partnerships-skills

Check a specific piece of affiliate or influencer content (caption, video script, transcript, screenshot, or live URL) against disclosure regulations and return a pass/fail compliance review with placement, wording, and per-format fixes. Covers FTC affiliate disclosure (16 CFR 255 and 465), UK CAP/CMA rules, EU UCPD and DSA, and German, French and Italian overlays, pre-publication or already live. Use whenever the user mentions affiliate disclosure, FTC disclosure, paid partnership labeling, sponsored content, ad tags, or a partner post that may be missing or burying its disclosure, even if they never say compliance. Reviews content only - for disclosure clauses inside program terms use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@affiliate-program-terms.

Build the detection rule set an affiliate program manager uses to flag fraudulent affiliate activity, plus the investigation and escalation path behind it - cookie stuffing, fake lead and form-fill fraud, self-referral rings, traffic-quality baselines, commission holds and clawbacks, and separating real fraud from legitimate low-incrementality coupon or cashback partners. Covers B2B SaaS lead-gen and B2C ecommerce programs. Use whenever the user mentions affiliate fraud, suspicious affiliate traffic, invalid clicks or leads, bot traffic, or an affiliate whose numbers look too good, even if they never say fraud. Do NOT use for consumer refer-a-friend gaming - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@referral-abuse-guardrails instead.

Design the onboarding sequence that carries a newly approved affiliate from approval to first tracked conversion - touch plan (timing, channel, one action per touch), asset kit, time-boxed activation nudge, and never-activated follow-up branch. Covers B2B SaaS partner programs and B2C ecommerce affiliate programs. Use whenever the user mentions affiliate onboarding, an affiliate welcome email series, affiliate activation, a new-affiliate ramp, partner activation emails, or approved affiliates who never send a click or a sale, even if they never say onboarding. Starts at approval - to pitch affiliates who have not joined yet use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@affiliate-recruitment-outreach.

Audit an affiliate or partner commission payout run for accuracy before money is disbursed - per-line rate and tier recomputation, double-counted conversions, clawback and validation windows, period cutoff, currency, rounding, and tax-form status, delivered as an audit report with severities and recommended holds. Covers B2B SaaS recurring revenue-share and B2C ecommerce order-level CPA programs. Use whenever the user mentions an affiliate payout audit, commission accuracy, payout reconciliation, overpaid or underpaid affiliates, or a pre-disbursement review, even if they never say audit. Do NOT use for spotting fraudulent affiliates - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@affiliate-fraud-detection instead.

Define the metric set and layout for an affiliate performance dashboard, delivered as a dashboard specification document - metric definitions with explicit formulas, views per audience, refresh and review cadence, and alert thresholds for top affiliates, conversion by source, and program ROI. Covers B2B SaaS recurring revenue-share and B2C ecommerce order-level CPA programs. Use whenever the user mentions affiliate program reporting, affiliate KPIs, affiliate ROI, revenue concentration, or what to put on an affiliate dashboard, even if they never say dashboard. Specifies metrics, never builds them in a BI tool. Do NOT use for one creator campaign's measurement plan - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@influencer-measurement-framework instead.

Draft the terms and conditions an affiliate accepts when joining a commission-based program - the affiliate program agreement, with the canonical clause set, prohibited-tactics clauses and enforcement ladder, commission validation, clawback and termination mechanics, and jurisdiction overlays (FTC endorsement rules, EU P2B, UK ASA/CAP, GDPR roles). Output is a clause-complete draft flagged for mandatory legal review, for B2B SaaS and B2C ecommerce alike. Use whenever the user mentions affiliate program terms, an affiliate agreement, prohibited tactics, or a brand-bidding policy, even if they only ask what affiliates must agree to. Do NOT use for reviewing a published post's disclosure label - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@affiliate-disclosure-compliance instead.

Draft the outreach copy and sequence plan used to recruit new affiliates into a commission-based affiliate program - prospect qualification and tiering, pitch angle, first-touch recruitment email, follow-up sequence with a breakup touch, channel mix, and outreach tracking. Covers B2B SaaS and B2C ecommerce/DTC programs. Use whenever the user mentions recruiting affiliates, affiliate sourcing, or pitching content and review sites, coupon and cashback partners, newsletter operators, communities, podcasters, or agencies to join a program, even if they never say recruitment. Do NOT use for pitching one individually vetted creator - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@influencer-outreach instead.

Rank named candidate strategic alliances and technology partnerships by expected value, effort, and risk, to decide where partner-team capacity goes - must-pass screens, a weighted alliance scorecard with sensitivity analysis, co-innovation and platform-dependency risk checks, a ranked shortlist, and a go/no-go recommendation memo. Covers B2B tech alliances and B2C brand and creator partnerships. Use whenever the user mentions alliance prioritization, partnership ranking, partner shortlisting, or asks which of several named partners deserves investment, even if they never say prioritization. Portfolio-level comparison only. Do NOT use for modeling one partner's P&L - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@partner-economics instead.

Design the operating model for how direct sales and partner sellers collaborate on shared deals - deal registration policy (protection windows, approval SLA, rejection grounds), deal credit and attribution split (partner-sourced vs partner-influenced, comp neutrality), and channel rules of engagement between direct and partner sellers. Covers B2B co-sell motions at the policy level. Use whenever the user mentions co-selling, partner deal registration, deal credit splits, partner attribution policy, or reps and partners working the same account, even if they never say co-sell. Do NOT use for adjudicating a live contested deal - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@partner-channel-conflict instead.

Draft the creative campaign brief a brand hands to an already-signed influencer or creator for one campaign - deliverables with exact specs, key messages with proof points, brand guardrails, disclosure requirements, timeline, and bounded review rounds, split into non-negotiables vs preferences. Covers B2C brand collabs and B2B creator programs. Use whenever the user mentions a creator brief, campaign brief, content brief, creator deliverables, or briefing a creator they just signed, even if they never say brief. Starts after the deal is signed and reflects its terms exactly. Do NOT use for picking or vetting the creator - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@influencer-discovery-brief instead.

Define creator sourcing criteria and produce the discovery brief used to shortlist candidate influencers and creators - weighted criteria for audience fit, engagement quality, niche consistency and brand safety, knockout screens, and a ranked shortlist scoring template with evidence per score. Covers B2C brand campaigns and B2B creator and thought-leader programs. Use whenever the user mentions finding creators, vetting influencers, audience fit, creator shortlists, or deciding which creators to approach, even if they never say discovery. Runs before any contact. Do NOT use for writing the pitch message itself - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@influencer-outreach instead.

Design the pre-launch measurement plan for one influencer or creator campaign - KPIs matched to the objective (awareness, engagement, conversion, affiliate-linked, always-on ambassador), an attribution method and data source behind each KPI, reporting cadence per stakeholder, and declared blind spots. Delivered as a measurement plan document before launch, for B2B and B2C alike. Use whenever the user mentions influencer KPIs, creator campaign attribution, campaign reporting, or asks how to measure a creator partnership, even if they never say measurement. Do NOT use for an ongoing affiliate program dashboard - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@affiliate-performance-dashboard instead.

Prepare a brand-side partnership manager to negotiate deal terms with an influencer or creator, from the creator's first positive reply to a signed contract - a written playbook of term-by-term opening positions, a concession ladder, red-flag responses, and walk-away thresholds covering rates, usage rights, exclusivity, revision limits, payment terms, and kill fees. Covers B2C brand collabs and B2B creator programs. Use whenever the user mentions creator rates, creator deal terms, usage rights, exclusivity, or negotiating with a creator's talent manager, even if they never say negotiation. Requires the user's own rate benchmarks. Do NOT use for the first-touch pitch - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@influencer-outreach instead.

Draft the personalized first-touch pitch message and follow-up plan used to propose a partnership to one already-vetted influencer or creator - personalization angle, the compensation stated on offer, a message fitted to the channel the creator actually lists (email, DM, or their manager), and a bounded follow-up cadence. Covers B2C brand collabs and B2B creator programs (newsletter writers, podcasters, industry experts). Use whenever the user mentions pitching a creator, DMing an influencer, a collab proposal, or a creator outreach message, even if they never say outreach. Stops at the first positive reply. Do NOT use for list-scale affiliate recruitment - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@affiliate-recruitment-outreach instead.

Plan one joint go-to-market motion with one already-chosen partner - the joint value proposition, co-marketing campaign shape, launch sequencing, budget and market-development funds, the lead-sharing and attribution agreement, and the closing debrief. Covers B2B vendor-to-vendor co-marketing, consumer co-branding, and creator collaborations. Use whenever the user mentions a joint GTM plan, partner co-marketing, a joint webinar or integration launch, or a better-together story with a named partner, even if they never say GTM. Macro strategy only, no ad copy, email bodies, or asset production. Do NOT use for direct-vs-partner deal policy - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@co-selling-strategy instead.

Write the channel conflict rules that govern contested deals between direct sales and channel partners or between partners - rules of engagement, account segmentation, named-account carve-outs, deal registration as a claim instrument (protection window, tie-break, rejection grounds), compensation neutrality for direct reps, escalation and adjudication ladders, and governance cadence. Also covers consumer brands (D2C vs retail conflict, MAP policy, channel-exclusive assortment). Use whenever the user mentions channel conflict, partner disputes, deal poaching, or two routes to market claiming the same account, even if they never say conflict. Do NOT use for designing the co-sell operating model - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@co-selling-strategy instead.

Design the overall structure of a B2B partner or channel program from scratch - a readiness gate that can conclude not yet, partner value proposition, which motions to run (referral, reseller, services, technology), tier count, benefit stack, program-wide economics envelope, governance, and success horizon. Covers B2C analogs (dealer, franchise, ambassador). Use whenever the user mentions building a partner program, channel program design, launching a channel, a partner ecosystem program, or asks whether they are ready for partners, even if they never say program. Do NOT use for reworking tiers inside a program that already exists - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@partner-tiering instead.

Model the unit economics of one partner relationship - partner P&L, margin modeling, cost-to-serve, referral-fee and lifetime-value split, channel partner ROI, partner CAC vs direct CAC, ramp and payback - to decide whether to sign, scale, renegotiate, or exit that partner. Covers B2B channel and alliance partners plus B2C affiliate and creator economics. Use whenever the user mentions partnership unit economics, a single-partner business case, reseller, VAR, MSP, OEM or marketplace deal economics, revenue-share and margin-stack analysis, or asks whether a partner is worth pursuing, even if they never say economics. Do NOT use for ranking a portfolio of candidates - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@alliance-prioritization instead.

Map a company's partner and channel ecosystem as a strategy exercise - an inventory of every partner type (resellers, distributors, MSPs, ISVs, SIs, affiliates, marketplaces, plus retail, creator, licensing and co-branding partners for consumer brands), partner account overlap analysis, channel coverage gaps and conflict zones, a weighted partner scorecard, and a prioritization 2x2. Use whenever the user mentions partner ecosystem mapping, a partner landscape, channel coverage, partner type classification, ecosystem whitespace, or which partner categories deserve investment, even if they never say ecosystem. Do NOT use for sequencing which category to launch next - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@partner-ecosystem-expansion instead.

Decide which partner categories to add next to a partner ecosystem and in what sequence - a staged partner-category expansion roadmap with readiness gates, capacity limits, and kill criteria. Covers B2B categories (tech/ISV, reseller/VAR, MSP, SI/GSI, agency, referral/affiliate, marketplace) and consumer-side equivalents (retail/wholesale, creator, licensing, co-branding). Use whenever the user mentions partner ecosystem expansion, partner category planning, a partner mix roadmap, or asks which partner type to launch next, even if they never say expansion. Category-level sequencing only. Do NOT use for ranking named candidate companies - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@alliance-prioritization instead.

Sequence the training, content, and certification a B2B partner program needs to make partners self-sufficient sellers - the partner enablement roadmap, not the training content itself. Covers the skills-gap needs assessment, enablement tracks split by partner role and type, certification design and refresh cadence, and a pilot cohort, all designed backwards from the partner's first deal. Also covers B2C analogs (franchise, dealer, ambassador education). Use whenever the user mentions partner enablement, partner certification, channel partner training, a partner onboarding curriculum, or ramping partners to a first deal, even if they never say enablement. Do NOT use for affiliate welcome emails - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@affiliate-onboarding-sequence instead.

Decide which third-party marketplaces to list on, how much to invest in each, what ROI to expect, and when to delist - marketplace prioritization for partner teams. Covers cloud marketplace listing strategy, SaaS app store and integration directory prioritization, and retail marketplace selection for ecommerce (1P vs 3P vs hybrid), with a readiness gate, weighted scorecard, and provenance-flagged ROI expectations. Use whenever the user mentions AWS, Azure or GCP marketplaces, an app store listing, an integration directory, or asks whether a marketplace listing is worth it, even if they never say marketplace strategy. Do NOT use for choosing which partner category to launch next - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@partner-ecosystem-expansion instead.

Measure and review the performance of individual partners in a B2B partner program - the per-partner scorecard (dimensions, weights, targets, red-flag thresholds, data sources), the review cadence and QBR structure, and the underperformance ladder from trigger through corrective action to de-tier or exit. Also covers the B2C affiliate and creator review contrast. Use whenever the user mentions a partner scorecard, partner reviews, a channel partner QBR, a partner health check, or an underperforming channel partner, even if they never say performance. One partner at a time. Do NOT use for designing the tier ladder itself - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@partner-tiering instead.

Design or redesign the tier structure inside an existing B2B partner program - qualification criteria, benefit bundles, tier count, promotion and demotion rules, review cadence for registered/silver/gold-style ladders, and migration of the current partner base. Also covers the B2C affiliate, creator and loyalty tier contrast. Use whenever the user mentions partner tiers, tier criteria, tier benefits, tier compression, demotion rules, or reseller, MSP and agency tier design, even if they never say tiering. Do NOT use for standing up a partner program from scratch - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@partner-channel-program instead. Affiliate commission payout tiers are a separate skill.

Plans a partnerships career from the candidate side across the field's four sub-disciplines - channel/alliance, affiliate, influencer/creator, referral. Covers the internal-transfer entry tactic, the company-type hiring bar, channel-manager interview-loop prep including the negotiation role-play and the "same deal in December as January" judgment test, job-posting red-flag reads, and offer evaluation gated on live verification since published comp benchmarks disagree by 2-3x. States plainly that no cross-company career ladder is published for this field. Use whenever the user asks how to break into partnerships, prep a partner-manager interview, read a posting, or evaluate an offer. Do NOT use for the hiring/employer side (mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@partnerships-hiring).

Employer-side partnerships hiring across the field's four sub-disciplines - channel/alliance, affiliate, influencer/creator, referral. Calibrates the scorecard to company type (startup generalist, scale-up specialist, enterprise per-hyperscaler headcount, PLG integrations-first), builds the channel-manager loop with its named judgment test and negotiation role-play, sources candidates from the field's job board and communities, and gates compensation on live verification since public benchmarks disagree by 2-3x. States plainly where no documented loop exists for a sub-discipline. Use whenever the user asks how to hire a partner manager, write a partnerships job posting, design an interview loop, or source candidates. Do NOT use for candidate-side prep (mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@partnerships-career).

Before starting any partnerships work - and before routing to any other skill in the mbfinotti/partnerships-skills collection - run this router first. It matches the task (channel, alliance, co-sell, marketplace, affiliate, influencer, or referral) to exactly one sibling skill, says plainly when none fits, and bootstraps or resumes the project's shared partnerships-context.md artifact so the next session starts warm instead of cold. Use whenever the user opens a partnerships project, asks which partnerships skill they need, resumes partner work after a gap, runs a periodic partner, affiliate or influencer check-in, or describes a partner, creator or commission problem without naming a skill - even if they never say kickoff, routing or partnerships, and even when they name a downstream task directly. Routing and shared context only - it never does a sibling skill's work itself, and always emits the full owner/repo@skill target it routes to.

Define the operational guardrails that stop end customers from gaming a refer-a-friend program - reward caps, velocity limits and cooldowns, reward-hold windows tied to the refund window, eligibility rules, identity-verification gates, a published enforcement ladder, and abuse-monitoring signals. Produces a guardrail spec for B2C and B2B SaaS referral program managers. Use whenever the user mentions referral abuse, self-referral, fake accounts claiming referral rewards, referral rings, or a referral code leaking to coupon forums, even if they never say abuse. Do NOT use for professional-affiliate traffic fraud - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@affiliate-fraud-detection instead.

Design the reward structure of a customer refer-a-friend program - who gets rewarded (referrer, friend, or both), reward type (cash, account credit, discount, product value, status), how much to pay against LTV/CAC and gross margin, when the payout fires, and whether to build a tiered reward ladder. Use whenever the user mentions referral incentives, refer-a-friend rewards, referral bonus amounts, give-X-get-Y offers, double-sided referral rewards, or asks how big a referral reward should be, even if they never say incentive. Covers end-customer rewards only. Do NOT use for commission rates paid to professional affiliates - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@affiliate-commission-structure instead.