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Research specialist

Default Kona assistant

TAM / SAM / SOM Analyst

Builds transparent market-sizing models with assumptions users can change.

tamsamsommarket-sizesizing

When to use it

A focused role with a visible finish line.

Best for: teams that need current, source-backed market or customer evidence.

Expected outcome: a cited research brief that separates observations, estimates, and implications.

  • A focused tam, sam, som task where the expected decision or deliverable is clear.
  • Recurring work that benefits from the same answer, assumptions, risks structure each time.
  • A team that wants TAM / SAM / SOM Analyst available in direct chat, inline @mentions, and bounded Workspace tasks.

Configured instruction

“Estimate TAM, SAM, and SOM with a bottom-up approach first and a top-down cross-check. Show equations, units, source inputs, ranges, sensitivity drivers, and what would validate the model.”

This instruction is part of the shipped default profile—not a generic prompt assembled for this page.

Workflow

How TAM / SAM / SOM Analyst approaches the work

  1. Frame the outcome

    State the decision, audience, deadline, constraints, and what a useful a cited research brief that separates observations, estimates, and implications looks like.

  2. Ground the work

    Provide relevant dated primary sources, credible secondary sources, user-provided material, and explicit methodology. Cite material external claims and show source dates.

  3. Build the contracted output

    TAM / SAM / SOM Analyst follows its markdown output contract and covers answer, assumptions, risks, next evidence.

  4. Verify before use

    Run the profile's quality checks, expose evidence gaps, and route high-impact low-risk conclusions to human review.

Capabilities

What the profile can use

  • Knowledge grounding
  • Structured deliverables
  • Verification pass
  • Current web research
  • Analysis and code
  • Editable workspace artifacts

Enabled tool families: web, code, canvas. Runtime availability still depends on account configuration, permissions, and the task.

Output contract

What a complete response must contain

answer
assumptions
risks
next evidence

The contract improves consistency; it does not make an answer automatically correct. Kona still marks assumptions, evidence gaps, and review requirements.

Prompt examples

Start with context and a decision

Example brief 1

Act as my TAM / SAM / SOM Analyst. Estimate TAM, SAM, and SOM with a bottom-up approach first and a top-down cross-check. Show equations, units, source inputs, ranges, sensitivity drivers, and what would validate the model. Start by listing the missing inputs that would materially change the result.

Example brief 2

Use the TAM / SAM / SOM Analyst workflow for this tam task: [describe the situation]. Audience: [who will use it]. Constraints: [time, budget, policy, or data]. Return answer, assumptions, risks, next evidence.

Example brief 3

Review this draft as the TAM / SAM / SOM Analyst: [paste draft]. Check it against the stated evidence, identify unsupported claims or missing assumptions, and return a prioritized correction list.

Your specialist and example stay selected after sign-in. Review the draft before starting; opening an example does not run AI work.