{"schemaVersion":"1.0","source":"The Workflow Finder","sourceUrl":"https://www.theworkflowfinder.com","license":"Free to use with attribution and a link to the cited page","generated":"2026-08-28","workflow":{"title":"Build a Price and Competitor Monitoring System","slug":"build-price-and-competitor-monitoring-system","url":"https://www.theworkflowfinder.com/workflows/build-price-and-competitor-monitoring-system","description":"Stay automatically updated on competitor pricing, product changes, and positioning shifts, without manual checking or paying for expensive intelligence tools.","difficulty":"Advanced","timeEstimate":"4–6 hrs setup","schemaDuration":"PT6H","expectedResult":"A weekly automated intelligence report covering competitor pricing changes, new features, and positioning shifts delivered to your inbox.","tags":["Research","Competitive Intelligence","Business Intelligence","Automation"]},"steps":[{"position":1,"title":"Map Your Competitors and Pages to Monitor","instructions":"List your top 5–10 competitors and the specific pages that matter: pricing pages, product pages, changelog pages, and job postings (which signal strategic intent).","input":"Workflow inputs: the topic, goal, or raw materials the user is starting from.","output":"Handoff artifact consumed by Step 2 (\"Set Up Web Monitoring\").","toolSlots":[{"slug":"claude","name":"Claude","url":"https://www.theworkflowfinder.com/tools/claude","category":"Writing","pricing":"freemium","capabilities":["Long-form writing","Code generation","Web research"],"hasApi":true}]},{"position":2,"title":"Set Up Web Monitoring","instructions":"Use Make or Zapier with a webpage monitoring tool to check each page for changes daily. Route any detected changes to a central Airtable log.","input":"Output of Step 1 (\"Map Your Competitors and Pages to Monitor\").","output":"Handoff artifact consumed by Step 3 (\"Monitor Social and News\").","toolSlots":[{"slug":"make","name":"Make","url":"https://www.theworkflowfinder.com/tools/make","category":"Automation","pricing":"freemium","capabilities":["Workflow automation","API integration"]},{"slug":"zapier","name":"Zapier","url":"https://www.theworkflowfinder.com/tools/zapier","category":"Automation","pricing":"freemium","capabilities":["Workflow automation","API integration"],"hasApi":true},{"slug":"airtable-ai","name":"Airtable AI","url":"https://www.theworkflowfinder.com/tools/airtable-ai","category":"Productivity","pricing":"freemium","capabilities":["Workflow automation","Data analysis","Document processing"],"hasApi":true}]},{"position":3,"title":"Monitor Social and News","instructions":"Set up Brand24 to track all competitor brand mentions across social, news, and review sites. Configure daily digest delivery.","input":"Output of Step 2 (\"Set Up Web Monitoring\").","output":"Handoff artifact consumed by Step 4 (\"Synthesize Weekly Intelligence\").","toolSlots":[{"slug":"brand24","name":"Brand24","url":"https://www.theworkflowfinder.com/tools/brand24","category":"Marketing","pricing":"paid","capabilities":["Social media content","Competitive analysis"]}]},{"position":4,"title":"Synthesize Weekly Intelligence","instructions":"Every Monday, route the week's change log and Brand24 digest to Claude with a prompt to synthesize: what changed, why it might matter, and what you should consider doing in response.","input":"Output of Step 3 (\"Monitor Social and News\").","output":"Handoff artifact consumed by Step 5 (\"Deliver the Intelligence Brief\").","toolSlots":[{"slug":"claude","name":"Claude","url":"https://www.theworkflowfinder.com/tools/claude","category":"Writing","pricing":"freemium","capabilities":["Long-form writing","Code generation","Web research"],"hasApi":true}]},{"position":5,"title":"Deliver the Intelligence Brief","instructions":"Format the synthesized report as a Notion page or email and deliver it to the relevant team members every Monday morning.","input":"Output of Step 4 (\"Synthesize Weekly Intelligence\").","output":"Final workflow output: A weekly automated intelligence report covering competitor pricing changes, new features, and positioning shifts delivered to your inbox.","toolSlots":[{"slug":"notion-ai","name":"Notion AI","url":"https://www.theworkflowfinder.com/tools/notion-ai","category":"Productivity","pricing":"paid","capabilities":["Note-taking & knowledge management","Document processing","Long-form writing"]},{"slug":"zapier","name":"Zapier","url":"https://www.theworkflowfinder.com/tools/zapier","category":"Automation","pricing":"freemium","capabilities":["Workflow automation","API integration"],"hasApi":true}]}]}