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Competitor Intelligence via Apify

Pull competitor data from maps, booking, social and video platforms using Apify scrapers

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Repository
sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills
Stars
49,023
Licence
MIT
Files
2 files

What it does

Lets an AI agent research competitors by choosing a matching Apify scraper (called an Actor) for platforms such as Google Maps, Booking.com, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. The agent asks for your preferred output, runs a bundled Node.js script that starts the scraper remotely, and saves results as CSV or JSON or shows a quick summary in chat, then highlights competitive takeaways. Scraping runs on Apify's paid cloud service, so the agent is meant to confirm inputs and spending limits before running.

Great for

  • Marketers comparing competitor content, ads, reviews or pricing across social and maps platforms
  • Analysts who want a structured competitor dataset from public listings and posts
  • Hotel or local-business owners benchmarking against nearby competitors

Skip it if

  • Collecting private personal contact data or scraping behind logins, since the skill warns against bypassing authentication and unnecessary personal data collection
  • Large unbounded data pulls or budget-sensitive work, because the runner does not enforce a remote spending cap and a local timeout does not stop a paid remote run
  • Tasks needing verified, legally cleared data without review, since scraped data is untrusted and platform terms may restrict scraping

Try asking

  • “Compare the last 30 days of Instagram posts from three competitors and summarise their content strategy”
  • “Pull Google Maps reviews for my top five local rivals and export them to CSV”
  • “Find Facebook ads my competitor is running and show the main creative themes in chat”
  • “Benchmark TikTok video performance for three accounts in my niche as JSON”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Competitor Intelligence via ApifyInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 2 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    apify-competitor-intelligence.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip apify-competitor-intelligence.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip apify-competitor-intelligence.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Set a spending cap and check the Actor's input schema in your Apify account before any run
  • Keep result counts small first to limit cost and check the data before scaling up
  • Never paste your API token or session cookies into chat; keep them only in the .env file

What's inside

  • reference/scripts/run_actor.js
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.