Skill Quests — Product Requirements

🎮 Skill Quests

Professional Development Gamification — Transform boring corporate training into an engaging quest system where professionals earn XP for learning new skills. Partner with LinkedIn Learning and professional associations to create "learning paths" that turn CE requirements into a game.

B2B SaaS Gamification L&D Enterprise

📋 Overview

What It Is

Skill Quests is a B2B gamification layer that sits on top of corporate learning management systems (LMS) or LinkedIn Learning. Instead of checking boxes for compliance training, employees earn XP, unlock badges, and climb leaderboards as they complete professional development activities. Companies get reports on skill coverage; employees get recognition for learning.

Problem It Solves

Corporate training is the most boring thing in any workplace — completion rates for mandatory training are often just above 50%
Learning investments are invisible — companies spend millions on LinkedIn Learning licenses but have no idea if skills actually improve
Top performers have nothing to gain from learning — they need a challenge system that makes skill-building competitive and visible
CE requirements are seen as a chore — gamifying them turns compliance into achievement

👥 User Personas

👔 Employee: Wants to show they're growing. Competes with peers on leaderboards. Wants tangible recognition (badges, certificates, LinkedIn posts). Feels good about investing in themselves.

👔 L&D Manager: Needs to show ROI on learning investment. Wants to know which teams are engaged, which aren't, and where skill gaps exist. Needs reports to justify budget.

🏢 HR / People Team: Sets corporate learning strategy. Partners with Skill Quests to integrate with existing tools. Wants white-label options for enterprise clients.

🤖 AI Content Agent: Creates learning path outlines, assessment questions, and generates skill gap analysis reports. Runs on local Mac Mini for draft work.

✨ Core Features

⚔️ Quest System

Learning activities framed as quests with narrative hooks: "Help the PM close a $2M deal" (completing a sales training path), "Debug the production outage" (DevOps security training). Each quest has objectives, reading/video content, a challenge, and XP reward.

🏆 XP & Badge Engine

Every completed activity earns XP. XP accumulates toward badge thresholds. Badges are skill-based (not just time-based): "Product Strategy Badge", "Data Analysis Badge", "Leadership Foundations". Badges are minted as Open Badges (portable, verifiable).

📊 Leaderboards

Team leaderboards (friendly competition), department leaderboards, company-wide leaderboards. Leaderboards refresh weekly. Top learners each quarter get recognition (gift cards, extra PTO, LinkedIn spotlight). Makes learning visible to peers and managers.

🗺️ Learning Paths

AI-curated sequences of LinkedIn Learning courses + Skill Quest challenges + external resources. Paths are role-specific: "Engineering Manager Path", "Sales Development Rep Path". Agent generates new paths based on company skill framework.

📈 Skill Gap Analysis

Agent compares employee's current skill profile (from completed quests) against the company's target skill framework. Generates a "skill radar" showing strengths and gaps. Gap areas become recommended learning paths.

🔗 LMS + LinkedIn Learning Integration

Native integrations with: LinkedIn Learning API, Cornerstone, Workday Learning, Moodle. When a user completes a LinkedIn Learning course, Skill Quests detects it via API and awards XP + logs the skill. Single sign-on via SAML/OIDC.

📋 Manager Dashboard

Managers see: team skill coverage heatmap, who's engaged / falling behind, recommended interventions. Exportable reports. Can assign mandatory quests to individuals or teams with deadlines.

💼 Real Rewards

Badges are the soft reward. Real rewards: partner discounts (professional tools, software licenses), charity donations in employee's name for milestone completions, LinkedIn "Skill Endorsement" that connects to their profile.

💰 Pricing Model

Tier	Price	Includes
Growth	$8 / employee / month	Core gamification, leaderboards, 5 learning paths, standard badges, manager dashboard
Enterprise	$15 / employee / month	Everything + white-label, advanced analytics, LMS integration, custom badges, API access, dedicated CSM
Professional Association	Revenue share	Association-branded quest platform; Skill Quests takes 20% of subscription revenue

Minimum contract: 50 employees. Typical deal: $15K–$50K/year. Implementation fee: $5K (setup, SSO, LMS integration). Annual contract, billed monthly or upfront (3% discount).