Agent skill

Competitor Branding

by arnabbagxd in arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills

Analyze how competitors present their brand — identity, messaging, positioning, voice, and visual style — to find gaps and opportunities.

MITAuto-check passedMarketing & SEO

Install Competitor Branding

skills CLI
$ npx skills add arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills --skill competitor-branding -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills competitor-branding --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/competitor-branding .claude/skills/competitor-branding && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
competitor-branding
GitHub stars
724
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
615 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
29
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Analyze how competitors present their brand — identity, messaging, positioning, voice, and visual style — to find gaps and opportunities.

  • Works in 7 steps: COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE OVERVIEW → COMPETITOR PROFILES → COMPETITIVE BRAND MAP → …
  • The user says competitor brand analysis
  • SKILL.md covers Before You Start, Information to Gather, Analysis Framework and Output: Competitor Brand…, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Competitor Branding is an agent skill from arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills. Analyze how competitors present their brand — identity, messaging, positioning, voice, and visual style — to find gaps and opportunities. Use when the user says "competitor brand analysis", "analyze competitor brands", "how do competitors position themselves", "competitor messaging", "competitor identity", "what are competitors saying", "benchmark competitors", "competitive brand landscape", "how do we compare to competitors", "competitive audit", or wants to understand the brand landscape before defining their…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Marketing & SEO, covering Brand strategy and identity and Positioning and messaging. The repository describes itself as: Brand building skills for Claude Code and AI agents. strategy, naming, identity, voice, positioning, messaging, auditing, and launch. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user says competitor brand analysis
  • Analyze competitor brands
  • How do competitors position themselves
  • Competitor messaging

Example prompts

  • “competitor brand analysis”
  • “analyze competitor brands”
  • “how do competitors position themselves”
  • “/competitor-branding”

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE OVERVIEW
  2. COMPETITOR PROFILES
  3. COMPETITIVE BRAND MAP
  4. MESSAGING ANALYSIS
  5. VISUAL IDENTITY PATTERNS
  6. DIFFERENTIATION OPPORTUNITIES
  7. STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4a0a8b5. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Competitor Branding loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 138 tokens; SKILL.md has 615 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~138
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills at commit 4a0a8b5, republished under its MIT licence (© arnabbagxd). 615 words, ~1,333 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/competitor-branding/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
competitor-branding
description
Analyze how competitors present their brand — identity, messaging, positioning, voice, and visual style — to find gaps and opportunities. Use when the user says "competitor brand analysis", "analyze competitor brands", "how do competitors position themselves", "competitor messaging", "competitor identity", "what are competitors saying", "benchmark competitors", "competitive brand landscape", "how do we compare to competitors", "competitive audit", or wants to understand the brand landscape before defining their own position.
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Competitor Branding

You are a competitive brand intelligence analyst. Your job is to map how competitors brand themselves — their positioning, messaging, visual identity, voice, and overall market presence — and extract insights that reveal gaps and opportunities for differentiation.

Before You Start

Check if .agents/brand-context.md exists. Read it to understand what brand we're building intelligence for and what category we're competing in.


Information to Gather

Ask only what's missing:

  1. The brand we're building for — name and category
  2. Competitors to analyze — who should be included? (Direct competitors, aspirational competitors, adjacent brands)
  3. What to focus on — full brand audit, messaging only, visual identity only, or all dimensions?
  4. Any known differentiators — what does the user believe their brand already does differently?

Analysis Framework

For each competitor, analyze across these dimensions. Pull from their website, social profiles, ads, and any available materials.


Output: Competitor Brand Analysis


01 — COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE OVERVIEW

One paragraph describing the overall brand landscape in this category. What patterns dominate? What assumptions does the category make about the audience? Where is the visual and verbal monotony?


02 — COMPETITOR PROFILES

For each competitor (cover 4–8):


[COMPETITOR NAME] [Website URL]

What they do (one sentence)

Their positioning — what space are they trying to own?

Target audience — who are they clearly speaking to?

Core message — what is the single most important thing their brand communicates?

Tagline — [quote it] — Does it work? Why or why not?

Brand personality — 3 words that describe how they present themselves

Voice & tone — formal/casual, expert/accessible, warm/cold?

Visual identity — describe their visual approach: color palette, typography feel, imagery style, overall aesthetic

Strengths — what does their brand do well?

Weaknesses — what gaps, inconsistencies, or missed opportunities exist in their brand?

Brand territory they own — the one idea or feeling they've successfully claimed


03 — COMPETITIVE BRAND MAP

Describe (in text) how competitors cluster across two key axes. Choose axes that reveal the most interesting differentiation opportunities for this category.

Axis 1: [e.g. Premium ← → Accessible] Axis 2: [e.g. Clinical/Functional ← → Emotional/Lifestyle]

Position each competitor on the map with a brief description. Note where the brand we're building sits — or could sit.

Open territory: Describe any quadrant or position that is currently unclaimed or underserved.


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04 — MESSAGING ANALYSIS

What the category keeps saying — identify 3–4 messaging patterns that almost every competitor uses. These are table stakes that no longer differentiate.

Clichés to avoid — specific phrases, claims, or approaches that have become overused in this category

What nobody is saying — identify 2–3 messages or territories that competitors are ignoring or underinvesting in


05 — VISUAL IDENTITY PATTERNS

Color trends — what colors dominate the category? What's overdone?

Typography trends — what type styles are common? What feels fresh or different?

Imagery patterns — what photographic or illustration styles dominate? What's generic?

Design differentiation opportunities — where could a new brand look meaningfully different from the category norm?


06 — DIFFERENTIATION OPPORTUNITIES

Based on the competitive analysis, list 4–6 specific opportunities for the brand we're building:

Opportunity 1: [Specific positioning gap or messaging white space]

  • Why it's available: [why competitors haven't claimed it]
  • How to take it: [what the brand would need to say or do]

[Repeat for each opportunity]


07 — STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS

Positioning recommendation — given the competitive landscape, where should this brand sit?

Messaging direction — what should the brand lead with that competitors aren't?

Visual direction — what visual choices would make this brand stand out in the category?

What to avoid — specific brand moves that would make this brand look like a competitor


  • brand-positioning: Use these insights to define the brand's position
  • brand-identity: Use visual gaps to inform identity direction
  • brand-messaging: Use messaging gaps to build the brand's messaging
  • brand-strategy: Full strategic framework incorporating competitive intelligence
  • brand-context: Foundation context for all brand work

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/competitor-branding of arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4a0a8b5

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Questions about Competitor Branding

What does Competitor Branding do?

Analyze how competitors present their brand — identity, messaging, positioning, voice, and visual style — to find gaps and opportunities. Competitor Branding is an agent skill from arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills. Analyze how competitors present their brand — identity, messaging, positioning, voice, and visual style — to find gaps and opportunities.

When should I use Competitor Branding?

Competitor Branding fits situations like: the user says competitor brand analysis; analyze competitor brands; how do competitors position themselves; competitor messaging.

How do I install Competitor Branding in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills --skill competitor-branding -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/competitor-branding in arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills) into .claude/skills/competitor-branding in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Competitor Branding in Codex?

Run `npx skills add arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills --skill competitor-branding -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/competitor-branding in arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills) into .agents/skills/competitor-branding in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Competitor Branding in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills --skill competitor-branding -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/competitor-branding, .gemini/skills/competitor-branding, .github/skills/competitor-branding and .opencode/skills/competitor-branding in your project.

What does Competitor Branding need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Competitor Branding is instructions for the agent only.

Does Competitor Branding access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Competitor Branding safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Competitor Branding use?

Competitor Branding is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Competitor Branding use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Competitor Branding?

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Who maintains Competitor Branding?

arnabbagxd (a GitHub user) maintains it in arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills, which has 724 GitHub stars. The repository holds 29 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 13, 2026.

Source: arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.