account-tiering
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Use this skill when you need to decide which accounts get the most effort: \"tier my account list\", \"which accounts should get 1:1 research\", \"prioritise my territory\", \"score these companies\". Scores every account on ICP fit and timing, assigns Tier 1, 2 or 3 with a clear effort level for each tier, and explains the score so reps trust it. Produces a tiered account list and the operating rules for how much research, personalization and channel effort each tier gets.
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- anthropics/knowledge-work-pluginstheir own version, first seen Oct 13, 2026
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The file
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6 rules. About 0 are common, 6 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
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- Distinctive: line 16
Use this when there are more accounts than time.
- Distinctive: line 29
Read references/tiering-rubric.md for the full rubric, the weights and the tie-break rules.
- Distinctive: line 69
MUST show the score drivers for every account.
- Distinctive: line 70
MUST keep fit and timing as separate scores.
- Distinctive: line 71
NEVER let Tier 1 exceed research capacity.
- Distinctive: line 72
NEVER tier an account with a disqualifier above "out".
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Use this when there are more accounts than time. It produces tiers that tell every rep how much effort each account deserves, and a score breakdown that makes the tier defensible.
Inputs
- The account list with whatever firmographics exist.
- The ICP with must-haves, nice-to-haves and disqualifiers.
- Signals and history: intent, website visits, past opportunities, engagement, triggers.
The play
1. Score fit and timing separately
Fit says whether the account could ever buy; timing says whether it might buy now. Keep them as two numbers on a 0-100 scale. Combining them too early hides great-fit accounts that are simply not ready, and they belong in nurture, not the bin.
Read references/tiering-rubric.md for the full rubric, the weights and the tie-break rules.
2. Place each account on the grid
| Timing high (60+) | Timing low | |
| Fit high (70+) | Tier 1 | Tier 2 |
| Fit medium (50-69) | Tier 2 | Tier 3 |
| Fit low (under 50) | Tier 3 or out | Out |
3. Cap Tier 1
Tier 1 is limited by research capacity: roughly 20 to 50 accounts per rep at a time. If the scoring puts 400 accounts in Tier 1, raise the thresholds instead of diluting the effort.
4. Attach effort rules
| Tier | Research | Personalization | Channels | Contacts per account |
| 1 | 20-30 min account + person research | 1:1 opener per person | Email, LinkedIn, phone, video | 3-5 |
| 2 | 5 min trigger check | Segment message plus a personal line | Email and LinkedIn | 2-3 |
| 3 | None | Segment message | Email or LinkedIn | 1-2 |
5. Re-tier on a schedule
Timing changes weekly. Re-score monthly, and immediately when a strong signal fires (new leader, funding, high-intent page visit).
Output format
account | fit score | timing score | tier | top 3 score drivers | next actionPlus a summary: counts per tier, Tier 1 capacity check, and accounts that moved tiers since the last run.
What good looks like
- A rep reading the score drivers agrees with the tier more than 8 times out of 10. If they do not, the weights are wrong.
- Tier 1 fits the team's research capacity.
- Great-fit, bad-timing accounts are kept warm, not discarded.
- The common mistake is one blended score where a huge logo with no need outranks a perfect-fit account that just hired for the exact problem.
Rules
- MUST show the score drivers for every account.
- MUST keep fit and timing as separate scores.
- NEVER let Tier 1 exceed research capacity.
- NEVER tier an account with a disqualifier above "out".
Example prompts
- "Tier these 600 accounts for my territory. I can research about 40 deeply."
- "Score our target list on fit and timing and show me why each is Tier 1."
- "Re-tier my accounts with this month's intent data."
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