# Competitor Monitor

> Monitor competitor websites, content changes, social activity, and market positioning through SandBase. Use when asked for competitive intelligence, competitor tracking, market positioning research, or competitive content monitoring.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-sandbaseai-sandbase-skills-competitor-monitor`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [sandbaseai](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/sandbaseai)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Upstream author:** [sandbaseai](https://github.com/sandbaseai)
- **Source:** https://github.com/sandbaseai/sandbase-skills/tree/main/research/competitor-monitor
- **Website:** https://skills.sh/sandbaseai/sandbase-skills/multi-source-search

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-sandbaseai-sandbase-skills-competitor-monitor
```

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

## About

# Competitor Monitor

Cross-channel competitive intelligence through SandBase. Track competitor website content, social media activity, news coverage, and search visibility. Read [the API map](references/sandbase-api-map.md) before selecting a capability.

## Call SandBase capabilities

For every selected tool, call `sandbase_describe_tool` first and use only arguments in its current input schema. Then call `sandbase_call_tool` with the exact `tool_name`.

## Operating principles

- Focus on observable, public behavior — don't speculate on internal strategy.
- Compare like-for-like: same time period, same metrics across competitors.
- Track multiple dimensions: content, social, search, news.
- Note what you can't observe (private channels, paid activity) as gaps.

## Workflow

### 1. Website monitoring

Use `firecrawl_scrape` or `context_dev_scrape_markdown` to extract competitor page content.
Use `firecrawl_map` to discover competitor site structure.
Use `context_dev_capture_screenshot` for visual monitoring.

### 2. Search visibility

Use `exa_search` with `include_domains` to find competitor content.
Use `dataforseo_v3_serp_google_organic_live_advanced` to check their rankings.

### 3. Social monitoring

Use `twitter_web_search_timeline` for competitor brand mentions.
Use `linkedin_web_v2_company_posts` for competitor LinkedIn activity.
Use `youtube_web_v2_channel_videos` for competitor YouTube content.

### 4. News tracking

Use `tavily_search` with competitor name and "news" topic.
Use `google_news_bulk_articles` for news coverage.

## Output

Return: competitor activity summary, content changes detected, social media presence comparison, search visibility snapshot, news coverage, and strategic observations.

## Example tasks

- "Monitor [competitor]'s website — what pages have they added or changed?"
- "Compare [our brand] vs [competitor] social media activity this month."
- "What's [competitor] ranking for that we're not?"
- "Track [competitor]'s recent news coverage and announcements."
- "Analyze [competitor]'s LinkedIn content strategy — what topics, cadence, engagement?"

## Source & license

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

- **Author:** [sandbaseai](https://github.com/sandbaseai)
- **Source:** [sandbaseai/sandbase-skills](https://github.com/sandbaseai/sandbase-skills)
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Homepage:** https://skills.sh/sandbaseai/sandbase-skills/multi-source-search

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-sandbaseai-sandbase-skills-competitor-monitor
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/sandbaseai
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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