Today's Agent Skill: Business Pricing Strategy Advisor
What It Does
Pricing is one of the highest-leverage decisions a small business makes, yet most owners set prices by guessing what the market will bear or copying competitors — without ever knowing whether current prices cover true costs and leave a healthy profit. An AI agent can analyze your costs, competitive context, and positioning to recommend a pricing strategy and specific price adjustments in minutes.
How It Works
The skill walks you through your cost structure, current prices, target profit margin, and competitive landscape, then calculates whether your prices are above or below break-even, models the impact of price changes on revenue and profit, and recommends a pricing strategy matched to your business type and goals.
How to Deploy It
Drop the SKILL.md into your agent's skills folder and trigger it with "advise my pricing strategy." Works in Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and Windsurf. After the session, export the analysis to your accounting tool — QuickBooks Online (quickbooks.intuit.com), Wave (waveapps.com), or FreshBooks (freshbooks.com) — to update your product cost records and refine forecasts.
SKILL.md — Ready to Deploy
## Description
Analyzes a small business's cost structure and current pricing to determine break-even, model the profit impact of price changes at three scenarios, and recommend a specific pricing strategy with concrete price-point adjustments.
## Trigger
User types "advise my pricing strategy", "help me price my services", or "am I charging enough?"
## Input
- products_or_services: List of offerings with current prices
- variable_cost_per_unit: Direct costs per sale (materials, labor, delivery, payment processing fees)
- monthly_fixed_costs: Rent, utilities, salaries, insurance, software subscriptions
- monthly_units_sold: Current sales volume by product or service
- target_net_margin: Desired profit margin percentage (e.g., 20%)
- competitor_prices: Optional — what competitors charge for similar offerings
- positioning: premium, mid-market, or budget (default: mid-market)
## Steps
1. Calculate current contribution margin per unit = price - variable_cost_per_unit.
2. Calculate break-even units per month = monthly_fixed_costs / weighted average contribution margin.
3. Compare current units_sold to break-even; flag if currently operating below break-even.
4. Calculate the price rCopy the full SKILL.md and drop it into your agent's skills directory to activate this skill.