business-model

name: business-model multi_ticker_semantics: target_with_optional_peers description: Business model classification, business model analysis, structural analysis of how a company makes money, product offering decomposition, distribution channel analysis, customer segment analysis, revenue model identification, market sizing TAM SAM SOM, competitive positioning, business unit performance, management team & leadership analysis, what does the company sell, how does the company go to market, business model type platform service product, channel mix direct vs indirect, revenue concentration risk, CEO CFO executive backgrounds and changes temporal_scope: default_quarters: 4 max_quarters: 8 description: "Structural analysis over a trailing 4 fiscal quarters (latest 10-K + trailing 10-Qs); max 8 for channel-mix or management-evolution windows. A single-quarter snapshot is INSUFFICIENT for business-model classification." allowed_tools: - search_companies - search_xbrl_facts - search_documents - search_sec_filings - read_source_outline - read_source_deep_outline - read_source_pages - search_keyword_in_source - get_company_financials - get_company_profile - get_company_fiscal_calendar - get_ticker_coverage - list_xbrl_concepts - search_cross_period - batch_search retrieval_scope: unstructured_document_search min_tool_diversity: 7

Preflight

Run the canonical pre-flight sequence — MCP health probe, ticker resolution, workspace style.md override, memory load, and coverage check. See contracts/preflight.md.

Include the X-Agentii-Trace header on every tool call per contracts/x-agentii-trace-header.md.

Triggers

• analyze the business model of {ticker}
• run business model analysis on {ticker}
• decompose the business model of {ticker}
• what does {ticker} sell and how does it make money
• classify the business model type of {ticker}
• analyze {ticker} product offerings and distribution channels
• assess {ticker} revenue composition and concentration risk
• evaluate {ticker} TAM SAM SOM and market positioning
• analyze {ticker} management team and leadership changes
• review {ticker} go-to-market strategy
• breakdown {ticker} customer segments and distribution model
• structural analysis of {ticker}
• business unit performance analysis for {ticker}
• competitive positioning of {ticker}

Defaults

Production Grounding

Production data-plane grounding (scale, locators) is in references/methodology.md.

Data Source Priority (mandatory order)

1. XBRL FIRST (grounding truth) — search_xbrl_facts with the detailed/segment view for revenue & margins broken down by product line, segment, geography, and distribution channel (concepts Revenues, GrossProfit, OperatingIncomeLoss, SegmentReportingInformation). Retrieve XBRL BEFORE any document discovery.
2. SEC filings — search_documents / search_sec_filings for the 10-K (annual, richest business overview), trailing 10-Q, and 20-F for foreign issuers → read_source_pages enrichment.
3. Web search = LAST RESORT — only when SEC/XBRL coverage is genuinely insufficient (e.g., third-party TAM estimates, very recent unfiled events), and it MUST be flagged in Coverage Gaps. Web search is NOT an MCP tool and is never a substitute for filings.

Methodology

1. Retrieval Scope

This skill performs unstructured document search at scale (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K filings). The three-layer agent-use-ready retrieval protocol applies (Layer 1 → Layer 2 → Layer 3). For foreign issuers, use 20-F (annual) and 6-K (material events) instead of 10-K and 8-K respectively.

2. Retrieval Strategy

See contracts/retrieval.md for the canonical decision tree; skill-specific retrieval detail is in references/methodology.md.

3. Temporal Scope

Default: 4 fiscal quarters (max 8). A single-quarter snapshot is INSUFFICIENT for business-model classification — use the latest 10-K (annual) plus trailing 10-Qs. Extend the window when explicitly tracking channel-mix evolution (mode 1_2 default 12 quarters) or management changes (mode 1_5 default 4 quarters).

4. Tool Allowlist

See frontmatter allowed_tools.

• search_companies, get_company_profile — issuer resolution and sector classification.
• search_xbrl_facts, list_xbrl_concepts, get_company_financials — segment-level P&L and revenue concentration metrics.
• search_documents, search_sec_filings — Layer 1 document discovery (with secondary_labels filter).
• read_source_outline, read_source_pages, search_keyword_in_source — Layer 2/3 deep read for business-overview pages.
• get_company_fiscal_calendar, get_ticker_coverage — pre-flight (mandatory first step).

5. Protocol

Step-by-step execution detail is in references/methodology.md.

Modes (5 — structural equity analysis)

This skill delivers analyst-grade output via 5 addressable mode(s); invoke with --mode=<slug> / --modes=<slug1>,<slug2> / --mode=all (see Mode syntax. The default invocation (no flag) runs the essentials_modes subset declared in this skill's frontmatter.

Analyst Modes

This skill exposes addressable analysis modes (--mode=<slug> / --modes=<s1>,<s2> / --mode=all; see Mode syntax). The full mode definitions and their output templates live in references/modes.md. The default invocation runs the essentials subset.

Tool Fallbacks

Per-tool failure modes and fallback actions are tabulated in references/tool-fallbacks.md.

Output File

Write the final deliverable to {ticker}/{YYYY-MM-DD_HHMM}_business-model_{affix}.md.

Output Directory Rule: write to {ticker}/ (e.g. NVDA/) — NEVER {ticker}-recent-quarter/ or any dimension-suffixed variant. The directory is the bare uppercase ticker; the skill name appears only in the filename, never the directory.

Output Structure

The deliverable is a structured markdown report written to the path in ## Output File. Full section-by-section template (headings, tables, and field definitions) lives in references/output-structure.md. Required elements:

1. Executive Summary — headline conclusions (≤200 words).
2. Core analysis sections — per this skill's methodology and analyst modes.
3. Data classification — tag findings [FACT] / [DEDUCTED] / [VIEW] per contracts/snapshot-synthesis.md.
4. Coverage Gaps & Citations — inline /v/ citations are PRIMARY (immediately after each fact); the bottom Citations section is a non-duplicative roll-up index.
5. Output frontmatter — emit the FR-090 structured block per contracts/output-frontmatter-schema.md.

Citations & memory: follow contracts/citation-and-memory.md — ≥1 citation per 200 words; every material fact, table row, and metric is immediately followed by its inline clickable https://agentii.ai/v/{ticker}/{citation_id}/{N} link; a bottom Citations section provides a non-duplicative roll-up index; the closing TUI reply includes a compact Key Citations list (headline 5–10 facts) of clickable /v/ URLs; and append the run to agentii.md per contracts/agentii-md-schema.md.

Memory & Snapshot

• Memory load (pre-flight): load prior workspace context for the ticker before retrieval — see contracts/memory-load.md.
• Structured output frontmatter: emit the FR-090 block (key_metrics, conclusions, facts_count, deducted_count, views_count, citation_count) per contracts/output-frontmatter-schema.md.
• Snapshot synthesis: after writing the deliverable, update the two-tier snapshot and classify findings as [FACT]/[DEDUCTED]/[VIEW] — see contracts/snapshot-synthesis.md.
• Session archival: record the run under sessions/{YYYY-MM-DD}/ and update sessions/INDEX.md per contracts/session-format.md.

Final Summary (TUI)

End the closing chat reply with a compact Key Citations list (headline 5–10 facts), each a clickable https://agentii.ai/v/{ticker}/{citation_id}/{N} link, so the user can cmd+click straight to the exact SEC page. See contracts/citation-and-memory.md.

Error Handling