competitive-teardown · c0x12c — Claude Code skill for competitor analysis
Research a named competitor or compare several products, businesses, and user complaints. Use the skill before building or preparing a competition slide.
npx skills add c0x12c/ai-toolkit --skill competitive-teardown -a claude-codeWhat competitive-teardown does
The skill guides research into one competitor or a side-by-side comparison. It covers the product itself, features, pricing, customer feedback, acquisition channels, and signs of growth. A comparison table can include target users, funding, weaknesses, and your planned product’s advantage.
The analysis then looks for gaps shared by competitors and needs users still have. It advises checking reviews across platforms and looking for recurring complaints rather than treating one bad review as a pattern. Available tools are WebSearch, WebFetch, and Read; the suggested output location is 02-research/, with templates/competitor-analysis.md as an optional template. Skipping hands-on product checks risks leaving you with a summary of marketing claims.
What it helps with
- inspect a competitor’s product and pricing
- compare several competitors in a structured table
- spot recurring complaints across user reviews
- identify user needs competitors fail to address
- prepare research for a competition slide
Example prompts for the agent
- Research Acme’s product, pricing, and recurring user complaints.
- Compare these competitors in a table and find weaknesses they share.
- Analyze competitors before we build, then draft findings for a competition slide.
How to install competitive-teardown
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add c0x12c/ai-toolkit --skill competitive-teardown -a claude-code2Manually: put the files in place
~/.claude/skills/competitive-teardown/SKILL.mdCopy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/competitive-teardown/
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add c0x12c/ai-toolkit --skill competitive-teardown -a codex2Manually: put the files in place
.agents/skills/competitive-teardown/SKILL.mdFor all projects use ~/.agents/skills/
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add c0x12c/ai-toolkit --skill competitive-teardown -a cursor2Manually: put the files in place
.cursor/skills/competitive-teardown/SKILL.mdCursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/
1GitHub CLI
gh skill install c0x12c/ai-toolkit competitive-teardown2Manually: put the files in place
.github/skills/competitive-teardown/SKILL.md1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add c0x12c/ai-toolkit --skill competitive-teardown -a gemini-cli2Platform CLI
gemini skills install https://github.com/c0x12c/ai-toolkit --path toolkit/skills/competitive-teardownManually: put the files in place
.devin/skills/competitive-teardown/SKILL.mdThe legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works
Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add c0x12c/ai-toolkit --skill competitive-teardown -a opencodeClaude.ai
Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills
Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways
Questions about competitive-teardown
How do I install competitive-teardown in Claude Code?
Run npx skills add c0x12c/ai-toolkit --skill competitive-teardown -a claude-code. The skill file is at ~/.claude/skills/competitive-teardown/SKILL.md.
What does competitive-teardown do?
It guides research on a single competitor or a comparison of several, covering products, pricing, reviews, and growth signals. It also looks for shared weaknesses and unmet user needs.
How does competitive-teardown assess competitor weaknesses?
It recommends checking reviews on multiple platforms and looking for repeated complaints, rather than drawing conclusions from one review. The analysis can also cover missing features, pricing concerns, technical limits, and support.
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