Alpha Insights-BizAdvisor

Elite analyst methodology and frameworks, coded into a SKILL

What is Alpha Insights?

Alpha Insights is a professional business analysis AI assistant for Claude Code. It produces in-depth, decision-ready research reports — the kind a senior analyst would deliver.

Why Alpha Insights?

Core Value:

• L1 Efficiency Replace: Save 60%+ desk research time
• L2 Capability Surpass: Methodology-driven output on par with senior analysts
• L3 Experience Compound: Every research compounds into knowledge assets

V2: Harness Engineering

Prompt instructions are probabilistic — AI tends to skip steps as context fills up. V2 invests in the execution environment instead of just prompts:

• State machine — tracks research stage, tier, loaded frameworks, interview status
• 6-stage gate validators — auto-check deliverables before advancing (PASS/FAIL/WARN)
• Hook automation — HTML write guard, context budget alerts, auto gate checks
• Context budget — monitors token usage, auto-compresses completed stages when needed
• Quality dashboard — one-screen overview of all quality metrics before report generation

Features

Thinking OS — 9 Methodologies

MECE | Issue Tree | Hypothesis-Driven | Pyramid Principle | Triangulation | Pre-Mortem | First Principles | ACH (Analysis of Competing Hypotheses) | Expert Interview

Research Frameworks — 19

Original:

• ★ 3A-8 Steps Strategy — End-to-end methodology from industry landscape to strategic convergence

Classic:

• Strategy: Porter's Five Forces, Value Chain, SWOT, PESTEL, BCG Matrix
• Business Model: Business Model Canvas, Platform Canvas, Unit Economics
• Market: TAM/SAM/SOM, Competitive Positioning, Industry Lifecycle
• Innovation: Disruption Theory, Blue Ocean Strategy, Jobs-to-be-Done
• Planning: Playing to Win, Three Horizons, Flywheel, SCP

10 Research Scenarios

Quick Start

Install

Option A — via AntCC Skill installer (recommended for Ant internal users):

tnpx @antskill/agentic-installer @antskill/alpha-insights

Option B — via Git:

git clone https://github.com/Ericyoung-183/alpha-insights.git
cp -r alpha-insights ~/.claude/Skills/

Usage

In Claude Code, simply ask a business analysis question:

User: Analyze the competitive landscape of the EV charging industry in China

Alpha Insights will automatically:

1. Identify the research scenario (Competitive Analysis)
2. Select matching frameworks (Porter's Five Forces + Competitive Positioning)
3. Run multi-track parallel data search
4. Generate a structured HTML research report

Data Source Configuration

🟢 Works Out of the Box

🟡 Optional Extensions

Unconfigured data sources are automatically skipped — core functionality is not affected.

ODPS / Internal Data Setup

The SKILL files (resources/research_engine.md, resources/data_sources.md) contain ODPS table names and SQL examples from a specific deployment. You need to replace them with your own table names and fields. Search for odps. or antcc. to locate all references.

Directory Structure

alpha-insights/
├── SKILL.md              # Main file (workflow orchestration, V2.0)
├── CHANGELOG.md          # Version history
├── README.md             # This file
├── frameworks/           # 19 analysis frameworks
│   ├── _index.md         # Framework routing table
│   ├── 3a_8steps_strategy.md
│   ├── porters_five_forces.md
│   └── ...
├── methodology/          # 9 methodologies
│   ├── mece.md
│   ├── hypothesis_driven.md
│   └── ...
├── resources/            # Execution resources (Stage 3-5 input)
│   ├── data_sources.md
│   ├── research_engine.md
│   ├── judgment_rules.md
│   ├── quality_review.md # Independent Quality Review (IQR)
│   └── anti_patterns.md
├── references/           # Report standards (Stage 6-7 output)
│   ├── report_standards.md
│   └── report_template.html
└── scripts/
    ├── report_helper.py  # ReportBuilder for HTML generation
    ├── harness/          # V2 Harness Engineering
    │   ├── state_manager.py
    │   ├── stage_gate.py
    │   ├── context_budget.py
    │   ├── compress_stage.py
    │   ├── dashboard.py
    │   ├── resume_check.py
    │   ├── validators/   # 6-stage gate validators
    │   └── hooks/        # 4 automation hooks
    └── xhs/              # Xiaohongshu (RedNote) scripts

Sample Output

Reports generated by Alpha Insights follow this structure:

📊 Research Report
├── Executive Summary (1 page)
├── Key Findings (3-5)
├── Detailed Analysis
│   ├── Industry Overview
│   ├── Competitive Landscape
│   ├── Key Player Profiles
│   └── Opportunities & Risks
├── Strategic Recommendations
└── Appendix
    ├── Source List (A/B/C/D graded)
    └── Evidence Base

Data Quality Grading:

Contributing

Contributions welcome!

1. Fork the repo
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

Areas to contribute:

• New analysis frameworks
• Methodology improvements
• Additional data source adapters
• Test cases

License

MIT License

Acknowledgments

Classic frameworks by:

• Michael Porter (Five Forces, Value Chain)
• Boston Consulting Group (BCG Matrix)
• McKinsey & Company (Three Horizons, Hypothesis-Driven)
• Clayton Christensen (Disruption Theory, JTBD)
• Jim Collins (Flywheel)
• Alexander Osterwalder (Business Model Canvas)

Author: Eric Yang + Claude
Original framework: ★ 3A-8 Steps Strategy
Core philosophy: Encode methodology into code