competitive-research-snapshot
Research a competitive landscape with cited snapshots, a comparison matrix, and so-what implications. Use when a product decision needs competitive grounding, not a market report.
npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill competitive-research-snapshot --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Competitive Research Snapshot ## Purpose Research a company's competitive landscape using a workflow, not a one-shot answer: **search plan → competitor selection → just-enough research → fact/inference labels → real URL citations → next-step options.** The output is a decision-support snapshot, not a market report — and because its schema is stable, downstream skills (battle cards, delta monitors) can consume it and diff it. Because it proceeds on labeled assumptions when questions go unanswered, it can run as an agent task or on a schedule; re-run it and diff against the prior snapshot. ## Input **Works best with:** the company, product, or segment to research, and **the decision this research should support** (positioning, roadmap bet, deal support, board prep) — the decision determines what "just enough" means. **Also useful:** known competitors (or explicit permission to identify them), and any prior snapshot or `market-landscape-scan` output in session — the skill builds on evidence already gathered rather than re-researching it. Input supplied inline with the invocation — text after the skill name, a pasted context dump, or an appended `ARGUMENTS:` line — counts as answers
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What does the competitive-research-snapshot skill do?
Research a competitive landscape with cited snapshots, a comparison matrix, and so-what implications. Use when a product decision needs competitive grounding, not a market report.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill competitive-research-snapshot --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, a repository with 6,255 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.