# Partnerships Architect

Design strategic partnerships, technology, channel, co-marketing, and the programs...

- Repository: https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills (1026 stars)
- Category: Design
- License: MIT + Commons Clause
- Last updated: 2026-10-23
- Runs scripts: yes, review before use

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill partnerships-architect -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill partnerships-architect -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill partnerships-architect -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill partnerships-architect -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add borghei/Claude-Skills`

## Description

Design strategic partnerships, technology, channel, co-marketing, and the programs that scale them. Use when evaluating a partner, picking a partnership type, designing a partner program, structuring a deal, or modeling ROI.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Partnerships Architect

End-to-end strategic partnership design and scaling: partnership type selection (tech integration vs channel vs OEM vs strategic), deal structures, partner program design (tiers, benefits, requirements), partner evaluation, and ROI modeling that justifies (or kills) a partnership investment.

This skill is provider-agnostic and works across SaaS, infrastructure, marketplace, and platform companies.

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## When to use this skill

| Situation | Skill applies |
|-----------|---------------|
| Evaluating a potential partner | Yes, use `scripts/partner_evaluation_scorer.py` + **evaluation framework** |
| Picking partnership type for a specific opportunity | Yes, see **partnership type decision tree** |
| Designing a partner program from scratch | Yes, see **partner program design** + `scripts/partner_program_designer.py` |
| Structuring a specific partnership deal | Yes, see **partnership deal structures** |
| Modeling partnership ROI | Yes, `scripts/partnership_roi_modeler.py` |
| Auditing existing partner portfolio | Yes, use evaluation scorer across all partners |
| Per-deal partner economics | Use `business-growth/channel-economics` |
| Per-deal partner approval | Use `business-growth/deal-desk` |
| Writing the partner contract | Use `business-growth/contract-and-proposal-writer` |

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## Partnership types, the decision tree

Five primary partnership types. Different goals; different structures; different success metrics.

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What's the primary goal of this partnership?

Grow our distribution reach
├── Customer-pays-them, they-pay-us → Reseller / Distributor / VAR
├── Customer-pays-us, we-pay-them → Affiliate / Referral
└── Joint sale to mutual customer → Co-sell

Embed our product in their offering
├── Customer doesn't see us (white-label) → OEM
├── Customer sees us as embedded → Embedded ISV / Powered-by
└── We're an option in their marketplace → Marketplace listing

The rest: https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills/blob/HEAD/business-growth/partnerships-architect/SKILL.md