Startup Design
ferdinandobons/startup-skill
Design, validate, and plan a startup from scratch. An agent skill from ferdinandobons/startup-skill.
Turns a competitor set into a decision-ready brief: profiles, pricing and packaging comparisons, a positioning map, a SWOT and recommended moves for operators and founders.
Install Competitive Analysis Brief
$ npx skills add NateBJones-Projects/OB1 --skill competitive-analysis -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install NateBJones-Projects/OB1 competitive-analysis --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/NateBJones-Projects/OB1.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/competitive-analysis .claude/skills/competitive-analysis && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "competitive-analysis" agent skill from https://github.com/NateBJones-Projects/OB1/tree/main/skills/competitive-analysis into .claude/skills/competitive-analysis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "competitive-analysis", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/NateBJones-Projects/OB1/tree/main/skills/competitive-analysisType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add NateBJones-Projects/OB1 --skill competitive-analysis -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install NateBJones-Projects/OB1 competitive-analysis --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/NateBJones-Projects/OB1.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/competitive-analysis .agents/skills/competitive-analysis && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "competitive-analysis" agent skill from https://github.com/NateBJones-Projects/OB1/tree/main/skills/competitive-analysis into .agents/skills/competitive-analysis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "competitive-analysis", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add NateBJones-Projects/OB1 --skill competitive-analysis -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install NateBJones-Projects/OB1 competitive-analysis --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/NateBJones-Projects/OB1.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/competitive-analysis .cursor/skills/competitive-analysis && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "competitive-analysis" agent skill from https://github.com/NateBJones-Projects/OB1/tree/main/skills/competitive-analysis into .cursor/skills/competitive-analysis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "competitive-analysis", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/NateBJones-Projects/OB1.git --path skills/competitive-analysis--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add NateBJones-Projects/OB1 --skill competitive-analysis -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install NateBJones-Projects/OB1 competitive-analysis --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/NateBJones-Projects/OB1.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/competitive-analysis .gemini/skills/competitive-analysis && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "competitive-analysis" agent skill from https://github.com/NateBJones-Projects/OB1/tree/main/skills/competitive-analysis into .gemini/skills/competitive-analysis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "competitive-analysis", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install NateBJones-Projects/OB1 competitive-analysisInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add NateBJones-Projects/OB1 --skill competitive-analysis -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/NateBJones-Projects/OB1.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/competitive-analysis .github/skills/competitive-analysis && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "competitive-analysis" agent skill from https://github.com/NateBJones-Projects/OB1/tree/main/skills/competitive-analysis into .github/skills/competitive-analysis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "competitive-analysis", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add NateBJones-Projects/OB1 --skill competitive-analysis -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install NateBJones-Projects/OB1 competitive-analysis --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/NateBJones-Projects/OB1.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/competitive-analysis .opencode/skills/competitive-analysis && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "competitive-analysis" agent skill from https://github.com/NateBJones-Projects/OB1/tree/main/skills/competitive-analysis into .opencode/skills/competitive-analysis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "competitive-analysis", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
competitive-analysis- GitHub stars
- 4.7k
- Token cost
- ~1.1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 525 words
- Files
- 3
- Skills in repo
- 24
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Turns a competitor set into a decision-ready brief: profiles, pricing and packaging comparisons, a positioning map, a SWOT and recommended moves for operators and founders.
- Works in 6 steps: Frame the assignment. → Build the competitor set. → Compare the right dimensions. → …
- Profiling competitors before a pricing, roadmap or positioning decision
- SKILL.md covers Problem, Audience, When to Use and When Not to Use, plus 6 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
This skill frames a competitive analysis around the decision it has to support instead of producing a generic market dump. It first gathers the company or product, the target decision, the audience (operator, investor, partnership, board or internal team), the ideal customer profile, the competitor set or permission to discover it, and pricing context when pricing matters.
The process builds the competitor set, using your list or identifying close direct and adjacent competitors with confidence labels. It always compares positioning and target customer, adds pricing and packaging only when public evidence exists, and covers product scope, distribution, momentum signals and threats where relevant. Findings are separated into facts, inferences and open questions, with notes on where the market is crowded, under-served or misread, and the result is an operator-ready brief of market map, major competitors and recommended moves.
Optionally the skill searches Open Brain for prior notes before repeating known findings and stores the final brief there. It is not for financial model critique, source-heavy research synthesis, investment memo drafting or meeting transcript cleanup, which other named skills handle.
When your agent uses it
- Profiling competitors before a pricing, roadmap or positioning decision
- Comparing pricing and packaging across a known competitor set
- Preparing a SWOT or positioning map for a strategy session
- Scanning a market for risks, opportunities and recommended moves
Example prompts
- “Analyze our competitors for a scheduling app aimed at dental clinics and tell me where we are exposed.”
- “Benchmark our pricing against Calendly and Acuity Scheduling and recommend whether to change our tiers.”
- “Build a SWOT for our analytics startup using the three competitors I listed.”
- “Who are we up against in project management software for small agencies?”
Requirements
- Optional: an Open Brain setup for searching prior notes and saving the final brief
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Frame the assignment.
- Build the competitor set.
- Compare the right dimensions.
- Convert findings into judgment.
- Produce an operator-ready brief.
- Optionally use Open Brain.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 238df6c. 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
Competitive Analysis Brief loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 130 tokens; SKILL.md has 525 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 525 words (~1,116 tokens).
“Teams often ask for competitive analysis when they really need a decision-ready view of the market: who matters, how they position, where pricing diverges, what gaps are open, and which moves are worth making now.”
- name
- competitive-analysis
- author
- Nate B. Jones
- version
- 1.0.0
Files
SKILL.md and 2 other files in skills/competitive-analysis of NateBJones-Projects/OB1.
- SKILL.md
- README.md
- metadata.json
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 238df6c
Compare with similar skills
Competitive Analysis Brief next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competitive Analysis Brief this skillNateBJones-Projects/OB1 | 4.7k | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Startup Designferdinandobons/startup-skill | 1.2k | — | ~8.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Yao Positioning Skillyaojingang/yao-open-skills | 1.3k | — | ~805 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Competitive Intelligence Analystnicepkg/auto-company | 194 | 1 repos | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Competitor Analysissocial-media-skills/skills | 128 | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Consulting Analysisbytedance/deer-flow | 84k | 4 repos | ~8.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Competitive Analysis Brief
What does Competitive Analysis Brief do?
Turns a competitor set into a decision-ready brief: profiles, pricing and packaging comparisons, a positioning map, a SWOT and recommended moves for operators and founders. This skill frames a competitive analysis around the decision it has to support instead of producing a generic market dump. It first gathers the company or product, the target decision, the audience (operator, investor, partnership, board or internal team), the ideal customer profile, the competitor set or permission to discover it, and pricing context when pricing matters.
When should I use Competitive Analysis Brief?
Competitive Analysis Brief fits situations like: profiling competitors before a pricing, roadmap or positioning decision; comparing pricing and packaging across a known competitor set; preparing a SWOT or positioning map for a strategy session; scanning a market for risks, opportunities and recommended moves.
How do I install Competitive Analysis Brief in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add NateBJones-Projects/OB1 --skill competitive-analysis -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/competitive-analysis in NateBJones-Projects/OB1) into .claude/skills/competitive-analysis in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Competitive Analysis Brief in Codex?
Run `npx skills add NateBJones-Projects/OB1 --skill competitive-analysis -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/competitive-analysis in NateBJones-Projects/OB1) into .agents/skills/competitive-analysis in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Competitive Analysis Brief 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 NateBJones-Projects/OB1 --skill competitive-analysis -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/competitive-analysis, .gemini/skills/competitive-analysis, .github/skills/competitive-analysis and .opencode/skills/competitive-analysis in your project.
What does Competitive Analysis Brief need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Competitive Analysis Brief is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Optional: an Open Brain setup for searching prior notes and saving the final brief.
Does Competitive Analysis Brief 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 Competitive Analysis Brief 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 Competitive Analysis Brief use?
Competitive Analysis Brief has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Competitive Analysis Brief use?
About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.5k 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 Competitive Analysis Brief?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Competitive Analysis Brief: Startup Design (ferdinandobons/startup-skill, 1.2k stars), Yao Positioning Skill (yaojingang/yao-open-skills, 1.3k stars), Competitive Intelligence Analyst (nicepkg/auto-company, 194 stars) and Competitor Analysis (social-media-skills/skills, 128 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Competitive Analysis Brief?
NateBJones-Projects (a GitHub organization) maintains it in NateBJones-Projects/OB1, which has 4,703 GitHub stars. The repository holds 24 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.
Source: NateBJones-Projects/OB1 on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.