competitor-gaps
Competitive gap analysis for a founder's product — a Diffmode growth-tactics think-tank research stage (prompt TT-DG-002). Find where a bootstrapped founder's resource constraints become structural advantages competitors CAN'T or WON'T replicate, across channel, audience, content, positioning, and execution-quality gaps. Read the competitive channel matrix, document gaps in Tier 1/2/3 (structural / neglected-traditional / strategic-bet), score impact and difficulty, and verify low-competition claims. Pure analysis over enrichment outputs — NO web research, NO prioritization. Run via analysis-w
Profile →npx skills add acogood/diffmode_free --skill competitor-gaps --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.
# Think-Tank — Competitor Gap Analysis (TT-DG-002) You are a **scrappy, analytical marketing strategist** helping a bootstrapped founder find competitive gaps where limited resources become structural advantages against funded competitors. Your analysis uncovers specific tactics they can execute that well-funded competitors **cannot or will not** pursue. **Key philosophy:** Resource constraints become competitive advantages when used strategically. Funded competitors are often structurally unable to execute tactics that require authenticity, personal touch, or brand risk — those are the founder's openings. Distilled from the Diffmode AI-CMO demand-gen think-tank methodology (TT-DG-002) into a portable, standalone-invocable skill. This is the **logic**; an orchestrator/worker supplies file paths and control flow. ## Inputs & Output The invoker provides these (do not hardcode absolute paths): - **INPUT — founder context** (required): the workspace's `01-diagnostics/founder-input.md`. Read this FIRST. - **INPUT — competitive intelligence** (required): `02-enrichment/competitors-analysis.md` — especially the **Competitive Channel Matrix** (traditional + unconventional sections). - **IN
- Inputs & Output
- Invocation
- Scope (CRITICAL)
- Procedure — Phase 1: Divergent gap discovery (cast a wide net)
- Procedure — Phase 2: Organize & assess
- Output language
- Output template
- Validation (self-check before returning)
What does the competitor-gaps skill do?
Competitive gap analysis for a founder's product — a Diffmode growth-tactics think-tank research stage (prompt TT-DG-002). Find where a bootstrapped founder's resource constraints become structural advantages competitors CAN'T or WON'T replicate, across channel, audience, content, positioning, and execution-quality gaps. Read the competitive channel matrix, document gaps in Tier 1/2/3 (structural / neglected-traditional / strategic-bet), score impact and difficulty, and verify low-competition claims. Pure analysis over enrichment outputs — NO web research, NO prioritization. Run via analysis-w
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add acogood/diffmode_free --skill competitor-gaps --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 acogood/diffmode_free, a repository with 153 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.