startup-competitors

1# Startup Competitors
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3Deep competitive intelligence that goes beyond surface-level profiles. Produces actionable battle cards, pricing landscape analysis, and strategic vulnerability mapping using real web data.
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5## How It Works
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8INTAKE → RESEARCH (3 sequential waves) → SYNTHESIS → BATTLE CARDS
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11The process is focused: understand the product, research competitors deeply across 3 dimensions, synthesize findings, and produce actionable output. Typical runtime: 15-25 minutes in Claude Code (parallel agents), 30-45 minutes in Claude.ai (sequential).
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13### Language
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15Default output language is **English**. If the user writes in another language or explicitly requests one, use that language for all outputs instead.
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19## Phase 0: Resume Check
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21Before anything else, check if a `PROGRESS.md` created by this skill exists in the working directory or a project subdirectory (the skill name field says `startup-competitors`). If it does, read it and resume from the last incomplete phase. Tell the user: "I found progress from a previous session. You completed [phases]. Picking up from [next phase]."
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23If no progress file exists — or the one found belongs to a different skill — start from Phase 1.
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27## Phase 1: Intake
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29Short and focused — 1-2 rounds of questions, not an extended interview. The goal is just enough context to run targeted research.
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31### Check for Prior startup-design Work
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