# competitors-analysis

Clones competitor repositories and audits their code into factual summaries with exact file and line citations. Use it to compare architecture decisions using actual commits.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 659 installs · ★ 1493
- Author: daymade
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills/tree/HEAD/competitors-analysis/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/competitors-analysis

## What it does

The skill builds competitor intelligence rooted in repository evidence rather than marketing claims. It clones repositories into a dedicated `$COMPETITORS_BASE` folder (defaulting to `$HOME/workspace/competitors`), pins the analyzed commit, and produces technical profiles with `file:line` citations. When given an archive package instead of a Git repository, it verifies content digests.

It offers several execution paths depending on user intent. You can discover candidates via repository search, ingest a specific target, inspect changes with `git fetch`, or run a capability matrix against your current project. To understand your own product context, the agent reads `AGENTS.md` or `CLAUDE.md`.

This skill is useless for non-technical market research without access to source code. If you do not provide a repository URL or an unpackaged application bundle, the agent cannot extract code evidence.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add daymade/claude-code-skills --skill competitors-analysis -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/competitors-analysis/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/competitors-analysis/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add daymade/claude-code-skills --skill competitors-analysis -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/competitors-analysis/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add daymade/claude-code-skills --skill competitors-analysis -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/competitors-analysis/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install daymade/claude-code-skills competitors-analysis
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/competitors-analysis/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add daymade/claude-code-skills --skill competitors-analysis -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills --path competitors-analysis
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/competitors-analysis/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add daymade/claude-code-skills --skill competitors-analysis -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills/tree/HEAD/competitors-analysis/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- audit competitor codebase with line-level file citations
- compare technical capabilities against your current project repository
- track recent commit changes across competitor codebases
- maintain a durable local repository storage outside temporary directories

## Example prompts
- Analyze competitor repository owner/repo and cite relevant files
- Compare auth implementation between our project and competitor-org/auth
- Check recent commits in competitor repositories and show what changed

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: competitors-analysis
description: >-
  Clones and audits competitor repositories into evidence-based intelligence with file:line
  citations. Use to track competitors, add a competitor repo, review competitor code, compare
  capabilities, build a competitor landscape, or check for code updates: 竞品分析 / 竞品 / competitor scan
  / analyze competitor / compare with X / latest competitor code. Not for market research without
  code (use deep-research).
context: fork
agent: general-purpose
argument-hint: "[competitor-url-or-search-query] [optional-product-name]"
---

# Competitors Analysis

Build competitor intelligence that can be shared, re-run, and audited later. This
skill has two layers:

1. **Repository evidence**: clone or update the competitor code under the durable
   competitors workspace, then cite facts from actual files and commits.
2. **Landscape synthesis**: explain which product choices the evidence changes,
   including trade-offs and what would overturn the judgment. Keep positioning,
   pricing, strengths and gaps as supporting evidence.

This skill intentionally subsumes lightweight "competitor scan" workflows. A scan
is useful for the landscape table, but it is not enough for technical conclusions.

## Resolve the analysis target (read this first)

The executing agent resolves two separate inputs: the **code source to analyze**
and the **our-product context used for comparison**. A repository URL identifies
the first; a separately typed product name is not required to profile it.

1. Honor the current request's explicit product/market and exclusions first.
   If the caller requests a standalone profile, do not add an our-product comparison.
2. Otherwise, read the current project's `AGENTS.md` / `CLAUDE.md` and follow its
   product-contract or research entry to confirm the product and analysis scope.
   The caller's current project is valid context for this invocation. A directory
   basename alone is not enough; record the authoritative file used to identify it.
   A delegated caller should pass the project path and relevant entry when available.
3. A supplied repository URL without a confirmed our-product context selects a
   standalone **Profile**. Continue repository analysis; omit comparison and
   opportunities specific to our product. A missing customer segment does not
   block code facts or sourced positioning from the repository's own docs.
4. For **Discover** or **Landscape**, use the explicit request or confirmed
   current project to establish the scope. If comparison context remains unknown,
   complete any supplied repository profiles and report the exact missing context
```
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