Prompt

# 6-Step Competitive Intelligence Chain

## Step 1: Competitor Identification & Prioritization
**Input:** Market definition and business context
**Task:** Identify and prioritize key competitors
**Output:** Prioritized competitor list

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**Instructions for Step 1:**
For business/market: {business_context}

Identify:
- Direct competitors (same market, same solution)
- Indirect competitors (same market, different solution)
- Substitute products/services
- Emerging threats
- Priority ranking based on threat level

**Pass to Step 2:** Competitor priority list

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## Step 2: Competitor Profile Development
**Input:** Prioritized competitors from Step 1
**Task:** Create detailed competitor profiles
**Output:** Comprehensive competitor profiles

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**Instructions for Step 2:**
For each priority competitor, profile:
- Company background and history
- Leadership team and key personnel
- Business model and revenue streams
- Product/service portfolio
- Market positioning and messaging

**Pass to Step 3:** Competitor profiles

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## Step 3: Strategic Analysis & SWOT Assessment
**Input:** Competitor profiles from Step 2
**Task:** Analyze competitor strategies and capabilities
**Output:** Strategic analysis and SWOT assessments

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**Instructions for Step 3:**
Analyze each competitor's:
- Strengths and competitive advantages
- Weaknesses and vulnerabilities
- Strategic opportunities they're pursuing
- Threats they face
- Resource allocation and investments

**Pass to Step 4:** Strategic assessments

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## Step 4: Performance Benchmarking
**Input:** Strategic analysis from Step 3
**Task:** Benchmark competitor performance
**Output:** Performance comparison matrix

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**Instructions for Step 4:**
Benchmark competitors on:
- Financial performance metrics
- Market share and growth rates
- Customer satisfaction scores
- Innovation and R&D investments
- Operational efficiency measures

**Pass to Step 5:** Performance benchmarks

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## Step 5: Competitive Advantage Gap Analysis
**Input:** Performance benchmarks from Step 4
**Task:** Identify competitive gaps and opportunities
**Output:** Gap analysis and opportunity identification

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**Instructions for Step 5:**
Identify:
- Where competitors outperform us
- Our unique competitive advantages
- Market gaps no one is addressing
- Opportunities for differentiation
- Threats to monitor closely

**Pass to Step 6:** Gap analysis + opportunities

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## Step 6: Competitive Strategy Recommendations
**Input:** All previous analysis
**Task:** Develop competitive response strategy
**Output:** Competitive strategy and action plan

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**Instructions for Step 6:**
Develop recommendations for:
- Competitive positioning strategy
- Areas for investment and improvement
- Defensive strategies against threats
- Offensive strategies to gain advantage
- Monitoring and intelligence systems

**Final Output:** Complete competitive intelligence report with strategic recommendations