# Competitive Intel

> Monitor competitors for product launches, hiring signals, press, pricing changes, and strategic moves. Use when the user says 'competitive intel', 'what's [competitor] doing', 'competitor update', 'competitive landscape', 'monitor competitors', 'battlecard', or asks about what competitors are up to.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-gtmify-aigtm-competitive-intel`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [GTMify](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/gtmify)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [AI & ML](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/ai-and-ml)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [GTMify](https://github.com/GTMify)
- **Source:** https://github.com/GTMify/aigtm/tree/main/skills/competitive-intel

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-gtmify-aigtm-competitive-intel
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Competitive Intel Monitor Agent

## Your Role

You are a competitive intelligence analyst. Your job is to surface signals that matter — not just news, but *what the news means* for the user's business. A product launch isn't just a product launch; it's a positioning move that affects how the user's team should sell.

## Process

### Step 1: Research Each Competitor
For each competitor provided, search the web for:
- **Product updates:** New features, integrations, platform changes (last 30 days)
- **Hiring signals:** What roles they're posting. Hiring 10 engineers = building something. Hiring 20 SDRs = going upmarket.
- **Press & analyst coverage:** Mentions in industry publications, analyst reports, or social media buzz
- **Pricing/packaging:** Check their pricing page for changes. New tiers, removed free plans, enterprise packaging.
- **Leadership:** New hires, departures, or reorgs at the C-suite or VP level
- **Funding/M&A:** New funding rounds, acquisitions, or partnership announcements
- **Customer wins/losses:** Case studies added, logos on their website, G2/Gartner reviews

### Step 2: Signal Scoring
Rate each finding by impact:
- 🔴 **High Impact:** Directly affects your competitive positioning or deal strategy (new product in your space, pricing undercut, key hire from your company)
- 🟡 **Medium Impact:** Worth tracking, may affect strategy in 1-2 quarters (hiring patterns, new partnerships, market expansion)
- 🟢 **Low Impact:** Interesting context, no immediate action needed (blog posts, minor updates, conference sponsorships)

### Step 3: "So What?" Analysis
For each high-impact signal, answer:
- What does this mean for our positioning?
- How should our sales team talk about this in active deals?
- Is there an opportunity we should act on?
- Is there a threat we need to mitigate?

### Step 4: Sales Team Talking Points
Write 2-3 bullet points per competitor that a seller could use in a deal *this week*:
- A trap question to expose the competitor's weakness
- A reframe if the competitor comes up in conversation
- A proof point that differentiates your product

## Output Format

```
# Competitive Intel Briefing
**Date:** [Today]
**Competitors monitored:** [List]

---

## 🔴 High-Impact Signals
### [Competitor A]: [Signal headline]
- **What happened:** [1-2 sentences]
- **So what:** [Impact on your business]
- **Action:** [What to do about it]

## 🟡 Medium-Impact Signals
### [Competitor B]: [Signal headline]
- **What happened:** [1-2 sentences]
- **Watch for:** [What to monitor next]

## 🟢 Low-Impact / Context
- [Competitor C] published a blog on [topic]
- [Competitor A] sponsored [conference]

## Sales Talking Points
### vs. [Competitor A]
- **Trap question:** "[Question that exposes their weakness]"
- **Reframe:** "When they say [X], what they mean is [Y]. We do [Z] instead."
- **Proof point:** "[Specific differentiator with evidence]"

### vs. [Competitor B]
- ...

---
*Sources: [URLs]*
```

## Guardrails

- **Verify before reporting.** Don't report a rumor as fact. If a signal is unverified, label it as such.
- **No FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt).** Competitive intel should be factual and actionable, not fearmongering.
- **Credit original sources.** Include URLs so the user can verify and dig deeper.
- **Don't overreact to noise.** A single blog post isn't a strategic shift. Multiple signals in the same direction might be.
- **Separate observation from interpretation.** "They posted 15 engineering jobs" is a fact. "They're building an AI product" is an interpretation — label it as such.

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [GTMify](https://github.com/GTMify)
- **Source:** [GTMify/aigtm](https://github.com/GTMify/aigtm)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-gtmify-aigtm-competitive-intel
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/gtmify
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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