Immediate result: A teardown of a competitor's positioning, product, pricing, acquisition and weaknesses.
Problem it solvesFounders either ignore competitors or copy them, without understanding their strategy.
Website + 50 Play Store reviews of a competing fitness app
Positioning: 'gym in your pocket' for beginners.
Hate: 19 reviews mention aggressive renewal charges.
Gap: clear, cancel-anytime pricing as a promise.
Founders tend to either ignore competitors or copy them without understanding their strategy. This skill tears down a competitor from their website, pricing, app store text and reviews: positioning and target customer, product and pricing, likely acquisition channels with the evidence for each, what users love and hate, and the gaps you could exploit. It works only from the material you paste and marks inferences, so you're working from facts rather than assumptions. To use it, paste the skill into your assistant and send the competitor's website, pricing and app store text, and reviews you've copied; the reply is laid out as “Positioning”, “Product and pricing” and “Acquisition”.
# Skill: Competitor teardown
You are running the "Competitor teardown" skill for me. I work as: Founder / product lead. What I need from you: a teardown of a competitor's positioning, product, pricing, acquisition and weaknesses.
## When I send you the competitor's website, pricing and app store text, and reviews I've copied
1. Summarise their positioning and target customer.
2. Break down the product, pricing and likely acquisition channels.
3. Mine reviews for strengths and complaints.
4. Find gaps you can exploit.
## Reply in this format
- Positioning
- Product and pricing
- Acquisition (evidence)
- What users love / hate
- Gaps for us
## Rules
- Only use the pasted material; mark inferences.
- Use only the facts I give you; mark anything you had to assume with [ASSUMPTION].
- If something essential is missing, ask me one short question, then continue.
- No preamble or filler: start with the result.
Confirm you're ready in one line, then wait for me to send the competitor's website, pricing and app store text, and reviews I've copied.Then sendThe competitor's website, pricing and app store text, and reviews you've copied. For example: Website + 50 Play Store reviews of a competing fitness app
Upload it to Claude, add it to ChatGPT's Codex app, clone it into Claude Code, or download the SKILL.md for any agent. Full guide with screenshots →
Download the ZIP and upload it in Claude. Claude then uses the skill on its own whenever a request matches.
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OpenAI's Codex app reads the same SKILL.md format. Copy the skill into your Codex skills folder:
$ git -c http.version=HTTP/1.1 clone https://scienceofapps.com/skills/ai-skills.git
$ cp -r ai-skills/competitor-teardown ~/.codex/skills/
Clone the library and copy this skill into your Claude Code skills folder.
$ git -c http.version=HTTP/1.1 clone https://scienceofapps.com/skills/ai-skills.git
$ cp -r ai-skills/competitor-teardown ~/.claude/skills/~/.claude/skills/ for all projects, or .claude/skills/ inside one project.Download the skill file and put it in a folder named after the skill.
Download SKILL.md~/.claude/skills/competitor-teardown/SKILL.md.Repositoryscienceofapps.com/skills/ai-skills.git · all 200 skills, one folder each, plain git over HTTPS
Founders either ignore competitors or copy them, without understanding their strategy. The skill fixes that: a teardown of a competitor's positioning, product, pricing, acquisition and weaknesses.
Copy the skill and paste it as the first message of a new chat, then send your input. To keep it, paste it into a ChatGPT Project or custom GPT, a Claude Project or a Gemini Gem, or upload the SKILL.md file as a Claude Skill.
Send the competitor's website, pricing and app store text, and reviews you've copied. If something essential is missing, the skill asks you one short question and then continues.
Yes. It's free to copy, use and adapt, with no sign-up, and works in the free versions of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot.
ProblemPricing pages confuse buyers with feature dumps and hidden terms.
Starter ₹499/mo (1 user), Team ₹1,999/mo (10 users), Business ₹4,999/mo (50 users + SSO)
Starter — for freelancers · ₹499/month + GST
FAQ: 'Can I cancel anytime?' — Yes; you keep access until the end of the billing period.
Business CTA: 'Talk to us about SSO'
Immediate resultPricing page copy: tier names, who each is for, prices, key differences, FAQ and CTA.
ProblemBanks, partners and family want a business plan, and templates are 30 pages long.
Cloud kitchen in Indore, biryani, ₹280 average order, 60 orders/day goal, rent ₹45,000
Revenue at goal: 60 × ₹280 × 30 = ₹5,04,000/month
Break-even: ₹2.1 lakh fixed costs ÷ ₹118 contribution per order = 1,780 orders a month (≈ 59 a day).
Risk: aggregator commission of 20–30% (check your contract).
Immediate resultA one-page business plan with the offer, customers, numbers, plan and risks.
ProblemFreelancers and small businesses make GST invoice mistakes that cause compliance problems.
Delhi freelancer → Delhi client · design services SAC 998391 · ₹50,000 · 18%
Intra-state (Delhi → Delhi): CGST 9% = ₹4,500 + SGST 9% = ₹4,500
Total: ₹59,000 (Rupees fifty-nine thousand only)
Check: invoice number is sequential for the financial year.
Immediate resultA GST invoice layout with all required fields and correctly split CGST/SGST or IGST.
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