Competitor Intel

Name a competitor (or your own company's space) and this skill uses web search to pull current information on positioning, pricing, product changes, recent news, and strategic moves. Produces a structured competitive brief you can use for strategy sessions, sales enablement, or investor decks. Requires web search MCP for live data.

First-party, by Skills and Agents Co

March 30, 2026

Install

MCP-powered — requires setup

This skill uses external tools via the Model Context Protocol. You'll need to configure the following MCPs before installing.

Setup steps

  1. Set up each required MCP using the configs below
  2. Download the skill file below
  3. Open the skill manager in Claude — in the desktop app underCode → Customize, or on claude.ai underCustomize → Skills
  4. Click Create a new skill (use + on claude.ai) and upload the downloaded file
  5. Start a new session — your MCPs and skill will both be active
  6. Use a trigger phrase to activate
The skill file
Download

Required MCPs

Brave Search MCP (opens in new tab)See the Brave Search MCP connector page

Web search access for pulling current competitor information and news

View config snippet
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search"],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "your_brave_api_key"
      }
    }
  }
}