The part everyone skips
Stakeholder analysis is the step most likely to get rushed under deadline pressure — and the one most likely to bite back later, when a stakeholder who should have been "Manage Closely" turns out to be a blocker nobody engaged early. This skill extracts every named person, role, team and external party from your notes and builds the analysis properly, in minutes instead of being skipped.
What it does
- Stakeholder register. Role, area, interest, influence, attitude and engagement approach for every stakeholder named in your input.
- Power/interest grid. Manage Closely, Keep Satisfied, Keep Informed, Monitor — each stakeholder placed with a reason.
- RACI matrix. One row per activity or deliverable, R/A/C/I assigned per stakeholder.
- RACI validation. Automatically flags any activity with no Accountable owner, more than one A, no Responsible, or an entire row of Consulted — with the fix for each.
- Engagement actions. Per high-influence stakeholder: what to ask them, when to involve them, and the risk of not doing so.
Example
Illustrative, not an actual engagement.
Project: new supplier onboarding process. In the room: Priya (Ops Director, sponsor), James (Procurement Lead), external auditor (compliance sign-off required), and the supplier portal vendor.
POWER/INTEREST Manage Closely: Priya (sponsor, high influence, high interest) Keep Satisfied: External Auditor (high influence, low day-to-day interest — needs sign-off, not daily updates) RACI VALIDATION FLAG "Approve final process" has two people marked A (Priya, James) — a RACI needs exactly one Accountable per activity. Recommend: Priya = A, James = R.
How it works with Claude
Add it to Claude once. Takes about 10 minutes.
Paste meeting notes, an org description, or a project brief.
The register, grid, RACI and engagement plan come back together.
FAQs
Can AI build a RACI matrix automatically?
Yes, if it's given meeting notes or a project description naming the people, roles and activities involved. A good AI skill also validates the RACI it produces, flagging activities with no accountable owner or more than one.
What is a power/interest grid?
A stakeholder mapping technique that places each stakeholder into one of four groups — Manage Closely, Keep Satisfied, Keep Informed, Monitor — based on their influence and interest in the outcome, to guide how much engagement effort each one needs.