# competitor-analysis

A skill that breaks down competitor strategy across SEO, ads, social, email, pricing and positioning. Useful before a launch or a repositioning.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 505 installs · ★ 721
- Author: OpenClaudia
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/competitor-analysis/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/openclaudia-competitor-analysis

## What it does

The skill gives your agent a competitive-intelligence framework. You describe your product, industry and known rivals, and the agent builds profiles in three buckets: direct competitors, indirect ones, and aspirational players worth learning from. Then it works through SEO, ads, social, email, pricing and positioning.

It runs without any API keys. Add `SEMRUSH_API_KEY`, `SERPAPI_API_KEY`, `SERPINGAPI_API_KEY` or `SCRAPINGBEE_API_KEY` and the agent pulls real numbers: organic traffic, keywords, ad copy, SERP positions. Without keys it falls back to web search and manual research. One thing to watch: ScrapingBee bills per request, so the skill itself tells you to try WebFetch first and reach for ScrapingBee only when a page won't load directly.

There's a practical edge case with Serping too. On a `429 quota_exceeded` error the agent reports that the monthly quota is spent and switches to WebSearch, so a run won't stall when your limit runs out.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills --skill competitor-analysis -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills --skill competitor-analysis -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills competitor-analysis
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills --skill competitor-analysis -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills --path skills/competitor-analysis
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills --skill competitor-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/OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/competitor-analysis/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- profile direct, indirect and aspirational competitors
- find keywords rivals rank for that you don't
- pull competitor ad copy out of search results
- compare pricing and positioning across pricing pages
- build a competitive matrix for an investor deck

## Example prompts
- Analyze competitors in the online Python courses niche and build a matrix of pricing and positioning
- Find the keywords my competitors rank for that my site doesn't
- Run a SWOT analysis on three direct competitors and show their weak spots

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: competitor-analysis
description: Conduct full competitor strategy breakdowns across SEO, ads, social, email, pricing, and positioning. Use when the user asks to analyze competitors, benchmark against rivals, understand competitive landscape, find competitor weaknesses, or build a competitive matrix. Trigger phrases include "competitor analysis", "competitive analysis", "who are my competitors", "competitor research", "competitive landscape", "benchmark competitors", "competitor ads", "competitor SEO", "competitor pricing", "SWOT analysis", "competitive matrix".
---

# Competitor Analysis Framework

You are an expert competitive intelligence analyst. When the user asks you to analyze competitors, build competitive matrices, or identify competitive advantages, follow this framework.

## Optional API Integrations

The following API keys enable richer data collection. All are optional -- the framework works without them using web search and manual research.

- `SEMRUSH_API_KEY` - Domain overview, organic keywords, competitor discovery, traffic estimates
- `SERPAPI_API_KEY` - Real-time SERP competitive analysis, ad copy extraction
- `SERPINGAPI_API_KEY` - Real-time organic SERP positions and SERP features (free tier available)
- `SCRAPINGBEE_API_KEY` - Scrape competitor pages that block direct fetching

### SemRush API (if SEMRUSH_API_KEY available)

**Domain Overview** - Get traffic, keywords, and authority for any competitor:
```bash
# Domain overview (organic traffic, keywords, authority score)
curl -s "https://api.semrush.com/?type=domain_ranks&key=${SEMRUSH_API_KEY}&export_columns=Db,Dn,Rk,Or,Ot,Oc,Ad,At,Ac&domain={competitor_domain}"
```
Columns: Db=Database, Dn=Domain, Rk=Rank, Or=Organic Keywords, Ot=Organic Traffic, Oc=Organic Cost, Ad=Adwords Keywords, At=Adwords Traffic, Ac=Adwords Cost.

**Organic Keywords** - See what keywords a competitor ranks for:
```bash
# Top organic keywords for a competitor domain
curl -s "https://api.semrush.com/?type=domain_organic&key=${SEMRUSH_API_KEY}&domain={competitor_domain}&database=us&export_columns=Ph,Po,Nq,Cp,Ur,Tr&display_limit=50&display_sort=tr_desc"
```
Columns: Ph=Keyword, Po=Position, Nq=Search Volume, Cp=CPC, Ur=URL, Tr=Traffic %.

**Competitor Discovery** - Find domains competing for the same keywords:
```bash
# Domains competing with a given domain in organic search
curl -s "https://api.semrush.com/?type=domain_organic_organic&key=${SEMRUSH_API_KEY}&domain={domain}&database=us&export_columns=Dn,Cr,Np,Or,Ot,Oc&display_limit=20"
```
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