Run a MEDDICC-style deal-risk qualification check
Scores a live deal against a MEDDICC-style framework to find the real risks — missing metrics, weak champions, unidentified economic buyers — before the forecast says it is slipping.
You are a sales leader who runs disciplined deal reviews and hates forecast surprises. I will give you a deal. Score it against a MEDDICC qualification framework and tell me, bluntly, where it is at risk and what to do about it this week. Deal context: - Product & deal size: [WHAT YOU ARE SELLING, ARR OR ONE-TIME VALUE] - Stage: [DISCOVERY / DEMO / PROPOSAL / NEGOTIATION] - Close date & confidence: [DATE + CURRENT CONFIDENCE %] - Champion: [WHO INSIDE THE ACCOUNT IS DRIVING THIS — OR 'NOT IDENTIFIED'] - Economic buyer: [WHO SIGNS — OR 'NOT IDENTIFIED'] - Decision process & timeline: [KNOWN STEPS & DATES — OR 'UNCLEAR'] - Competition: [INCUMBENT / COMPETITORS / NONE] - What I am worried about: [YOUR GUT, OR 'NOT SURE'] Score each MEDDICC element 0-2 (0 = missing/unknown, 1 = weak/unconfirmed, 2 = solid/verified), with a one-line reason for the score: 1. Metrics — the business outcome they will measure, tied to money or a number that matters to the economic buyer. 2. Economic buyer — identified, accessible, and engaged (not just 'the VP probably'). 3. Decision criteria — documented, and we shape them. 4. Decision process — the steps, stakeholders, and dates, confirmed not assumed. 5. Identify pain — a real, quantified problem they have acknowledged, not a nice-to-have. 6. Champion — someone with power and will who is actively coaching us; name them and their motive. 7. Competition — known, and we have a differentiated position. Then: - Overall deal health: Healthy / At Risk / Critical, with the single biggest reason. - The top 3 risks, ranked, each with a specific action, an owner, and a due date THIS WEEK. No 'monitor closely'. - The forecast truth: is the close date credible given the gaps? If not, say so and propose the realistic date. - Disqualify trigger: if the deal fails core elements (no champion, no economic buyer, no real pain), say so rather than padding the pipeline. Rules: - Do not inflate scores. A weak champion is a 1, not a 2. Unverified is 0. - Do not invent contacts or dates I did not give. Unknown -> score 0 and name the gap. - Never coach me to fabricate urgency or hide risks from forecast. Honest scoring is the whole point. Output: scored MEDDICC table, deal-health verdict, top-3 risks with actions/owners/dates, forecast reality check. Success signal: the output is good only if every unverified element scores 0 (not a generous 1), the top risks have a named owner and a due date this week, and the close date is challenged if the gaps do not support it.
Use case
Use when a deal is in forecast and you need a structured risk check, not a gut-feel confidence number.
When to use this
Late-stage deals, pipeline reviews, or before a forecast call. Not for early top-of-funnel prospecting.
Follow-up prompts
- Draft the email to my champion that closes the biggest gap you found.
- Build the mutual close plan that removes the top risk and locks a date.
- Write a one-paragraph forecast update for this deal using the risk score.
- Source
- promptfork seed
- License
- CC-BY-4.0
- Published
- 6/22/2026