Competitive Research Automation

## What You'll Learn - The 5 types of competitive intel every founder needs (and where to find them) - The Competitive Research Prompt (copy-paste template that actually works) - How to synthesize competitor data into positioning decisions - Automating competitor monitoring with RSS, alerts, and AI summaries - Real founder examples analyzing actual competitors --- ## Why This Matters (3 min read) **The Scenario:** You're building a project management tool. You know Asana and Monday.com exist, but you need to understand: - What features do they actually offer? - How do they price different tiers? - What do users complain about in reviews? - What's their positioning vs. each other? - Where are the gaps you could exploit? **The Old Way:** - Spend 3 hours clicking through competitor websites - Manually copy features into a spreadsheet - Google "[competitor name] reviews" and read 50 G2 reviews - Try to remember everything you learned - Still miss half the important details **Time invested:** 8-12 hours for 5 competitors --- **The AI Way:** - Feed competitor URLs to Claude/ChatGPT - Get structured analysis in 15 minutes - Set up monitoring so you're alerted to changes - Use AI to spot patterns...