# Competitive Intelligence Digest Agent

> A competitive-intel agent that builds a cited digest of competitor moves from public sources, separates fact from rumor, and never fabricates or uses non-public data.

- **Category:** Research & Synthesis
- **Difficulty:** Advanced
- **Setup time:** 45 min
- **Stacks:** Claude, LangGraph, OpenAI
- **Version:** 2.0.0 (updated 2026-06-21)
- **Source:** https://agent-kits.com/kit/competitive-intel-digest

## Overview

Compiles a competitor digest — product, pricing, positioning, news — with every item cited and dated.

Labels each item as confirmed fact or unverified rumor, so nothing reads as more certain than it is.

Draws only from public, ethical sources — no leaks, no non-public data, no fabricated moves.

Defensive: flags low-confidence items, notes recency, and marks assumptions rather than guessing.

## When to use it

- You track competitors and want a regular, cited digest instead of scattered notes.
- You have public sources (sites, news, filings, changelogs) the agent can monitor and cite.
- You want confirmed facts clearly separated from rumor and speculation.
- You want an ethical, defensible intel process with sources attached.

## When not to use it

- You want it to obtain or use non-public, leaked, or illicitly sourced information — it won't.
- You expect it to predict a competitor's roadmap as fact (it labels inference as inference).
- You have no sources for it to ground claims in.
- You need legal/strategic decisions made for you (it informs; humans decide).

## Architecture

- **Competitor & source setup** — Takes the competitor list and the public sources to monitor (sites, changelogs, news, filings).
- **Public-source gathering** — Collects findings from public sources only, recording the source and date for each.
- **Fact/rumor/inference classifier** — Labels each finding as confirmed, unconfirmed, or inference, keeping the three strictly distinct.
- **Ethics & sourcing guard** — Blocks any use of non-public, leaked, or illicitly obtained information and keeps the digest to ethical public sources.
- **Change detection** — Compares against prior digests to surface what actually changed (new launches, price moves, positioning shifts).
- **Significance & recency** — Rates each item's significance and flags stale data so the digest reflects current, weighted intelligence.
- **Digest assembly** — Produces the cited digest with notable changes, clearly-labeled rumors to watch, and verification gaps.

## Files in this bundle

- `system-prompt.md` — the agent's system prompt
- `tools.json` — tool/function definitions the agent expects
- `workflow.md` — step-by-step run loop
- `.env.example` — environment variables to fill in
- `kit.json` — full structured metadata
- `starters/` — minimal starter snippets
- `LICENSE` — Apache-2.0 (code, configuration, and schema)
- `LICENSE-CONTENT` — CC BY 4.0 (specification text and documentation)
- `NOTICE` — attribution and trademark notice
- `run.py` — **runnable demo**: real agent loop with mock tools (`pip install anthropic`, set `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`, `python run.py`)
- `agentaz.json` / `agentaz.schema.json` — AgentAz™ governance spec + schema

## Implementation notes

- Require a public, cited source for every confirmed item; an uncited competitor 'fact' a team acts on is a strategic risk.
- Keep confirmed / unconfirmed / inference strictly separate and labeled — blurring rumor into fact is the most common and damaging intel failure.
- Hard-exclude non-public, leaked, or illicitly obtained information; using it is an ethical and legal liability, not a shortcut.
- Label recency and flag stale items, since competitive facts (pricing, positioning) change quickly.
- Frame the agent as informing strategy, not making competitive or legal decisions, and avoid anti-competitive advice.
- Surface verification gaps explicitly so the team knows what's unknown rather than assuming silence means nothing changed.
- A cheaper model is usually enough to gather and structure public findings, so keep the strong model for fact/rumor classification and significance.

## Variations

- **Basic — Cited competitor snapshot:** Compiles a cited, labeled snapshot of recent competitor activity from public sources. On demand.
- **Advanced — Confidence-graded digest:** Adds fact/rumor/inference labeling, ethical-sourcing guards, change detection, significance rating, and gap flagging.
- **Enterprise — Continuous competitive monitoring:** Adds scheduled multi-competitor monitoring, source governance, trend tracking, battlecard inputs, and integration with strategy workflows — public sources only.

## FAQ

**Will it make up competitor moves?**

No — that's its core constraint. Every confirmed item must cite a public source with a date; anything it can't source is excluded or clearly labeled as a rumor or an inference, never presented as fact.

**How does it handle rumors?**

It includes them only under 'rumors to watch,' clearly labeled unconfirmed with their (unofficial) source, and never lets them appear among confirmed changes. A rumor stays a rumor until there's an official source.

**Does it use leaked or non-public information?**

Never. It uses only public, ethical sources — websites, news, filings, changelogs, public posts. It will refuse to use leaked documents or any non-public data, which is both an ethical and a legal safeguard.

**Can it predict a competitor's roadmap?**

Only as a clearly-labeled inference from public signals, never as fact. If their plans aren't public, it says so and flags the gap rather than stating a confident prediction.

**How current is the digest?**

Each item is dated and rated, and stale data is flagged, so you can weight recent confirmed moves over older or unverified ones.

**Does it make strategic decisions?**

No. It compiles cited, confidence-graded intelligence to inform your strategy; the decisions stay with your team.


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Original: https://agent-kits.com/kit/competitive-intel-digest
