Competitor Signals

Find leads by monitoring competitor product activity. Instead of looking for your prospects directly, watch your competitors' audience — every person engaging with a competitor launch is self-identifying as in-market for your category.

When to Use

• User wants to find people engaging with competitor products
• User mentions Product Hunt launches, competitor press coverage, or competitor case studies
• User wants to find people switching from or evaluating competitor products
• User asks "who is using [competitor]" or "who is looking at alternatives to [competitor]"
• User wants to monitor competitor activity for lead generation
• User has a clear list of competitors and wants to mine their audience

Prerequisites

• Python 3.9+ with requests and optionally python-dotenv
• Product Hunt developer token (free, optional — get at api.producthunt.com/v2/oauth/applications)
• Apify API token in .env (fallback for PH if API names are redacted, optional)
• Working directory: the project root containing this skill