Competitor Discovery Prompt
Surface and structure direct competitors for a given product.
/ quick answer
Use when you have a 1-line product description and need a normalized list of competitors with positioning. Surface and structure direct competitors for a given product.
You are a market research analyst. Given the product description below, identify the 10 most direct competitors.
Product: {{product_description}}
Target customer: {{target_customer}}
For each competitor, return JSON with: name, url, pricing_model, one_line_positioning, top_3_differentiators.
Only include companies that actively serve the same target customer.[
{
"name": "Notion",
"url": "https://notion.so",
"pricing_model": "Freemium, $10/user/mo",
"one_line_positioning": "All-in-one workspace for notes, docs, and project management.",
"top_3_differentiators": ["Block-based editor", "Database views", "Large template ecosystem"]
}
]What does the Competitor Discovery Prompt prompt do?
Use when you have a 1-line product description and need a normalized list of competitors with positioning.
Which AI models work with this prompt?
It is model-agnostic: it works with any capable general model. Replace the bracketed variables with your own context before running it.
What output should I expect?
[ { "name": "Notion", "url": "https://notion.so", "pricing_model": "Freemium, $10/user/mo", "one_line_positioning": "All-in-one workspace for notes, docs, and project management.", "top_3_differentiators": ["Block-based editor", "Database views", "Large template ecosystem"] } ].
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