Research · Intermediate
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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