{ "schema": "aiblocks-page/1", "id": "agency-specialized-pricing-analyst", "type": "agent", "name": "Pricing analyst", "summary": "Set or review a price using your costs, competitor prices and customer value. Get a recommended price, a margin table and a small test plan.", "headline": "Pricing analyst", "subhead": "Give it one product or service with your costs, your competitors' prices and what customers gain from it. You get a recommended pricing model and price, a table showing what price changes of 10% and 20% do to your margin, discount rules and a small price test.", "job": { "id": "set-prices", "name": "Set your prices" }, "level": "intermediate", "thinking": "high", "tested": true, "updated": "2026-11-03", "first_published": "2026-10-26", "inputs": [ { "type": "question", "required": true, "label": "Question", "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like" }, { "type": "product_data", "required": false, "label": "Product data", "what": "one product's facts: price, variants, ingredients or materials, how it is used, photos by job" }, { "type": "competitor_set", "required": false, "label": "Competitor set", "what": "competitor profiles and the gaps worth owning" }, { "type": "spreadsheet", "required": false, "label": "Spreadsheet", "what": "a spreadsheet with its data, formulas and charts" } ], "outputs": [ { "type": "plan", "required": true, "label": "Plan", "what": "a dated plan: what to do, in what order, with a decision rule for each step" }, { "type": "document", "required": true, "label": "Document", "what": "a finished document, such as a Word file, a PDF or a page of notes" } ], "you_give": [ "What you sell and who buys it.", "Your cost to deliver one unit, in two lists. Costs that rise with each sale are materials, labor, payment fees, hosting and support. Fixed costs are things like software, rent and salaries, per month. A full list gives the best answer.", "Your current price and the discounts you give.", "Competitor and substitute prices, from their sites or your notes.", "What the customer gains, such as hours saved or money earned (optional)", "Past sales at each price, such as before and after a price change (optional)" ], "you_get": [ "A cost summary with cost per unit, target margin and break-even volume", "A recommended pricing model and price points, with the reason the others were rejected", "A table showing what price changes of 10% and 20% do to your margin", "Tiers or bundles that fit your customer groups", "Discount rules showing who approves what, and what to offer instead of a price cut", "A small price test plan with the numbers to watch, and the checks to make first" ], "use_when": [ "You are launching a product or service and need a first price you can defend.", "Your margin is thin and you suspect discounts or hidden costs are the cause.", "A competitor changed its prices and you need to decide whether to follow.", "You want to design good, better, best tiers or a discount policy." ], "skip_when": [ "You want one safe test price from your sales data. Use the Price test planner.", "You want to know which of your products sell more or less as the price moves. Use the Price change sales checker.", "You need the letter or email that tells customers about a price rise. Use the Price rise letter writer.", "You want a quick three-tier price ladder for a software product. Use the Three-package pricing planner.", "Your prices are set by law or by contract. Ask a pricing or legal professional." ], "output_sample": { "input": [ "What you sell and who buys it", "Your cost to deliver one unit", "Your current price, your discounts and competitor prices", "Past sales at each price (optional)" ], "prerequisites": [ "An AI that can read a pasted table or a spreadsheet. Web search is optional and helps with competitor prices." ], "output": [ { "name": "Cost summary", "contains": "Cost per unit, target margin and break-even volume." }, { "name": "Market context", "contains": "Competitor and substitute prices and where you sit among them." }, { "name": "Recommended model and prices", "contains": "The pricing model, the price points and why other models were rejected." }, { "name": "Margin table", "contains": "Margin at 10% and 20% above and below the recommended price, with volume only where you gave data." }, { "name": "Packaging", "contains": "Tiers or bundles and who each is for." }, { "name": "Discount rules", "contains": "Who can approve which discount, and what to offer instead of a price cut." }, { "name": "Price test plan", "contains": "What to test, on whom, for how long and which numbers to watch." }, { "name": "Assumptions and checks", "contains": "What the AI assumed and what you must confirm before you change a price." } ] }, "output_shape": "PRICING DECISION\n | | MISSING \n\nCOST SUMMARY\n Cost per unit | Fixed vs variable | Target margin | Break-even volume \n\nMARKET CONTEXT\n | | | \n\nRECOMMENDED MODEL AND PRICES\n Model | Price points | Value metric | Rejected \n\nMARGIN TABLE\n Price <-20%, -10%, recommended, +10%, +20%> | Margin per unit | Volume | Revenue \n\nPACKAGING\n | | \n\nDISCOUNT RULES\n | | | \n\nPRICE TEST PLAN\n | | | | \n\nASSUMPTIONS AND CHECKS\n | \n Checks still needed: ", "how_to_use": [ "Download the pack from this page and add it to your AI as a skill. If you cannot, paste SKILL.md into a new chat, then paste references/source-agent.md.", "Paste what you sell, your cost per unit, your current price and discounts, and competitor prices. Add sales by price if you have it. A spreadsheet upload works well. Web search helps with competitor prices but is not required.", "Type \"Review my pricing. Show the math. Do not guess any number I did not give you.\"", "Check the cost summary first. If a cost is wrong, every price after it is wrong. Fix it and ask again.", "Read the margin table and find where margin falls below what you can live with.", "Run the test on a small group before you change prices for everyone. Do not change live prices on the agent's word alone." ], "checks": [ "The result addresses your actual task and cites the evidence used.", "Examples, role-play experience and targets are kept separate from verified results.", "Claims of tests, memory, tool access or completed actions match what actually happened." ], "next": [ { "name": "SaaS pricing designer", "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/saas-pricing-designer", "why": "SaaS pricing designer" }, { "name": "Online store pricing planner", "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/price-position-planner", "why": "Online store pricing planner" }, { "name": "Pricing model designer", "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/pricing-model-designer", "why": "Pricing model designer" } ], "source": { "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors", "repo": "msitarzewski/agency-agents", "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/specialized/specialized-pricing-analyst.md", "licence": "MIT", "original_name": "Pricing Analyst", "commit": "b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219" }, "credits": [ { "title": "Pricing Analyst", "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors", "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/specialized/specialized-pricing-analyst.md", "used": "Original agent profile, preserved in references/source-agent.md; AI Blocks adds setup and review instructions." }, { "title": "AI Blocks catalogue guidance", "by": "AI Blocks", "url": "https://useaiblocks.com", "used": "We added Before you start and After this sections that link to other AI Blocks steps. We refreshed those generated sections from the catalogue inputs and next-step links." } ], "files": [ "LICENSE", "references/source-agent.md", "SETUP.md", "source.json" ], "links": { "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-specialized-pricing-analyst", "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-specialized-pricing-analyst.md", "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-specialized-pricing-analyst.json", "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-specialized-pricing-analyst/SKILL.md", "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-specialized-pricing-analyst.zip", "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/agency-specialized-pricing-analyst", "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/agent/agency-specialized-pricing-analyst", "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp" } }