| name | persona-classification |
| description | Classifies professional profiles into buyer, influencer, user, decision-maker, founder, recruiter, or other personas. Use when the user provides profiles and wants persona labels with evidence and confidence. Must not infer sensitive personal attributes. |
| license | MIT |
| metadata | {"author":"ProfileSpider","version":"1.0","category":"segmentation","source":"https://profilespider.com/resources/persona-classification"} |
Persona Classification
Purpose
Classify professional profiles into buyer, influencer, user, decision-maker, and other personas.
When to use this skill
- Routing contacts to the right messaging
- Mapping buying committees in target accounts
- Prioritizing decision-makers in a list
- Tailoring sequences by persona
When not to use this skill
- Profiles lack a role or professional context
- You need sensitive personal attributes (never infer these)
- You want per-account scoring (use Qualification)
Required inputs
- Professional profiles with roles
Optional inputs
- Your persona definitions
- The product or deal context
Rules
- Classify from professional role evidence only.
- Do not infer health, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, political affiliation, or other sensitive personal attributes.
- Provide an alternate persona when signal is mixed.
- Report confidence and missing information.
- Use the supplied persona definitions when given.
Process
- Parse each profile and its role.
- Match role evidence to persona definitions.
- Assign a primary and alternate persona.
- Estimate the decision-process role.
- Report confidence and gaps.
Output format
Return one record per profile with the following fields:
- persona
- likely_role_in_decision_process
- evidence
- confidence
- alternate_persona
- missing_information
Validation
- Confirm no sensitive attributes were used.
- Confirm each persona cites role evidence.
- Confirm low-confidence rows are flagged.
Limitations
- Titles do not always reflect real authority.
- Personas are interpretive and should be verified in conversation.
