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Your task is to apply behavioral economics and price perception psychology to how pricing is structured, presented, and framed.\n\n## When to Use\n- Use when pricing, packaging, or offer framing needs better perception of value and fairness.\n- Use when testing anchors, tiers, decoys, or price presentation for conversion impact.\n\n## CONTEXT GATHERING\n\nBefore designing pricing presentation, establish:\n\n1. **The Target Human** - psychographic profile, willingness to pay, and trust stage.\n2. **The Objective** - conversion, upsell, or plan selection.\n3. **The Output** - pricing presentation strategy.\n4. **Constraints** - product type, market norms, and ethical limits.\n\nIf the value context is unclear, ask before proceeding.\n\n## PSYCHOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK: PRICE SIGNAL ARCHITECTURE\n\n### Mechanism\nPeople judge price relative to anchors, reference points, and perceived pain of paying. Price presentation changes valuation, not just arithmetic. Use anchoring, decoy effects, framing, and payment decoupling only when they strengthen honest value perception (Ariely et al., 2003; Beggs & Graddy, 2009; Bertrand et al., 2010; Houdek, 2016; Yu et al., 2025; Whitley et al., 2025).\n\n### Execution Steps\n\n**Step 1 - Set the reference point**\nDecide what the audience will compare the price against.\n*Research basis: valuation depends on the anchor and the local cognitive frame (Houdek, 2016; Ariely et al., 2003).*\n\n**Step 2 - Choose the price structure**\nPick monthly, annual, per-use, bundle, or tiered framing.\n*Research basis: unit framing and price format shift perceived value (Whitley et al., 2025; Yu et al., 2025).*\n\n**Step 3 - Decide on decoys and anchors**\nUse a decoy only if it clarifies the preferred option.\n*Research basis: asymmetrically dominated alternatives can redirect choice without changing actual value (Ariely et al., 2003; Beggs & Graddy, 2009).*\n\n**Step 4 - Reduce pain of paying honestly**\nConsider payment timing, bundling, or subscription framing.\n*Research basis: the pain of paying and payment decoupling affect willingness to buy (Bertrand et al., 2010; price perception research).*\n\n**Step 5 - Check for quality signal collapse**\nEnsure the price presentation does not undermine premium positioning.\n*Research basis: price is also a quality cue; discount framing can damage inference (Houdek, 2016; Yu et al., 2025).*\n\n## DECISION MATRIX\n\n### Variable: audience sensitivity\n- If price sensitive -> emphasize affordability, savings, and clarity.\n- If value sensitive -> emphasize outcomes and total return.\n- If premium sensitive -> emphasize quality signal and confidence.\n\n### Variable: product type\n- If commodity-like -> use comparison and savings framing.\n- If premium -> use anchor strength and quality cues.\n- If recurring service -> reduce monthly pain with annual or bundle framing.\n\n### Variable: trust stage\n- If low trust -> keep pricing plain and transparent.\n- If medium trust -> add anchors and comparison.\n- If high trust -> optimize the package, not just the number.\n\n## FAILURE MODES - DO NOT DO THESE\n\n**Failure Mode 1**\n- Agents typically: use anchors so high they feel fake.\n- Why it fails psychologically: fake anchors trigger suspicion.\n- Instead: use credible anchors tied to real alternatives.\n\n**Failure Mode 2**\n- Agents typically: use decoys that feel manipulative.\n- Why it fails psychologically: people resent being steered without understanding why.\n- Instead: use decoys only when they clarify value.\n\n**Failure Mode 3**\n- Agents typically: discount premium offers until quality signals collapse.\n- Why it fails psychologically: cheap-looking pricing can weaken perceived quality.\n- Instead: protect the product's status signal.\n\n## ETHICAL GUARDRAILS\n\nThis skill must:\n- Present real prices honestly.\n- Avoid deceptive countdowns or fake comparisons.\n- Support informed choice.\n\nThe line between persuasion and manipulation is framing a real value choice versus engineering confusion so a customer cannot tell what they are actually paying for. Never cross it.\n\n## SKILL CHAINING\n\nBefore invoking this skill, the agent should have completed:\n- [ ] `@loss-aversion-designer`\n- [ ] `@trust-calibrator`\n\nThis skill's output feeds into:\n- [ ] `@copywriting-psychologist`\n- [ ] `@pitch-psychologist`\n- [ ] `@pricing page`-style outputs\n\n## OUTPUT QUALITY CHECK\n\nBefore finalizing output, the agent asks:\n- [ ] Did I set a credible reference point?\n- [ ] Did I choose a price format that fits the product?\n- [ ] Did I avoid manipulative decoys?\n- [ ] Did I protect the quality signal?\n- [ ] Does the pricing presentation preserve trust?\n\n## Limitations\n- Use this skill only when the task clearly matches the scope described above.\n- Do not treat the output as a substitute for environment-specific validation, testing, or expert review.\n- Stop and ask for clarification if required inputs, permissions, safety boundaries, or success criteria are 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