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Vantage.os — Marketing Intelligence OS. The marketing brain inside your agent. /vantage interviews you, then delivers a beautiful, evidence-backed competitive teardown (Share-of-Voice, positioning map, battlecards). Web-only, no API keys.

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TRIGGER when the user wants to build or sharpen THEIR OWN positioning & messaging — "our positioning", "messaging house", "value proposition", "our one-liner", "homepage copy", "how should we position", "messaging framework", "what's our narrative". Part of the `vantage` (Vantage.os) Positioning Studio pack. Produces a positioning statement, messaging house, hero copy, and narrative. DO NOT trigger for analyzing a COMPETITOR's positioning (use vantage-positioning) or writing long-form content (use vantage-content-plan / copywriting).

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Vantage — Positioning Studio (your messaging house)

The "now what" after a competitive teardown: turn the white space you found into your own positioning and a complete messaging house. This is a creation skill — it builds the brand's strategic messaging, ideally informed by a prior Vantage competitive run (the white space, the shared clichés to avoid, the rivals' claims).

Deliverable: MESSAGING-HOUSE.html (shared design system — ../vantage/references/html-report.md; Vantage-purple accent permitted on this "build" deliverable). Working frameworks below.

Intake (one question at a time — see the console rules in ../vantage/SKILL.md)

Ask each as its own message, waiting between each. Skip anything already known from a prior Vantage run or the user's input.

  1. "What's your brand or website?"
  2. "In one breath, what do you sell and to whom?"
  3. "Who's the ideal customer — and what do they use today instead of you?" (the competitive alternative, incl. "do nothing / spreadsheets")
  4. "What can you do that the alternatives can't?" (unique attributes)
  5. "What does that let the customer achieve?" (the value/outcome)
  6. "Any non-negotiables?" — words to own, words to avoid, tone (optional)

If a competitive teardown exists, pull white space + rivals' one-liners + shared clichés from it instead of re-asking.

Method

1. Positioning (Dunford "Obviously Awesome" sequence)

Work in this order — positioning is derived, not declared:

  1. Competitive alternatives — what the customer would use without you.
  2. Unique attributes — what only you have (features, model, data, focus).
  3. Value — the outcome those attributes enable, that customers care about.
  4. Target segment — who cares most about that value (be specific).
  5. Market category — the frame that makes your value obvious. Owning or naming a category beats fighting in a generic one.
  6. (Optional) Trend — the "why now" that makes the category urgent.

2. Positioning statement (internal)

For [target segment] who [need/trigger], [brand] is the [category] that [unique value]. Unlike [alternative], we [key differentiator] — [proof].

3. Value proposition & one-liner (external)

  • One-liner (5–9 words, outcome-led, plain language, no clichés).
  • 2–3 alternative one-liners across different angles (outcome / category / contrarian).
  • Run the cliché filter: kill "all-in-one," "powerful," "AI-powered," "seamless," "platform," "next-gen," "supercharge" unless backed by specifics.

4. Messaging house

  • Roof = the positioning one-liner.
  • 3 pillars = the value themes you compete on (not features — outcomes).
  • Under each pillar: 2–4 proof points (RTBs — features, stats, customers, demos) and the message (how to say it).
  • Foundation = voice, tone, and the words you own vs avoid.

5. Hero copy (apply it)

Three homepage hero directions, each: eyebrow, H1, subhead, primary CTA, secondary CTA — written to the one-liner, differentiated from the rivals' heroes in the teardown.

6. Narrative / POV

The short "manifesto" version: the shift in the world (why now) → the problem with the old way → your view → the better way. 120–180 words. This is the founder-letter / sales narrative spine.

Output — MESSAGING-HOUSE.html

Clone the design system from ../vantage/references/report-example.html (same CSS, components, print-ready). Sections:

  1. Positioning statement (the internal north star, in a dark scorecard-style card)
  2. The messaging house — a visual: roof (one-liner) → 3 pillars → proof under each
  3. Value prop & one-liners — recommended + alternatives, with the cliché-kill list
  4. Hero copy — 3 variants as cards (eyebrow/H1/subhead/CTAs)
  5. Voice & tone — own / avoid word lists, sample rewrites (before → after)
  6. Narrative / POV — the manifesto block
  7. Differentiation vs the set — how each pillar beats a named rival (if teardown exists)

Then open it. Offer: "Want hero copy shipped as a page (seo-competitor-pages / copywriting), or ad concepts from this positioning (vantage-ad-lab)?"

Principles

  • Positioning is earned from the market, not invented — derive it from alternatives and real attributes, never aspirational fluff.
  • Every claim needs a proof point, or it's a wish. Flag unproven claims.
  • Differentiate from the actual competitive set (use the teardown), not a strawman.
  • Plain language beats jargon every time.

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