Get a weekly report on competitor pricing and offer changes

Scrapes competitor pages weekly, compares them to last week, and sends you a Slack report on what changed.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each competitor page.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances with a priori Design-Time Knowledge (13)

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Starts itA stepAn outside serviceRuns once per itemA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsE-commerce & ProductMessaging & NotificationsSpreadsheet & Database OpsResearch & Market Intelligence
Connects
Google SheetsSlackOpenRouterBrowserAct

The problem it solves

Keeping tabs on what competitors are charging or promoting means checking their websites yourself, and it's easy to miss a price change or new offer until a customer mentions it. You need to know when a competitor moves, not weeks later.

Who it fits

Marketing managers and e-commerce owners tracking competitor pricing and promotions.

How it works

  1. On a weekly schedule, the system pulls your list of competitor pages
  2. It scrapes each page's current content
  3. AI compares it to last week's data to spot pricing, bundle, or messaging changes
  4. The Google Sheet is updated with the new data for next week's comparison
  5. A summary of the significant changes is posted to Slack
What you get

Competitor moves you spot before customers do

You see exactly what competitors changed in pricing, bundles, or messaging each week, delivered straight to your team's Slack channel.

What you get

A weekly Slack report highlighting meaningful competitor pricing and messaging changes.

What you need

A Google Sheets account, a Slack workspace, an OpenRouter API key, and a BrowserAct account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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