic structure creates durable differential returns?"

When to Use It

Use 7 Powers when you need to:

  • Evaluate a business's long-term defensibility (investment decisions, competitive analysis)
  • Design a startup for durability (not just product-market fit)
  • Understand why incumbents can't respond to your disruptive move
  • Prioritize strategic initiatives based on what builds power
  • Identify whether you actually have a moat or just operational excellence
  • Plan second acts (new business lines that could develop power)
  • Win market share battles in high-growth phases

When Not to Use It

  • You don't have product-market fit yet
  • The business is purely commodity with no differentiation possible
  • You want to justify a strategy you've already decided on
  • You're optimizing operations (power is about structure, not execution)

Resources

Books:

  • 7 Powers by Hamilton Helmer
  • Good Strategy Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt
  • Competition Demystified by Bruce Greenwald

Further Reading

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