Competitive Intelligence Skill
Overview
Specialized skill for deep competitive analysis and market monitoring capabilities. Enables product teams to maintain awareness of competitor activities, identify market opportunities, and inform strategic decisions.
Capabilities
Core Analysis Functions
- •Analyze competitor websites, pricing, and positioning
- •Track competitor feature releases and announcements
- •Generate feature comparison matrices
- •Monitor competitor reviews and ratings
- •Extract competitor strengths and weaknesses
- •Identify market gaps and white space opportunities
- •Track industry analyst reports and mentions
Research Methods
- •Competitive website analysis and scraping
- •Pricing structure comparison
- •Feature parity assessment
- •Market positioning analysis
- •SWOT compilation for competitors
- •Industry trend monitoring
Output Artifacts
- •Competitive landscape reports
- •Feature comparison matrices
- •Pricing comparison tables
- •Market positioning maps
- •Competitive battlecards
- •White space opportunity reports
- •Industry trend summaries
Target Processes
This skill integrates with the following processes:
- •
competitive-analysis.js- Primary integration for full competitive analysis workflows - •
product-vision-strategy.js- Strategic positioning and differentiation - •
product-launch-gtm.js- Competitive positioning for launches - •
quarterly-roadmap.js- Market opportunity identification
Input Schema
json
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"competitors": {
"type": "array",
"items": { "type": "string" },
"description": "List of competitor names or domains to analyze"
},
"analysisScope": {
"type": "string",
"enum": ["pricing", "features", "positioning", "full"],
"description": "Scope of competitive analysis"
},
"industryContext": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Industry or market context for analysis"
},
"focusAreas": {
"type": "array",
"items": { "type": "string" },
"description": "Specific areas to focus analysis on"
}
},
"required": ["competitors", "analysisScope"]
}
Output Schema
json
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"competitorProfiles": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": { "type": "string" },
"positioning": { "type": "string" },
"strengths": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } },
"weaknesses": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } },
"pricing": { "type": "object" },
"features": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }
}
}
},
"featureMatrix": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Feature comparison matrix across competitors"
},
"marketGaps": {
"type": "array",
"items": { "type": "string" },
"description": "Identified market opportunities and white spaces"
},
"recommendations": {
"type": "array",
"items": { "type": "string" },
"description": "Strategic recommendations based on analysis"
}
}
}
Usage Example
javascript
const competitiveAnalysis = await executeSkill('competitive-intel', {
competitors: ['CompetitorA', 'CompetitorB', 'CompetitorC'],
analysisScope: 'full',
industryContext: 'B2B SaaS project management',
focusAreas: ['pricing', 'collaboration features', 'integrations']
});
Dependencies
- •Web scraping capabilities
- •News monitoring APIs
- •Industry data sources