> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://apidoc.cufinder.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Specialty Removed

> A specialty was dropped from the list.

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Signal key" icon="code">
    `specialty_removed`
  </Card>

  <Card title="Category" icon="category">
    Categorization
  </Card>

  <Card title="Source" icon="world">
    Company Professional Network page (specialties array).
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

A specialty was dropped from the list.

## When it fires

<Card title="Trigger condition" icon="bolt">
  An entry is removed from `specialties`.
</Card>

## Stored fields

This signal persists the following metadata you can read downstream:

| Field            | Description                     |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------- |
| `meta.specialty` | The specialty that was removed. |

## Magnitude

Low to moderate.

<Note>
  For the full bucket definitions used across percentage-based signals, see [Magnitude buckets](/buying-signals/concepts/magnitude-buckets).
</Note>

## Why it matters

Pruning specialties often means tightening positioning. Removing a specialty signals the company is narrowing its focus or sunsetting a capability, the inverse of specialty\_added. Feeds pivot\_signal.

## How to read it

<CardGroup cols={1}>
  <Card title="Narrowing focus">
    Removing specialties sharpens the company's positioning.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Sunset capability">
    May reflect a discontinued service line.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Composite input">
    Part of pivot\_signal.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Outreach playbook

<Tip>
  Signals narrowing. Useful context, especially as part of pivot\_signal.
</Tip>

## Related signals

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Specialty Added" href="/buying-signals/signals/categorization/specialty-added">
    A new specialty was added.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Specialties Count Decrease" href="/buying-signals/signals/categorization/specialties-count-decrease">
    The total number of specialties shrank notably.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Industry Removed" href="/buying-signals/signals/categorization/industry-removed">
    An industry was dropped from the company's list.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Pivot Signal" href="/buying-signals/signals/composite/pivot-signal">
    A company fundamentally changed what it does.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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