Research

Build a cited competitive intelligence brief on public companies

  • Level Intermediate
  • Setup1–3 hrs (estimated)
  • Evidence Anecdotal
  • CostNot stated in source
  • No-codeNo
Custom agentSource-linkedNeeds verification

What they did

A tutorial agent picks a peer set for a public company, pulls SEC filings, news and market signals, extracts competitive moves into a table, and writes a briefing with a citation for every claim.

How it went

Tutorial (Day 10 of 30 Days of Search); author's company sells a search API

Worth knowing

  • Tutorial (Day 10 of 30 Days of Search); author's company sells a search API.
  • FLAG: author sells the search API used; workflow is generic.

Prompt

Cleaned version rewritten from the source — not a direct quote.

For [company], pick 4 public peers. For each, pull the latest 10-K/10-Q sections, earnings call remarks and news from the last [90 days]. Put competitive moves in a table (pricing, product, hiring, capex) and write a one-page brief. Cite a source link for every claim and flag anything you couldn't verify.

Recommended

Try it in Grok Bot

  1. Copy the prompt (button below).
  2. Open Grok Bot chat and paste it. Replace any [bracketed] placeholders.
  3. Connect the listed tools (as needed) as connectors when Grok Bot asks.
  4. If the task repeats, ask: "Make this a daily routine."

Alternatives: the same prompt works in Claude, ChatGPT Agent, OpenClaw.

Set it up

Stack: Custom agent (TypeScript)

  1. Read the original source for full context.
  2. Connect the tools your agent needs.
  3. Paste the prompt and replace [bracketed] placeholders.
  4. Run once manually and check the output before scheduling it.

Generic suggested steps, not from the source.

Evidence

Tutorial (Day 10 of 30 Days of Search); author's company sells a search API

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