Mohit
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Processed 24 skills: pr-description-writer through tax-planning-checklist. Added Anti-Patterns sections to all 24 skills. Added Required Inputs section to product-launch-checklist. Rewrote descriptions for retro-analysis, substack-notes-scraper, and sycophancy-challenger. https://claude.ai/code/session_01MuGKn3a3Gbqoe8uM5Lmuqt
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name: stakeholder-influence-mapper
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description: "Map stakeholders for a product decision and produce a tailored influence strategy with talking points. Use when asked to get alignment, build consensus, get buy-in from engineering or finance or legal, navigate organisational resistance, or plan stakeholder conversations for a major initiative. Produces a stakeholder map, recommended conversation sequence, and tailored talking points per stakeholder."
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# Stakeholder Influence Mapper Skill
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Turn a product initiative into a structured influence plan — who needs to be aligned, in what order, and exactly what to say to each person in their language.
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## Required Inputs
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Ask the user for these if not provided:
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- **Initiative description** (what you want to do and why)
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- **List of key stakeholders** (name, role, relationship to initiative)
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- **Timeline pressure** (when do you need a decision?)
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- **Any known objections or political context** (what you're already aware of)
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## Process
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1. Build stakeholder map with: role, primary concern, decision authority (blocker / influencer / informed), current stance (supportive / neutral / resistant / unknown)
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2. Identify the critical path of conversations — who must be won before others
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3. For each stakeholder, lead with their concern, not your ask
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4. Prepare one likely objection per stakeholder and a prepared response
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5. Flag any stakeholders who should NOT be approached until others are aligned
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6. **Validate** — Confirm every "blocker" stakeholder has a specific tactic (not just "have a conversation"), and that the sequence accounts for political dependencies
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## Output Structure
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### Stakeholder Map: [Initiative Name]
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| Stakeholder | Role | Primary Concern | Authority | Current Stance |
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|-------------|------|-----------------|-----------|----------------|
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| [name] | [role] | [concern] | [type] | [stance] |
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### Recommended Conversation Sequence
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1. **[Name first]** — because [reason they unlock others]
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2. **[Name second]** — once [first] is aligned
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[continue...]
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### Talking Points by Stakeholder
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#### [Stakeholder Name]
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**Lead with:** [Their concern, not your feature]
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**Your ask:** [One specific thing you need from them]
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**Likely objection:** [What they'll push back on]
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**Prepared response:** [How to address it without being defensive]
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**What success looks like:** [What alignment from them looks like]
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## Notes
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- Never send the same message to all stakeholders — calibrate every time
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- Engineering leads want technical feasibility acknowledged first
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- Finance stakeholders want ROI framing before anything else
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- Legal/compliance stakeholders want risk mitigation addressed upfront
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## Quality Checks
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- [ ] Every blocker has a specific tactic (not just "have a chat")
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- [ ] Conversation sequence accounts for political dependencies
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- [ ] Each stakeholder's talking points lead with their concern, not your agenda
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- [ ] At least one "do not approach until X is aligned" flag is considered
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- [ ] The ask from each stakeholder is a single, specific thing (not a vague "support")
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## Anti-Patterns
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- [ ] Do not approach high-influence blockers before aligning their sponsors — approach order determines outcome
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- [ ] Do not create talking points that lead with your agenda — always lead with the stakeholder's stated concern
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- [ ] Do not treat every stakeholder as equally important — focus depth on the decision-makers and key influencers
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- [ ] Do not omit the "do not approach until X is aligned" flags — sequencing mistakes can permanently close doors
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- [ ] Do not build the map based only on org chart position — influence often lives outside formal authority
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