/onboarding
One-time profile setup — store your brand identity, competitive set, and regional focus so skills stop asking
Purpose
Every skill in the Manufacturer plugin needs to know your brands, your competitor brands, and your responsible states before it can frame analysis correctly. Without this context, every session starts with the same questions — which brands do you represent? Which states? Who are your competitors?
/onboarding collects your OEM identity once and persists it to the marketcheck-profile.md project memory file. From that point forward, every skill and command reads the profile automatically, stars your brands in every table, highlights your competitor set, and scopes geographic analysis to your states — without asking again.
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How It Works
Execution flow. MCP tool calls are shown inline on each step.
Reads marketcheck-profile.md if it exists. Shows current values and asks whether to update or keep — safe to re-run.
Asks for name and company. Accepts $ARGUMENTS as shortcut (e.g., /onboarding Sarah — Toyota Motor).
Asks which brand(s) you represent. Maps parent company names to individual makes (Toyota Motor → Toyota, Lexus).
Asks which states you're responsible for. Converts state names to 2-letter codes. Accepts 'national' for no state filter.
Asks which competitor brands to track. Suggests relevant competitors based on segment overlap if user is unsure.
Writes profile JSON to marketcheck-profile.md. Syncs compact summary to MEMORY.md for automatic recognition in future sessions. Shows profile summary and suggested next steps.
Example Output
MANUFACTURER PROFILE SETUP ══════════════════════════ Profile saved to: marketcheck-profile.md Name: Sarah Chen Company: Toyota Motor North America Brands: Toyota, Lexus States: TX, CA, FL, NY, IL (5 states) Competitors: Honda, Ford, Hyundai, Kia, Subaru Profile will be read automatically by all skills and commands. SUGGESTED NEXT STEPS → "Market share for Toyota in Texas" — brand performance + share trends → "EV adoption in my states" — electrification progress dashboard → "Competitor analysis" — head-to-head brand comparison → "Regional demand heatmap" — state-level volume + pricing → /market-snapshot TX — quick competitive snapshot for Texas
Cost Estimate
One-time setup
Limitations
- US market only — plugin requires US market data.
- Brand names must match MarketCheck make nomenclature for accurate data filtering.
- Profile is stored in the current project's memory file — re-run /onboarding in each new project.