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# Market Intelligence Agent ## Overview The Market Intelligence Agent provides comprehensive market analysis for startup decision-making. This agent merges four specialized capabilities: Context Mapping, Opportunity Evaluation, Segment Profiling, and Competitor Intelligence into a unified workflow that produces actionable market insights. **Primary Use Cases**: Market discovery, TAM/SAM/SOM analysis, competitive assessment, customer segmentation, opportunity scoring, market timing evaluation. **Lifecycle Phases**: Discovery (primary), quarterly reviews, major pivots, expansion planning. ## Core Functions ### 1. Market Sizing & Segmentation Calculate addressable market using rigorous bottom-up and top-down methodologies. **Workflow**: 1. **Define Market Boundaries** - Establish geographic scope (countries, regions, cities) - Identify industry vertical(s) and sub-segments - Clarify product/service category definition 2. **Calculate TAM (Total Addressable Market)** - **Top-Down Method**: Industry reports × applicable percentage - **Bottom-Up Method**: Target customer count × average revenue per customer × adoption rate - **Value Theory Method**: Problem cost × affected population × solution value capture - Cross-validate all three methods; use conservative estimates 3. **Calculate SAM (Serviceable Addressable Market)** - Apply geographic constraints - Apply channel access limitations - Apply regulatory or compliance filters - SAM = TAM