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Discover Stakeholder Summary

  • 494 installs
  • 518 repo stars
  • Updated August 4, 2026
  • product-on-purpose/pm-skills

discover-stakeholder-summary is a Claude Code PM skill that documents stakeholder needs, concerns, and influence maps for developers and product managers starting cross-functional initiatives.

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discover-stakeholder-summary is an Apache-2.0 PM skill (version 2.1.0) from product-on-purpose/pm-skills that produces a stakeholder summary listing sponsors, approvers, contributors, consumers, and affected groups with needs, concerns, and relationships. The workflow walks identification, prioritization, influence mapping, and alignment risks using triple-diamond, lean-startup, and design-thinking framing. Reach for discover-stakeholder-summary when kicking off a project, taking over an existing initiative, or preparing decisions that need cross-functional buy-in. The output is a structured influence map—not a status email; pair it with foundation-stakeholder-update when you need to communicate to stakeholders directly.

  • discover-stakeholder-summary
  • AI & Agent Building
  • AI-coding skill

Discover Stakeholder Summary by the numbers

  • 494 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • +30 installs in the week ending Aug 4, 2026 (Skillselion tracking)
  • Ranked #1,785 of 16,546 AI & Agent Building skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Data as of Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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Last updatedAugust 4, 2026
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How do you document stakeholder needs and influence?

Helps with ai & agent building tasks.

Who is it for?

Product managers and tech leads starting or inheriting cross-functional projects who must align sponsors, approvers, and contributors before committing scope.

Skip if: Teams that need to draft or send stakeholder status updates rather than map influence—use foundation-stakeholder-update instead.

When should I use this skill?

User starts a new initiative, takes over a project, or asks to map stakeholders, influence, or organizational alignment

What you get

Stakeholder summary with prioritized actors, needs, concerns, influence relationships, and alignment risks

  • Stakeholder summary document
  • Influence and alignment risk map

By the numbers

  • Ships as PM-Skills version 2.1.0 under Apache-2.0
  • References 3 frameworks: triple-diamond, lean-startup, and design-thinking

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

<!-- PM-Skills | https://github.com/product-on-purpose/pm-skills | Apache 2.0 -->

Stakeholder Summary

A stakeholder summary documents the people and groups who have interest in or influence over a project, capturing their needs, concerns, and relationships. Effective stakeholder management often determines project success more than technical execution, making this document essential for navigating organizational complexity.

When to Use

  • At the start of a new project or initiative to map the landscape
  • When taking over an existing project from another PM
  • Before major decision points that require cross-functional buy-in
  • When experiencing resistance or misalignment mid-project
  • During organizational changes that shift stakeholder dynamics
  • When preparing communication strategies for launches or changes

When NOT to Use

  • You need the async update you will SEND to stakeholders -> use foundation-stakeholder-update; this skill maps them, that one talks to them
  • You are preparing for one specific high-stakes meeting -> use foundation-meeting-brief
  • You need customer research synthesis rather than an influence map -> use discover-interview-synthesis
  • You want a persona to design or market against -> use foundation-persona

Instructions

When asked to create a stakeholder summary, follow these steps:

1. Identify All Stakeholders List everyone with a stake in the project: sponsors, approvers, contributors, consumers of the output, and those affected by changes. Cast a wide net initially.you can prioritize later. Include both individuals and groups.

2. Assess Influence and Interest For each stakeholder, evaluate their influence (power to affect the project) and interest (how much they care about outcomes). This determines how much attention each requires.

3. Understand Their Perspective Document what each stakeholder needs from the project, what concerns or risks they perceive, and what a successful outcome looks like to them. When possible, validate these directly through conversation.

4. Map Relationships Identify key dependencies, alliances, and potential conflicts between stakeholders. Understanding who influences whom helps you navigate organizational dynamics.

5. Categorize by Engagement Level Based on influence and interest, determine the appropriate engagement approach: actively manage, keep satisfied, keep informed, or monitor. Different stakeholders need different levels of attention.

6. Plan Communication For high-priority stakeholders, define communication cadence, preferred channels, and key messages. Good stakeholder management is proactive, not reactive.

7. Identify Risks and Mitigations Note where stakeholder concerns could derail the project and plan how to address them. Early attention to resistant stakeholders prevents surprises.

Output Format

Use the template in references/TEMPLATE.md to structure the output. A complete summary fills every template section: Overview; Stakeholder Map; Stakeholder Profiles; Detailed Stakeholder Analysis; Key Relationships; Communication Plan; Risk Mitigation; Action Items; and Document History.

Quality Checklist

Before finalizing, verify:

  • [ ] All significant stakeholders are identified (not just obvious ones)
  • [ ] Influence and interest assessments are realistic, not wishful
  • [ ] Concerns are documented from stakeholder's perspective, not dismissed
  • [ ] Relationships and dependencies are mapped
  • [ ] Communication plan is specific and actionable
  • [ ] Resistant stakeholders have mitigation strategies

Examples

See references/EXAMPLE.md for a completed example.

Related skills

How it compares

Choose discover-stakeholder-summary for influence mapping at kickoff; use foundation-stakeholder-update when the deliverable is an async update sent to stakeholders.

FAQ

When should discover-stakeholder-summary run?

discover-stakeholder-summary fits project kickoff, PM handoffs, pre-decision alignment, and org-change moments. The skill maps who has interest or influence, their needs, and relationship risks before execution—not when drafting emails to stakeholders.

What does discover-stakeholder-summary deliver?

discover-stakeholder-summary outputs a stakeholder summary listing individuals and groups with needs, concerns, influence levels, and relationships. The document supports communication planning and buy-in—not customer interview synthesis or persona design.

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