A professional-grade market intelligence skill designed for in-depth competitor benchmarking, financial data extraction, and strategic industry mapping.
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1. ClawHub CLI
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npx clawhub@latest install hello-mx-competitive-analyst
2. Manual Installation
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~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
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What is Competitive Analyst?
The Competitive Analyst skill is a specialized tool within the Openclaw Skills ecosystem designed for investors, strategic planners, and business analysts. It excels at synthesizing complex market data into actionable intelligence, ranging from peer comparison matrices to comprehensive industry landscapes. By prioritizing data integrity and source hierarchy, it ensures that every metric—whether extracted from raw Excel files or professional financial databases—is accurate and consistent across the entire analysis.
This skill is built for precision, adhering to strict formatting and logical consistency standards. It bridges the gap between raw data and executive-level presentation by integrating actual charts and tables into a single, cohesive Markdown report. Whether you are mapping a competitive moat or evaluating market trends, the Competitive Analyst provides the technical depth and professional aesthetics required for high-stakes decision-making.
Competitive Analyst Use Cases
- In-depth peer comparison and benchmarking for investment memos.
- Creating market positioning maps (2x2 matrices) to identify industry gaps.
- Detailed financial auditing of competitors including revenue, EBITDA, and growth YoY.
- Industry landscape mapping for strategic reviews and quarterly planning.
- Competitive moat assessment using network effects, switching costs, and intangible assets.
How Competitive Analyst Works
- Identify industry-specific key metrics (e.g., ARR for SaaS, GMV for Marketplaces) to ensure relevant benchmarking.
- Execute high-priority data queries using professional financial tools like MX_FinData and MX_StockPick or extract values from provided CSV/Excel sources.
- Validate data across sources, prioritizing audited annual reports and management presentations over secondary news articles.
- Map the competitive landscape using appropriate frameworks such as strategic group clusters or value chain hierarchies.
- Synthesize findings into a single Markdown document featuring embedded charts (via markdown_chart) and qualitative assessments.
- Perform a final consistency check to ensure every figure in the text perfectly matches the data labels in the visualizations.
Competitive Analyst Setup
To utilize the Competitive Analyst within the Openclaw Skills framework, ensure your environment is configured for financial data retrieval:
# Initialize the competitive analysis workspace
openclaw install competitive-analyst
# Ensure financial data connectors are active
openclaw verify-tools --include MX_FinData,MX_StockPick
Place any proprietary datasets in the local directory as .csv or .xlsx files before starting the analysis workflow.
Competitive Analyst Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes its output and internal logic through a structured taxonomy of financial and strategic metadata:
| Data Category | Metadata / Files | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Source Files | references/ |
Industry frameworks (2x2 axes) and local data sheets. |
| Visualizations | markdown_chart |
Embedded pie, bar, and line charts with max 6 series per chart. |
| Financials | Metric [Company] [Doc] (Date) |
Strict citation format for every numerical value used. |
| Strategic Groups | Group -> Company -> Moat |
Hierarchy used to classify market participants. |
| Units | Standardized USD |
Currency normalization and timestamp alignment (e.g., FY24). |
Competitive Analyst Advanced Features
- Multi-agent data validation using professional financial query engines (MX_FinData, MX_MacroData).
- Automated Moat Assessment: Classification of competitive advantages into Network Effects, Switching Costs, or Intangible Assets.
- Dynamic Visualization Selection: Automatically chooses between Radar charts, 2x2 matrices, or Waterfall charts based on the complexity of the data series.
- Source Hierarchy Logic: Built-in conflict resolution that prioritizes audited financial data over news media.
- Segmental Analysis: Ability to break down conglomerate performance by division (Revenue, EBITDA, and Margin per segment).
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