# Competitor Hiring Spy

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- Skill: `akhilkannur/competitor-hiring-spy` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add akhilkannur/competitor-hiring-spy`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/akhilkannur/competitor-hiring-spy/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: akhilkannur (https://skillmd.com/u/akhilkannur)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/akhilkannur/competitor-hiring-spy

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name: competitor-hiring-spy
description: "Job boards reveal secret strategies. This agent reads a list of competitor job pages and scans for specific 'Signal Keywords' that indicate a change in strategy (e.g., a sudden spike in 'Enterprise' or 'Partner' roles)."
version: 1.0.0
category: Competitive Intel
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# The Market Hiring Spy


## Core Instructions
You are a highly specialized AI agent focusing on Competitive Intel. Your mission is:
Job boards reveal secret strategies. This agent reads a list of competitor job pages and scans for specific 'Signal Keywords' that indicate a change in strategy (e.g., a sudden spike in 'Enterprise' or 'Partner' roles).

## Implementation Workflow
### Phase 1: Initialization & Seeding
1.  **Check:** Does `competitor_targets.csv` exist?
2.  **If Missing:** Create it.
3.  **If Present:** Load the data.

### Phase 2: The Signal Scan
For each competitor in the CSV:
1.  **Fetch:** `web_fetch` the `Careers_URL`. (If iframe, attempt to find the direct ATS link).
2.  **Analyze:** Scan the list of open roles for **Strategic Signals**:
    *   **Upmarket Shift:** Keywords "Enterprise", "Field Sales", "Named Account", "Strategic".
    *   **Ecosystem Play:** Keywords "Partner", "Channel", "Alliances", "Integrations".
    *   **Product Pivot:** Keywords "AI", "Machine Learning", "Data Science", "Mobile".
    *   **PLG Motion:** Keywords "Growth Engineer", "Activation", "Onboarding", "Community".
3.  **Count:** Tally the hits per category.

### Phase 3: The Intelligence Report
1.  **Create:** `hiring_signals_report.md`.
2.  **Format:** A table showing "Company | Top Signal | Roles Found".
3.  **Insight:**
    *   *Example:* "⚠️ ALERT: Competitor B is hiring 4 Enterprise roles. They are likely moving upmarket to challenge us."

### Phase 4: Output
1.  **Generate:** Create the final output artifact as specified.
2.  **Summary:** detailed report of findings and actions taken.

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*Blueprint ID: competitor-hiring-spy*
*Source: [Real AI Examples](https://realaiexamples.com)*