Competitor Watch Track A Competitor Ping On Real Moves
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> **Does:** tracks what a named competitor is shipping and pings you only on **real** moves. > **Solves:** finding out about a competitor's launch a month late. > **Triggers on:** *"watch [competitor] and tell me what changes"*
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---
skill_id: competitor-watch
name: Competitor Watch — track a competitor, ping on real moves
version: 1.0.0
category: research
office: cino
lead_agent: innovation-researcher
everyday_skill: true
triggers:
- "watch this competitor"
- "track what they ship"
- "what changed at"
collaborates_with:
- innovation-researcher
- competitive-intel-analyst # the depth this surfaces
- orchestrator # the unattended monitor (ADR-022, workflow #2)
references:
unattended_version: orchestrator/workflows/competitor-watch.mjs
adr_external_tool: documents/ADRs/ADR-018-external-tool-integration-pattern.md
adr_workflow_standard: documents/ADRs/ADR-022-autonomous-workflow-standard.md
adr_moat_framing: documents/ADRs/ADR-007-behavioral-moat-framing-doctrine.md
adr_confidence: documents/ADRs/ADR-010-confidence-tag-technical-educator-rubric.md
confidence_default: 🟡 MEDIUM
---
# Competitor Watch
> **Does:** tracks what a named competitor is shipping and pings you only on **real** moves.
> **Solves:** finding out about a competitor's launch a month late.
> **Triggers on:** *"watch [competitor] and tell me what changes"*
## How Maxim does this
Routes to `competitive-intel-analyst` + web sources, compares against the last snapshot, and reports **only real moves** since — launches, pricing changes, positioning shifts — not noise. Each move gets a *so-what* (does it threaten your moat?), grounded in Porter / 7 Powers.
## Behavioral overlay
- **Frameworks (cited per ADR-007):** **Porter's Five Forces** · **7 Powers** · **signal detection** (real move vs. PR noise).
- **No-fabrication is load-bearing:** verified moves are stated as fact with the source; anything inferred (e.g. "likely targeting enterprise") is marked **inference**. Default **🟡 MEDIUM** for that reason.
## The unattended "monitor" version
`orchestrator/workflows/competitor-watch.mjs` — the read-only Workflow #2 from the standard: scheduled, **dry-run-default**, idempotent (won't re-report the same move), bounded + logged. Read-only, so it never acts — it only surfaces. Go-live just turns on the morning delivery.
## Output
Moves since last check (launch / pricing / positioning) · significance vs. your moat · sources · *fact vs. inference* marked.
