competitor-news-monitor

Monitors named companies for material news events and delivers cited digests on a schedule.

Updated Jul 3, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/CHENHUI-X/toolbox --skill competitor-news-monitor-chenhui-x
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: competitor-news-monitor
Source: https://github.com/CHENHUI-X/toolbox/tree/main/official-skills/research/competitor-news-monitor
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/CHENHUI-X/toolbox --skill competitor-news-monitor-chenhui-x

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Keeping up with competitor announcements manually means scanning dozens of sources and wading through duplicate coverage, which leads to missed pricing changes, product launches, and executive moves. This Skill automates recurring competitor intelligence with deduplication, materiality scoring, and primary-source citations. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Watchlist Setup: Freeze a watch contract with company names, domains, event categories, cadence, and a materiality threshold, stored as a state file. - Scheduled Tick Runs: A cronjob-triggered tick collects news incrementally from official newsrooms, changelogs, regulatory filings, and trade press, advancing the cutoff only on success. - Deduplication & Materiality: Collapses syndicated coverage into single events and scores each for directness, source authority, novelty, and business impact. - Use Case: Ask to monitor three competitors weekly; the Skill builds source coverage, schedules a Monday 9am cronjob, and delivers a digest only when material events occur, each citing primary sources. ## Quick Start Set up a weekly competitor watch for Acme Corp and Globex covering pricing changes, product launches, and executive moves, and deliver a cited digest to me every Monday morning.

Frequently Asked Questions about competitor-news-monitor

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I monitor competitor news automatically on a schedule?

Define a watchlist with company names, domains, event categories, and a materiality threshold, then the Skill writes a watch contract state file and creates a cronjob. Each scheduled tick collects news incrementally and delivers a digest only when material events occur.

What sources does competitor news monitoring cover?

Coverage includes official newsrooms, blogs, changelogs, pricing and product pages, regulatory filings, investor relations, status and security pages, trade and financial press, and job postings as weak supporting evidence. Optional RSS feeds and Reddit reading supplement coverage.

How does the Skill avoid duplicate news about the same event?

It deduplicates by underlying event, collapsing syndicated stories, rewrites, URL variants, and revised filings into one entry. Independently sourced corroboration stays attached, so one announcement appears exactly once regardless of article count.

What happens when a news source fails during a scheduled run?

A source failure is recorded as unknown coverage, never reported as no news. The cutoff only advances for successfully covered sources, so failed sources are retried rather than silently losing coverage.

When should I not use a competitor news monitor?

Avoid it for one-off company research, where direct web search and extraction are faster, and for plain feed reading, where a blog watcher fits better. It is designed for recurring, materiality-filtered intelligence on a fixed watchlist.