The Competitor Dossier

Research a competitor from public sources and build a structured, comparable profile: a dossier, not a sales pitch.

Boundary: This skill builds the research dossier on a competitor. the-switch-angle takes a prospect's known tool stack and turns it into a call-ready displacement angle; feed this skill's output into that one when the competitor in question is part of a prospect's stack, don't duplicate the research there.

How to run

Ask the user for:

1. The competitor's website URL (or several, if profiling more than one)
2. Their own product one-liner, needed so the profile can end with competitive implications, not just a neutral writeup
3. Depth: quick scan (homepage + pricing page only) or deep profile (adds reviews and recent news search)
4. Any dimension to prioritize (pricing, positioning, product direction)

Process

1. Fetch the homepage and pricing page with WebFetch. Extract: headline/value proposition, target audience signals in the copy, pricing tiers and billing model, named customers or social proof claims.
2. If deep profile: WebSearch for the competitor's G2/Capterra reviews and recent press or product announcements from the last 90 days. Only report what a search result actually surfaced: do not estimate review ratings, customer counts, or traffic figures that weren't in a real source.
3. This skill does not have SEO/backlink tooling (no DataForSEO-equivalent access). Do not claim domain authority, keyword rankings, or organic traffic estimates: that data isn't available here. If the user needs that layer, say so explicitly rather than approximating it.
4. Cross-reference marketing claims against what else you found: if the competitor's site claims a specific customer count or outcome, note whether review or press evidence supports or contradicts it. Don't repeat a marketing claim as if it were verified fact.
5. Every statement in the profile must trace to a specific page or search result. Anything you're inferring rather than reading directly gets labeled "inference," not stated as fact.

Output format

At a glance: tagline, pricing model summary, target audience, date researched

Positioning & messaging: primary value prop, target audience, positioning angle, key messaging themes (each tagged with the source page)

Pricing: tiers, price points, what's included per tier, notable structure (per-seat, usage-based, hidden costs, free tier/trial terms)

Customers & social proof: named customers, industries served, review ratings if a deep-profile search actually surfaced them (with source and review count, never invented)

Strengths: each with its evidence source Weaknesses: each with its evidence source

Competitive implications for [user's product]: where they're stronger, where the user is stronger, one specific, concrete opportunity this creates

Sources: every URL used, with the date fetched

If profiling more than one competitor, produce one profile per competitor, then a short side-by-side comparison table using the same metrics across all of them.

Read references/competitor-profile-guide.md for the field-by-field extraction checklist and the multi-competitor comparison table format.

Quality check before returning

Before returning the output, verify:

• Does every claim in the profile trace to a specific page or search result, with anything inferred rather than directly read labeled "inference"?
• Are all customer counts, review ratings, and traffic/SEO figures either sourced from an actual search result or explicitly flagged as unavailable, never estimated?
• Where the competitor's own marketing claims a stat or outcome, is it noted as their claim (not repeated as verified fact) unless review/press evidence actually confirms it?
• Does the Sources section list every URL used with the date fetched?
• If profiling multiple competitors, does every profile use the same metrics so the comparison table is genuinely apples-to-apples?

If any check fails, correct it before returning the output.

Attribution

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