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Competitor Monitor

guia-matthieu/competitor-monitor

Monitor competitor websites for changes. Use when: tracking competitor pricing changes; monitoring new features; watching for content updates; alerting on website changes; competitive intelligence

3k tokens
context cost
the whole folder, loaded on every use
3
files
ships runnable scripts
0
copies elsewhere
how many repositories repackaged it
145
stars on the repo
on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository 
npx skills add https://github.com/guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills --skill competitor-monitor

What comes with it

9 731 bytes besides the instruction
scripts/main.py
scripts/requirements.txt

The instruction itself

17 sections, as written by the author

Competitor Monitor

> Track competitor websites for changes and get alerts - stay informed about pricing, features, and content updates.

When to Use This Skill

  • Pricing intelligence - Track competitor price changes
  • Feature tracking - Monitor new feature announcements
  • Content watch - Track new blog posts or pages
  • Change alerts - Get notified of website updates
  • Competitive analysis - Regular competitor audits

What Claude Does vs What You Decide

| Claude Does | You Decide |

|-------------|------------|

| Structures analysis frameworks | Strategic priorities |

| Synthesizes market data | Competitive positioning |

| Identifies opportunities | Resource allocation |

| Creates strategic options | Final strategy selection |

| Suggests implementation approaches | Execution decisions |

Dependencies

pip install beautifulsoup4 requests click
# For diff comparison:
pip install diff-match-patch

Commands

Watch URL

python scripts/main.py watch https://competitor.com/pricing
python scripts/main.py watch https://competitor.com/pricing --selector ".price"

Check Changes

python scripts/main.py diff https://competitor.com/pricing --baseline cache.html

Monitor Pricing

python scripts/main.py pricing https://competitor.com/pricing

Batch Monitor

python scripts/main.py batch competitors.txt --output changes/

Examples

Example 1: Track Pricing Changes

# First, capture baseline
python scripts/main.py watch https://competitor.com/pricing --save baseline.html

# Later, check for changes
python scripts/main.py diff https://competitor.com/pricing --baseline baseline.html

# Output:
# Changes Detected!
# ─────────────────────
# - Starter: $29/mo → $39/mo (+34%)
# - Pro: $99/mo (unchanged)
# + New: Enterprise tier added

Example 2: Monitor Multiple Competitors

# Create competitor list
cat > competitors.txt << EOF
https://competitor1.com/pricing
https://competitor2.com/pricing
https://competitor3.com/features
EOF

# Run batch monitor
python scripts/main.py batch competitors.txt --output ./snapshots/

# Output: Creates timestamped snapshots for each URL

Skill Boundaries

What This Skill Does Well

  • Structuring strategic analysis
  • Identifying market opportunities
  • Creating strategic frameworks
  • Synthesizing competitive data

What This Skill Cannot Do

  • Replace market research
  • Guarantee strategic success
  • Know proprietary competitor info
  • Make executive decisions

Related Skills

  • web-scraper - Extract detailed data
  • lighthouse-audit - Audit competitor performance

Skill Metadata

  • Mode: centaur
category: automation
subcategory: competitive-intelligence
dependencies: [beautifulsoup4, requests]
difficulty: intermediate
time_saved: 4+ hours/week

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take guia-matthieu/competitor-monitor from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.

Install what it needs

The instructions reference pip. Without those the skill loads but fails at the first command.