Competitor Intel
Skill ActiveAnalyzes competitors using web research to provide verified business metrics, actionable leverage strategies, and predicted next moves. Use when user needs competitive intelligence, competitor analysis, market positioning insights, or strategic leverage opportunities.
To provide data-backed competitive intelligence, actionable leverage strategies, and predictive insights on competitor actions through rigorous web research.
Features
- Conducts multi-source web research for competitor data
- Extracts and verifies business metrics (revenue, employees, funding)
- Identifies leverage opportunities based on competitor weaknesses
- Predicts competitor next moves based on observed signals
- Formats findings into a structured report with sources
Use Cases
- When needing to understand a competitor's financial health and growth trajectory.
- When identifying specific product, pricing, or service weaknesses to exploit.
- When forecasting a competitor's upcoming product launches or market strategies.
- When seeking actionable insights for market positioning and strategic advantage.
Non-Goals
- Estimating or assuming metrics without verifiable sources.
- Engaging in subjective competitive trash talk.
- Generating strategies that are unrealistic for a startup to execute.
Versioning
- warning:Release ManagementThere is no clear versioning signal (e.g., SKILL.md frontmatter, git tags, CHANGELOG.md), and installation via npx defaults to main, making it difficult to pin a specific version.
Installation
First, add the marketplace
/plugin marketplace add ognjengt/founder-skills/plugin install founder-skills@founder-skillsQuality Score
Trust Signals
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