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The Competitor Intel skill monitors competitors via live web searches and produces a structured intelligence briefing. It runs parallel searches for news, product launches, hiring signals, and funding, then compares against previous findings to highlight only what’s new. Powered by the Nimble CLI and built on the open-source Agent Skills standard for cross-platform agent compatibility.

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Example Prompts

"what are my competitors doing"
"competitor update"
"competitive landscape"
"market intel"
"losing deals to Acme Corp"
"battlecard for Stripe"

How It Works

1

Load competitor list

Loads known competitors from your business profile. On first run, helps identify competitors through auto-discovery or manual input.
2

Research each competitor in parallel

Searches for news, funding, hiring signals, product launches, social activity, and reviews per competitor using Nimble Web Search Agents.
3

Validate signals

Verifies event dates and corroborates high-priority signals (M&A, major funding, leadership changes) to filter out stale or unverified information.
4

Compare against previous findings

Loads prior briefings from memory. Highlights only what changed since the last run to avoid repeating known information.
5

Deliver the briefing

Produces a prioritized intelligence report. Offers distribution via Notion or Slack.

Output

Full Briefing (first run or 14+ days since last)

  • TL;DR — top 3-5 signals across all competitors
  • Per-Competitor Section — news, funding, product, hiring, social signals with dates and sources
  • Cross-Competitor Patterns — trends across the competitive landscape
  • Recommended Actions — what to do based on the findings

Quick Refresh (under 14 days since last run)

  • What Changed — new signals per competitor since last briefing
  • Nothing Changed — competitors with no new activity
  • Implications — what the changes mean

Signal Priority

PriorityExamplesHandling
P1 (High)M&A, leadership changes, major funding ($10M+)Always extracted and corroborated
P2 (Medium)Product launches, partnerships, major hiresExtracted if date uncertain
P3 (Low)Blog posts, minor hires, opinion piecesIncluded if plausible

When to Use

Use CaseSkill
Monitor multiple competitorsCompetitor Intel
Analyze competitor messaging and positioningCompetitor Positioning
Research a single company in depthCompany Deep Dive

Quick Install

claude plugin marketplace add Nimbleway/agent-skills && \
claude plugin install nimble@nimble-plugin-marketplace

Prerequisites

Requires the Nimble CLI and a Nimble API key. See Plugin Installation for full setup instructions.