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founder-competitors

Maps every competitor and the gap they leave. Finds the direct competitors, indirect ones and the substitutes a buyer would use instead, from public sources only, and records what each sells, at what price, how they position themselves and what their customers complain about in public reviews, every fact with a link. Ends with a positioning map and the gap the new business can own. Use when the user says "who are my competitors", "is this market crowded", "what else is out there", "competitor analysis", "find the gap", or "who am I up against".

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founder-competitors

Every buyer already solves this problem somehow. This skill finds out how, what they pay, and what they hate about it, so the new business starts with a gap instead of a guess.

The rules

  • Public sources only, every fact linked. Websites, price pages, menus, app store and Google Maps listings, review sites, Reddit, news. If a source cannot be reached, say so. Never invent a competitor, a price, a rating or a review.
  • Read, do not scrape. Read pages as a person would. Respect each site's terms.
  • Quotes are verbatim, short, with the link. They are research, never testimonials.

Step 1: who is there

From founder/idea.md (write it first if missing; see /founder-board step 0):

typewhat it meansexample for a matcha café
Directsells the same thing to the same buyerother matcha bars within walking distance
Indirecta different product for the same jobthe coffee shops on the same street
Substitutehow buyers solve it without a businessmatcha powder at home, canned drinks

Aim for 5 to 10 direct and indirect, plus the main substitutes. For a local business, search the map for the exact area; for online, search how a buyer would ("best <thing> for <who>", "<thing> alternative").

Step 2: the facts

One row per competitor in founder/competitors.csv:

name,type,url,location_or_channel,price_of_comparable_item,what_it_sells,positioning_line,rating,review_count,source_date

positioning_line is their own headline or tagline, copied. Price is for the item closest to what the new business sells, with what it includes.

Step 3: what their customers say

For the top 3 to 5, read their reviews (1 to 3 stars first, then the "love it, but..." 4 stars). Note recurring complaints as themes with counts and one or two linked quotes each. Mark a theme thin if it has under three reviews.

Step 4: the map and the gap

Write founder/competitors.md:

  1. The table (from the CSV), sorted by how directly each competes.
  2. Price range: lowest, median, highest for the comparable item.
  3. A positioning map in text: two axes that matter to this buyer (price and convenience, quality and speed...), where each competitor sits.
  4. The complaints, ranked, with links.
  5. The gap: what nobody does well that this business could, tied to the evidence. If there is no gap, say so plainly; that is the most useful result this skill can give.
  6. The threat: who could copy the new business fastest, and how.

Output

founder/competitors.csv, founder/competitors.md. Next: /founder-consumer uses the complaints to write real objections; /founder-pricing uses the price range.

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