Monitor competitor prices and email yourself AI insights

Scrapes competitor product pages, tracks price changes over time, and emails you an AI-written market report.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each competitor product page.

Pattern: 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 SystemsEmail AutomationSpreadsheet & Database OpsReporting & AnalyticsResearch & Market Intelligence
Connects
Google SheetsGmailGroq

The problem it solves

You want to know when competitors change their prices or offers, but checking their websites one by one takes forever and you'll still miss changes between checks. Without a record of price history, you can't tell if a competitor is discounting more often or holding steady. Reacting late to a price change can cost you sales.

Who it fits

Small business owners and ecommerce teams who need to keep an eye on competitor pricing.

How it works

  1. Runs on a schedule and reads your list of competitor product pages
  2. Pulls the current price and offer details from each page
  3. Compares them against the last recorded price in Google Sheets
  4. Updates the sheet when a change is found and writes an AI market summary
  5. Emails you the report through Gmail
What you get

Competitor price moves you learn about first

You get a regular market summary that shows exactly when competitors change their prices so you can respond quickly.

What you get

An updated pricing spreadsheet and an emailed market intelligence report.

What you need

A Google Sheets account, a Gmail account, and a Groq API key.

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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