How to produce a competitor market scan in 2 minutes
Когда использовать: You need a sourced landscape of a space (say, 'open-source vector DBs') and a blank doc is staring at you.
Предварительные требования
- An LLM API key (MCP_AI_PROVIDER + provider key) — Get a Gemini key at aistudio.google.com or an OpenAI key at platform.openai.com
- Optional search key (Tavily or Firecrawl) — tavily.com or firecrawl.dev — free tier is enough for a few reports
Поток
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Call the research tool with a focused topicRun deep research on 'managed vector databases for RAG: pricing, ingestion scale, and hybrid search support as of 2026'. Target 1500 words, include citations.✓ Скопировано→ Long-running call returns a structured report with links
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Ask for a comparison tableFrom the report, produce a markdown table: provider | free tier | max vectors | hybrid search | notes.✓ Скопировано→ Clean table you can paste anywhere
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Drill into one competitorRun a second deep research pass focused only on Qdrant's pricing changes since 2024.✓ Скопировано→ Tighter, more specific report
Итог: A 1-2k word cited briefing you can send to leadership same-day.
Подводные камни
- Default 2-minute timeout on some MCP clients kills the call — Raise client timeout to 600s — this is a long-running tool
- Citations can hallucinate if search provider returns nothing — Use Tavily or Firecrawl rather than model-native search for higher grounding