Competitor Research Agent Skill
Research competitors - products, pricing, team, funding, and strategy
Install
one command, takes just this skill from the repositorynpx skills add https://github.com/gooseworks-ai/goose-skills --skill competitor-researchWhat comes with it
296 bytes besides the instructionThe instruction itself
10 sections, as written by the authorCompetitor Research - Comprehensive Intelligence
Setup
Read your credentials from ~/.gooseworks/credentials.json:
export GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY=$(python3 -c "import json;print(json.load(open('$HOME/.gooseworks/credentials.json'))['api_key'])")
export GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE=$(python3 -c "import json;print(json.load(open('$HOME/.gooseworks/credentials.json')).get('api_base','https://api.gooseworks.ai'))")
If ~/.gooseworks/credentials.json does not exist, tell the user to run: npx gooseworks login
All endpoints use Bearer auth: -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY"
Gather comprehensive intelligence on competitors including products, pricing, team, and strategy.
Workflow
Step 1: Company Overview
Get basic company information:
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"api":"brand-dev","path":"/v1/brand/retrieve","query":{"domain":"competitor.com"}}'
Step 2: Find Similar Companies
Use Exa to find related competitors:
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"api":"exa","path":"/findSimilar"}'
"url": "https://notion.so",
"num_results": 10
}'
Step 3: Get Product Details
Scrape pricing and features:
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"api":"scrapegraph","path":"/v1/smartscraper"}'
"website_url": "https://notion.so/pricing",
"user_prompt": "Extract all pricing tiers, features per tier, and any enterprise options"
}'
Step 4: Research Team
Find key people at the company:
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"api":"fiber","path":"/v1/people-search"}'
"searchParams": {
"company_names": ["Notion"],
"job_titles": ["CEO", "CTO", "VP Product", "VP Engineering"]
}
}'
Example Usage
# Find competitor customers
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"api":"exa","path":"/search"}'
"query": "companies using Notion for documentation case studies",
"num_results": 20
}'
Tips
- Set up regular monitoring for competitor changes
- Track their job postings for strategic insights
- Monitor their social media and blog
- Analyze their customer reviews
Discover More
List all endpoints, or add a path for parameter details:
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"prompt":"brand-dev API endpoints"}' api show exa
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"prompt":"fiber API endpoints"}' api show scrapegraph
Example: `curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/details \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"api":"olostep","path":"/v1/scrapes`"}' for endpoint parameters.
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How to use it
Take gooseworks-ai/competitor-research from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal
use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.
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