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Competitor Research Agent
Competitor Research Agent
Enter a competitor URL to get comprehensive competitive intelligence. Uses Firecrawl Map + Parallel Scrape for fast extraction (~3-5s). Analyzes positioning, pricing, features, tech stack, and generates sales battle cards.
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Problems solved
Technical challenges this implementation handles out of the box.
- Extract competitor site data with Firecrawl map and scrape
- Analyze positioning, pricing tiers, and feature matrices
- Detect technologies used on competitor properties
- Generate sales battle cards from live competitor pages
Use cases
Products and workflows this pattern is designed to support.
- Sales competitive intelligence
- Pricing strategy research
- Feature gap analysis
- Product roadmap inputs from competitor sites
- Battle cards for account executives
Setup
Requirements, wiring steps, and what this pattern adds to your project.
Getting started
Pick how you want to pull this pattern in. Then wire env vars and routes the same way.
- 1
Install from the preview toolbar
Copy the install command above and run it in your project — Pro patterns include a short-lived token.
- 2
Add environment variables to .env.local
OPENAI_API_KEY, FIRECRAWL_API_KEY
- 3
Point client fetches at your API routes
Replace preview `/view/.../api/...` paths with `/api/...` in the installed files.
- 4
Customize the agent and tool files
Adapt prompts, tools, and stop conditions for your product — Copy for AI in the toolbar helps seed that work.
- 5
Run your dev server and open the pattern route
Install dependencies if needed, then start the app and verify responses.
Environment variables
Capabilities
AI SDK APIs
useChatgatewayToolLoopAgenttoolhasToolCallstepCountIscreateAgentUIStreamResponseInferAgentUIMessageDefaultChatTransportUIMessageProviders
OpenAI
External services
FirecrawlUpstash
Files added
16 filesapp/page.tsxapp/layout.tsxapp/api/competitor-agent/route.tslib/actions.tslib/competitor-types.tslib/rate-limit.tslib/agent-research.tslib/transform-utils.tslib/ai/competitor-agent.tslib/ai/tools/analyze-positioning.tslib/ai/tools/extract-pricing.tslib/ai/tools/identify-features.tslib/ai/tools/analyze-tech-stack.tslib/ai/tools/find-weaknesses.tslib/ai/tools/generate-battlecard.tsREADME.md
Dependencies
14 totalnpm packages
8AISDK@mendable/firecrawl-jsUpstashlucide-reactNext.jsReactsonnerZod
Registry components
badgebuttoncardinputskeletontabs
Critical files
competitor-agent/route.tsAPI route using createAgentUIStreamResponse with competitorContext via callOptions.
ai/competitor-agent.tsToolLoopAgent with 6 competitor analysis tools, callOptionsSchema + prepareCall for context injection.
lib/actions.tsServer action implementing Firecrawl-based competitor scraping pipeline: map website, identify key pages, parallel scrape, LLM extraction via generateObject.
lib/agent-research.tsDeep research functions (researchPricing, researchFeatures, researchTechStack, researchReviews) with detailed Zod schemas for structured extraction.
tools/analyze-positioning.tsTool for extracting value propositions, target audience, and competitive positioning.
tools/extract-pricing.tsTool for structuring pricing tiers, models, and billing options from competitor data.
tools/identify-features.tsTool for building categorized feature matrices from competitor websites.
tools/analyze-tech-stack.tsTool for detecting frontend/backend technologies, infrastructure, and third-party services.
tools/find-weaknesses.tsTool for identifying feature gaps, UX issues, and competitive opportunities.
tools/generate-battlecard.tsTool for generating comprehensive sales battle cards with objection handling.
Requirements
- Complexity
- Advanced
- Setup time
- ~10 minutes
- Node
- 24+
- Memory
- 256MB
Upstash Redis
