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Research competitors for a product, market, or idea and identify opportunities to differentiate

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  2. Copy the prompt below and paste it into your agent.
  3. Review the proposed files and risks before you approve installation.
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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/CoWork-OS/CoWork-OS/blob/HEAD/resources/skills/competitive-research/SKILL.md

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First, summarize what it does, its dependencies, license status if identifiable, and any risks. Show the exact files you propose to add under .agents/skills/competitive-research/. Do not write files or run scripts until I approve.

After I approve, install the complete skill folder, including required referenced files, into that project location. Verify it is discoverable, then tell me its actual invocation name and how to use it. Do not claim it is installed until you have verified it.

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Competitive Research

Purpose

Research competitors for a product, market, or idea and identify opportunities to differentiate

Routing

  • Use when: Use when a user asks to research competitors, analyze a market, or find alternatives to a product.
  • Do not use when: Don't use for general web research that isn't competitive analysis.
  • Outputs: Structured competitive analysis with feature comparison, market positioning, and differentiation recommendations.
  • Success criteria: Identifies at least 3 real competitors with accurate information and provides actionable differentiation advice.

Trigger Examples

Positive

  • Use the competitive-research skill for this request.
  • Help me with competitive research.
  • Use when a user asks to research competitors, analyze a market, or find alternatives to a product.
  • Competitive Research: provide an actionable result.

Negative

  • Don't use for general web research that isn't competitive analysis.
  • Do not use competitive-research for unrelated requests.
  • This request is outside competitive research scope.
  • This is conceptual discussion only; no tool workflow is needed.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
topicstringYesThe product, market, or idea to research competitors for

Runtime Prompt

  • Current runtime prompt length: 1020 characters.
  • Runtime prompt is defined directly in ../competitive-research.json.