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Competitor Strategic Move Monitor Agent

Early, confirmed briefs on competitor strategic moves

MonitoringManagementExecutives and strategy
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Competitor Strategic Move Monitor Agent: what goes in, what the agent does and what you get

What it does

Competitor acquisitions, market entries and price moves often reach leadership late and without analysis. This agent watches competitor filings, press releases, job postings, earnings calls and trade news. It looks for strategic moves: acquisitions, new markets, new products, price changes, leadership changes and big hiring in a new area. It checks each signal with a second source before raising it, and keeps watching if it is not confirmed. A surge in job postings may hint at a move before any announcement, so it is reported as an early signal. For confirmed moves it assesses what they mean for your plans and drafts a short brief with options. The leader decides on any response.

How it works

Follow the arrows from top to bottom. The orange dashed arrow is the loop: when a check fails, the agent goes back and tries again.

Start and resultWhat it doesA check on its own workWaits for your OKGoes back and retries
Yes, continueApprovedNo 1 STARTS WHEN Daily scan 2 USES A TOOL Search filings, news, job postings and calls 3 DOES Identify possible strategic moves 4 CHECKS THE RESULT Is the move confirmed by a second source? If not: keep watching and label it an early signal. Backto step 2. 5 DOES Assess relevance to your strategy 6 DOES Draft brief with options 7 YOU APPROVE Leader decides on any response 8 RESULT Competitor move brief
Read the steps as a list
  1. Daily scan
  2. Search filings, news, job postings and calls
  3. Identify possible strategic moves
  4. Is the move confirmed by a second source?If not: keep watching and label it an early signal. Back to step 2.
  5. Assess relevance to your strategy
  6. Draft brief with options
  7. Leader decides on any responseThe agent waits here for your OK.
  8. Competitor move brief

How it decides

It reports a move when confirmed by two sources and rates its relevance against your plan.

  • Two sources to confirm
  • Job posting surges are early signals
  • Rank by relevance to plan

Make it yours

Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.

  • Competitors
  • Sources
  • Brief frequency
  • Relevance criteria

What keeps you in control

It always asks you first

  • Any strategic response

Hard limits

  • Public information only

It stops when

  • Done: brief sent
  • Stop: nothing new

Set it up

We guide you through the set-up, step by step

Members get the full set-up guide for this agent. No technical skills needed: you copy, paste and upload.

10 minto set it up in your AI
5 AIsChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, Grok
  • One set of instructions to paste into your AI, with the clicks for ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Gemini and Grok
  • The agent then walks you through connecting your own data, one source at a time
  • A downloadable copy with the flow chart, the rules and the full guide
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An example run

What happensIn March a competitor posted 30 roles in Germany. The confirmation check failed because no second source existed, so the agent labeled it an early signal and kept watching. Two weeks later a local acquisition was announced in trade news. The brief noted your planned German entry and suggested speeding up partner talks. The leader approved that option.

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