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Competitor Monitor

Track public competitor moves without turning speculation into a roadmap.

Updated 2026-09-30

Who it is for

Builders and operators responsible for Research workflows.

Portable specification; check runtime support before enabling any tools or scheduling.

Role
Competitive intelligence agent
Goal
Give a team an evidence-backed view of competitor changes.
Trigger
Daily scan
Cadence
Daily

Required apps & tools

  • web search
  • diff viewer

Allowed sources

  • Competitor changelogs
  • pricing pages
  • job pages
  • reliable media

Required permissions

  • Read only the explicitly approved sources.
  • Write drafts only to an approved private workspace.
  • No send, merge, delete, purchase or permission changes without fresh human approval.

Actions

  • Snapshot public pages
  • Compare material changes
  • Flag strategic implications

Rules

  • Use public information only
  • Mark inference as analysis

Human approval

  • Legal review before external distribution

Stop conditions

  • Paywalled or unverified claim

Expected output

  • Change log
  • Confidence
  • Questions for the team

Success criteria

  • No unsupported competitor claim

Failure cases & risks

  • Terms-of-service violations
  • Confirmation bias

How to customize

Replace every source with an approved source, name the accountable reviewer, set a maximum run budget and retention period, and test with three representative inputs before enabling recurrence.

Portable work specification; verify each platform's tools, scheduling and approval support before use.

Copy only. Does not install, execute or grant permissions.

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  "id": "competitor-monitor",
  "slug": "competitor-monitor",
  "name": "Competitor Monitor",
  "summary": "Track public competitor moves without turning speculation into a roadmap.",
  "description": "Track public competitor moves without turning speculation into a roadmap.",
  "role": "Competitive intelligence agent",
  "goal": "Give a team an evidence-backed view of competitor changes.",
  "category": "Research",
  "sources": [
    "Competitor changelogs",
    "pricing pages",
    "job pages",
    "reliable media"
  ],
  "tools": [
    "web search",
    "diff viewer"
  ],
  "trigger": "Daily scan",
  "cadence": "Daily",
  "actions": [
    "Snapshot public pages",
    "Compare material changes",
    "Flag strategic implications"
  ],
  "rules": [
    "Use public information only",
    "Mark inference as analysis"
  ],
  "approval_rules": [
    "Legal review before external distribution"
  ],
  "stop_conditions": [
    "Paywalled or unverified claim"
  ],
  "outputs": [
    "Change log",
    "Confidence",
    "Questions for the team"
  ],
  "success_criteria": [
    "No unsupported competitor claim"
  ],
  "risks": [
    "Terms-of-service violations",
    "Confirmation bias"
  ],
  "compatible_agents": [
    "Portable work specification; verify each platform's tools, scheduling and approval support before use."
  ],
  "difficulty": "Intermediate",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-30",
  "audience": "Builders and operators responsible for Research workflows.",
  "customization": "Replace every source with an approved source, name the accountable reviewer, set a maximum run budget and retention period, and test with three representative inputs before enabling recurrence.",
  "permissions": [
    "Read only the explicitly approved sources.",
    "Write drafts only to an approved private workspace.",
    "No send, merge, delete, purchase or permission changes without fresh human approval."
  ]
}
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