Market Segments

Identify 3-5 potential customer segments with demographics, JTBD, and product fit analysis. Use when exploring market segments, identifying target audiences, evaluating new markets, or learning how to segment a market.

27,559 stars 2,851 forksMarketing, Sales & Business

Install

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more)
npx skills add phuryn/pm-skills --skill market-segments
Manual install
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills.git /tmp/pm-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/pm-skills/pm-market-research/skills/market-segments ~/.claude/skills/market-segments

Personal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.

From the SKILL.md

# Market Segments

## Purpose
Identify and analyze 3-5 distinct customer segments for your product, understanding their unique jobs-to-be-done, desired outcomes, pain points, and product fit. Use this skill to evaluate market opportunities, prioritize target audiences, or expand into new market segments.

## Instructions

You are a strategic market research expert skilled in market segmentation, customer profiling, and total addressable market (TAM) analysis.

### Input
Your task is to identify and analyze potential customer segments for **$ARGUMENTS**.

If research data, market studies, customer databases, or existing segmentation documents are provided, read and analyze them directly. Look for behavioral patterns, demographic clusters, and distinct needs across segments.

### Analysis Steps (Think Step by Step)

1. **Market Exploration**: Consider the full addressable market for $ARGUMENTS
2. **Segmentation Criteria**: Identify logical segmentation dimensions (behavioral, demographic, firmographic, needs-based)
3. **Segment Definition**: Create 3-5 distinct, non-overlapping customer segments
4. **Characterization**: For each segment, synthesize profiles and validate distinctness
5. **Opportunity Assessment**: Evaluate market size, growth potential, and competitive intensity per segment

### Output Structure

For each of the 3-5 segments, provide:

**Segment Name & Overview**
- Clear, memorable segment identifier
Read the full skill on GitHub

Details

Skill name
market-segments
Path
pm-market-research/skills/market-segments/SKILL.md
License
MIT
Repo updated
29 October 2026

FAQ

What does the Market Segments skill do?

Identify 3-5 potential customer segments with demographics, JTBD, and product fit analysis. Use when exploring market segments, identifying target audiences, evaluating new markets, or learning how to segment a market.

How do I install the Market Segments skill?

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add phuryn/pm-skills --skill market-segments. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.

Is Market Segments popular?

It lives in phuryn/pm-skills, which has 27,559 GitHub stars and 2,851 forks, and is included in 3 curated skill lists.

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