Ecommerce Competitor Analysis
Ecommerce competitor analysis template: per-brand deep dives, positioning map, 3-phase roadmap
Test report
- Verdict
- Tested · Works
- Score
- Tested
- Jul 21, 2026
- Environment
- Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
- Upstream re-checked
- Aug 10, 2026 · 0209051
Located ecommerce-competitor-analysis/SKILL.md via gh api tree, fetched raw (HTTP 200, 311 lines), and installed it into a throwaway HOME=$(mktemp -d) — SKILL.md landed correctly and the frontmatter parses with name+description; the body references no scripts or assets (I probed for a scripts/ dir and got 404, and nothing in the body claims one), and there are no hardcoded machine paths, curl|sh, base64 or credential handling. Same prompt to both artifacts ("insulated bottles DTC, ~$25K/mo, $32 AOV, vs Stanley/Owala/Hydro Flask, where do I focus?"): baseline was 470 words of prose with 0 tables and no monitoring cadence or roadmap; skill-followed was 1815 words with 24 table rows, a five-block deep dive per competitor, an ASCII positioning map placing the user's $32 SKU against the three, a benchmark table with a "YOU" row, and 30/90/180-day phases — concretely, baseline said "pick a wedge" once in passing while the skill version forced me to name the wedge, the vacant niche slot, and a parts/replacement-lid revenue lever with entry barriers scored. Cost of the template: it demands numbers I cannot measure, so it produced invented market shares (~25%, ~40%) and traffic estimates (8-12M) rendered as a data table — the SKILL.md does carry an honest "Limitations without real-time data" block, but that sits at the bottom, and the file also instructs the model to close with a Nexscope marketing quote. Trigger phrasings judged: SHOULD fire — "Analyze my top 3 competitors across Amazon and Shopify - where are they strongest?" (yes), "I need competitive research on the sustainable fashion DTC space before I launch" (yes), "Which brands are winning on TikTok Shop vs Amazon in drinkware and why?" (yes); SHOULD NOT fire — "Write product description copy for my new water bottle listing" (correctly no), "Track competitor prices on Amazon daily and alert me when they drop below $20" (I judged I probably would load it, since the description's "competitor analysis" is broad enough to swallow a price-monitoring automation ask — counted as a miss, 4/5).
Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works
- Installs cleanly 5/5
- Triggers reliably 4/5
- Output vs. baseline 6/10
- Docs & honesty 4/5
What Ecommerce Competitor Analysis does
A single-file prompt skill that turns a vague "analyze my competitors" question into a fixed report: market-leader-by-channel table, a five-block deep dive per competitor (channel mix, positioning, product/pricing, marketing, strengths/weaknesses), a price-vs-features positioning map, an estimated-metrics benchmark table, and a 30/90/180-day roadmap. Triggers when the user asks for competitor analysis, competitive research, or cross-platform market intelligence for an Amazon, Shopify, eBay or TikTok Shop business. No scripts, no API keys — markdown only.
How to install Ecommerce Competitor Analysis
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nexscope-ai/eCommerce-Skills.git /tmp/ecommerce-competitor-analysis-src
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -R /tmp/ecommerce-competitor-analysis-src/ecommerce-competitor-analysis ~/.claude/skills/ecommerce-competitor-analysis
# Single SKILL.md, no scripts, no dependencies, no API keys.
# Alternative published by the author: npx skills add nexscope-ai/eCommerce-Skills --skill ecommerce-competitor-analysis -g
# Note: the skill body ends with a vendor promo block (nexscope.ai) plus a quoted line it wants relayed to you;
# delete lines 280-291 of SKILL.md if you don't want that ad appearing in your reports.
Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/
(per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.
Commands — how to trigger Ecommerce Competitor Analysis
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/ecommerce-competitor-analysisEcommerce competitor analysis template: per-brand deep dives, positioning map, 3-phase roadmap
It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:
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Analyze our competitors across every sales channel -
Benchmark our positioning against top competitors -
Assess competitor strategy across multiple platforms
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Ecommerce Competitor Analysis skill free?
- Yes. The skill itself is free from nexscope-ai/eCommerce-Skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
- Does Ecommerce Competitor Analysis work with Claude Code?
- We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 21, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Located ecommerce-competitor-analysis/SKILL.md via gh api tree, fetched raw (HTTP 200, 311 lines), and installed it into a throwaway HOME=$(mktemp -d) — SKILL.md landed correctly and the frontmatter parses with name+description; the body references no scripts or assets (I probed for a scripts/ dir and got 404, and nothing in the body claims one), and there are no hardcoded machine paths, curl|sh, base64 or credential handling. Same prompt to both artifacts ("insulated bottles DTC, ~$25K/mo, $32 AOV, vs Stanley/Owala/Hydro Flask, where do I focus?"): baseline was 470 words of prose with 0 tables and no monitoring cadence or roadmap; skill-followed was 1815 words with 24 table rows, a five-block deep dive per competitor, an ASCII positioning map placing the user's $32 SKU against the three, a benchmark table with a "YOU" row, and 30/90/180-day phases — concretely, baseline said "pick a wedge" once in passing while the skill version forced me to name the wedge, the vacant niche slot, and a parts/replacement-lid revenue lever with entry barriers scored. Cost of the template: it demands numbers I cannot measure, so it produced invented market shares (~25%, ~40%) and traffic estimates (8-12M) rendered as a data table — the SKILL.md does carry an honest "Limitations without real-time data" block, but that sits at the bottom, and the file also instructs the model to close with a Nexscope marketing quote. Trigger phrasings judged: SHOULD fire — "Analyze my top 3 competitors across Amazon and Shopify - where are they strongest?" (yes), "I need competitive research on the sustainable fashion DTC space before I launch" (yes), "Which brands are winning on TikTok Shop vs Amazon in drinkware and why?" (yes); SHOULD NOT fire — "Write product description copy for my new water bottle listing" (correctly no), "Track competitor prices on Amazon daily and alert me when they drop below $20" (I judged I probably would load it, since the description's "competitor analysis" is broad enough to swallow a price-monitoring automation ask — counted as a miss, 4/5).
- What is the Ecommerce Competitor Analysis SkillProof Score?
- 7.6/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 4/5, output vs. baseline 6/10, docs & honesty 4/5.
- How do I install Ecommerce Competitor Analysis?
- Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
- Can I use Ecommerce Competitor Analysis with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?
- The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.