startup-competitors
startup-competitors is a skill in ferdinandobons/startup-skill, last changed 30 Jun 2026. It is instructions only: no scripts, no named hosts and no pre-approved tools.
Deep competitive intelligence for any market. Analyzes competitors' products, pricing, customer sentiment, GTM strategy, and growth signals using real web data. Produces battle cards, pricing landscape, and feature matrix. Use when the user wants to understand their competitive landscape, analyze competitors, compare products in a market, or research who they're competing against. Triggers for "who are my competitors", "competitive analysis", "competitor research", "battle cards", "pricing comparison", "competitor pricing", "market players", "competitive intelligence", "competitive landscape", "who else is in this space", "competitive moat", or any request to profile, compare, or map competitors in a category. Works standalone — no prior startup-design session needed.
At a glance
What it can touch
- Instructions only
It is instructions only: no scripts, no named hosts and no pre-approved tools.
How much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.
Pattern check
Nothing flagged
That isn't proof the skill is harmless.
Commit a5f97c3 · 29 Oct 2026
How the check worksPattern check: nothing flagged
That isn't proof the skill is harmless.
Install
Each tab says whether it installs commit a5f97c3, the one we checked, or the latest version.
OpenCode also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Goose also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Windsurf (Devin Desktop) also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Zed also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Roo Code also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Factory Droid also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Junie also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Amp also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
No install command here reaches Kiro. Copy the skill's folder into .kiro/skills/ in your project, or ~/.kiro/skills/ for all your projects. ferdinandobons/startup-skill/startup-competitors (opens in a new tab)
Antigravity also looks in .agents/skills/, so the Any agent steps reach it with This project. For All projects, see where Antigravity looks.
Cline also looks in .claude/skills/, so the Claude Code steps reach it with This project. For All projects, see where Cline looks.
Claude Code
Pinned to commit a5f97c3, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/ferdinandobons/startup-skill.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin a5f97c317b93caedbb49d28f20e9ec283b2ec087 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- startup-competitors &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q a5f97c317b93caedbb49d28f20e9ec283b2ec087 &&mkdir -p .claude/skills &&mkdir .claude/skills/startup-competitors &&cp -R "$tmp"/startup-competitors/. .claude/skills/startup-competitors/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"If Claude Code was already running and this created the skills folder, run /reload-skills.
Or install the startup plugin it ships in. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked. Installs everything in the plugin, including any hooks, MCP servers and scripts our check doesn't cover.
claude plugin marketplace add ferdinandobons/startup-skill --scope project &&claude plugin install startup@startup-skill --scope projectClaude apps
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Skills in the Claude apps belong to your account rather than to a project.
Make startup-competitors.zip, with the skill folder at the top level:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/ferdinandobons/startup-skill.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin a5f97c317b93caedbb49d28f20e9ec283b2ec087 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- startup-competitors &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q a5f97c317b93caedbb49d28f20e9ec283b2ec087 &&out="$(mktemp -d)" &&cp -R "$tmp"/startup-competitors "$out"/startup-competitors &&(cd "$out" && zip -qr - startup-competitors) > startup-competitors.zip &&rm -rf "$tmp" "$out"In Claude, open Customize > Skills, select +, then + Create skill > Upload a skill, and choose startup-competitors.zip.
On Free, Pro and Max plans, turn on Code execution and file creation (Create and edit files in newer settings) under Settings > Capabilities.
Codex
Pinned to commit a5f97c3, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/ferdinandobons/startup-skill.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin a5f97c317b93caedbb49d28f20e9ec283b2ec087 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- startup-competitors &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q a5f97c317b93caedbb49d28f20e9ec283b2ec087 &&mkdir -p .agents/skills &&mkdir .agents/skills/startup-competitors &&cp -R "$tmp"/startup-competitors/. .agents/skills/startup-competitors/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"Codex picks up new skills on its own; restart it if this one does not appear.
Cursor
Pinned to commit a5f97c3, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/ferdinandobons/startup-skill.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin a5f97c317b93caedbb49d28f20e9ec283b2ec087 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- startup-competitors &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q a5f97c317b93caedbb49d28f20e9ec283b2ec087 &&mkdir -p .cursor/skills &&mkdir .cursor/skills/startup-competitors &&cp -R "$tmp"/startup-competitors/. .cursor/skills/startup-competitors/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"Copilot & VS Code
Pinned to commit a5f97c3, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/ferdinandobons/startup-skill.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin a5f97c317b93caedbb49d28f20e9ec283b2ec087 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- startup-competitors &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q a5f97c317b93caedbb49d28f20e9ec283b2ec087 &&mkdir -p .github/skills &&mkdir .github/skills/startup-competitors &&cp -R "$tmp"/startup-competitors/. .github/skills/startup-competitors/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"In a running Copilot CLI session, run /skills reload.
Or install it with gh skill, which also installs the commit we checked. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90 or later.
gh skill install ferdinandobons/startup-skill startup-competitors/SKILL.md@a5f97c317b93caedbb49d28f20e9ec283b2ec087 --agent github-copilot --scope projectGemini CLI
Pinned to commit a5f97c3, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/ferdinandobons/startup-skill.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin a5f97c317b93caedbb49d28f20e9ec283b2ec087 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- startup-competitors &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q a5f97c317b93caedbb49d28f20e9ec283b2ec087 &&mkdir -p .gemini/skills &&mkdir .gemini/skills/startup-competitors &&cp -R "$tmp"/startup-competitors/. .gemini/skills/startup-competitors/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"In a running session, run /skills reload.
Or use Gemini CLI’s own installer. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked.
gemini skills install https://github.com/ferdinandobons/startup-skill.git --path startup-competitors --scope workspaceAny agent
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OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Zed, Roo Code, Factory Droid, Junie, Amp and Antigravity read .agents/skills in a project.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/ferdinandobons/startup-skill.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin a5f97c317b93caedbb49d28f20e9ec283b2ec087 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- startup-competitors &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q a5f97c317b93caedbb49d28f20e9ec283b2ec087 &&mkdir -p .agents/skills &&mkdir .agents/skills/startup-competitors &&cp -R "$tmp"/startup-competitors/. .agents/skills/startup-competitors/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"Or use the skills CLI from skills.sh. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked. The skills CLI reports installs to skills.sh unless you set DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1.
npx skills@1.7.4 add ferdinandobons/startup-skill --skill startup-competitorsWhat it can touch
From the files and frontmatter at commit a5f97c3. This is how much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.
Instructions only
It is instructions only: no scripts, no named hosts and no pre-approved tools.
Pattern check
Pattern check: nothing flagged · commit a5f97c3 · 29 Oct 2026
We checked every text file in this skill, at commit a5f97c3 on 29 Oct 2026, against 45 published patterns such as download-and-run commands, hidden text and credential access. We don't run the skill, we don't read the web pages it points to, and we can't judge everything its instructions might lead an agent to do. In published tests, pattern checks like this one missed most malicious skills. Read the skill before you install it — especially anything it asks you to download or run.
Format check
Each agent reads SKILL.md a little differently. We check the file against each one's published rules; we don't run the skill in any agent.
Agent Skills specPasses
The open format from agentskills.io, held to what the strictest agents enforce, so one folder loads everywhere.
- Note
There is no license field, so readers can't tell whether they may reuse the skill. O2
Fix: Add license: with an SPDX name such as MIT or Apache-2.0, or the name of a bundled licence file.
- Note
Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/research-scaling.md (107 lines), references/research-synthesis.md (238 lines), references/research-wave-1-profiles-pricing.md (187 lines), references/research-wave-2-sentiment-mining.md (198 lines), references/research-wave-3-gtm-signals.md (200 lines) and 1 more. B5
Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.
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Claude CodePasses
Claude Code reads its own extra fields, ignores unknown ones, and still loads a skill whose frontmatter is broken, without its fields.
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Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/research-scaling.md (107 lines), references/research-synthesis.md (238 lines), references/research-wave-1-profiles-pricing.md (187 lines), references/research-wave-2-sentiment-mining.md (198 lines), references/research-wave-3-gtm-signals.md (200 lines) and 1 more. B5
Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.
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Claude apps & API uploadPasses
Uploading to claude.ai or the Claude API, or packaging with Anthropic's script, accepts only the six spec fields and stops on anything else.
- Note
The description is 778 characters. The claude.ai Help Center says 200 at most, though Anthropic's API docs and validator allow 1,024. D4
Fix: If the claude.ai upload refuses it, trim the description to 200 characters.
- Note
Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/research-scaling.md (107 lines), references/research-synthesis.md (238 lines), references/research-wave-1-profiles-pricing.md (187 lines), references/research-wave-2-sentiment-mining.md (198 lines), references/research-wave-3-gtm-signals.md (200 lines) and 1 more. B5
Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.
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- OpenAI (Codex & API)Passes
- VS Code & CopilotPasses
SKILL.md
Files
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