analyze-competition SKILL.md skillA
analyze-competition from tomzx/agents is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add tomzx/agents/analyze-competition@git:20261007.b35fc4bPins git:20261007.b35fc4b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- tomzx/agents
- Path
skills/pdlc/skills/analyze-competition/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20261007.b35fc4b, committed Oct 7, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 5, 2026
- Size
- 1,854 bytes
- Repository stars
- 12
- License
- MIT
Map the competitive landscape and positioning gaps for a candidate problem space. Part of the PDLC Discover phase.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Analyze Competition Maps who else addresses the problem, how they position, and where the gaps are. The output is positioning opportunities, not feature checklists. Pairs with `research-market` and feeds `frame-opportunities`. ## Prerequisites - Apply the shared PDLC conventions in `skills/pdlc/references/shared.md`. - `problems.md` from `discover-problems`, or an explicit topic. ## Steps 1. Enumerate alternatives the target customer could use, including the current default and workarounds (the most common "competitor" is doing nothing). 2. For each, capture positioning: who they target, the job they claim to do, their price/range, and their strongest and weakest points. 3. Build a positioning map across two axes that matter to the customer (e.g., ease vs. power, price vs. completeness). Identify empty quadrants. 4. Identify differentiation opportunities: where the problem is underserved, mis-served, or served for the wrong segment. 5. Note moats and switching costs that affect viability, not just desirability. 6. Write `competitors.md` to the initiative directory. ## Output Format Use the template at `skills/pdlc/templates/initiatives/competitors.md`. …
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How to install
mdr add tomzx/agents/analyze-competition@sha256:8cb94f175988d33bThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261007.b35fc4b, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Aug 5, 2026 and Oct 7, 2026, about one every 31 days.
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| git:20261007.b35fc4b latest | 2026-10-07 | b35fc4b | 1,854 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261004.00bb0c5 | 2026-10-04 | 00bb0c5 | 1,851 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260805.6b62307 | 2026-08-05 | 6b62307 | 1,837 B | A | view |
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Source
tomzx/agents · 12 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_cszm5u7etua74pmv GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tomzx/agents/analyze-competition GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8cb94f175988d33be88839152429508d77b52800daea155c1abded6600968e29
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
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