# get_competitive_snapshot

Get the latest competitive intelligence for a cataloged domain: the owner's most recent ranking-footprint snapshot, the AI-prompt vs Google demand table for its watched keywords, and each tracked competitor with their own latest snapshot. Read-only. Only domains whose owner has claimed them are exposed; anything else returns found:false. Counts are ranking FOOTPRINT, never traffic, and every volume is a modelled estimate. A null means no estimate has been collected, never zero.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `get_competitive_snapshot`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/get-competitive-snapshot

## Facts

- Tool: `get_competitive_snapshot`
- Server: Grounded Aeo (`https://groundedaeo.com/api/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/https://groundedaeo.com/api/mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade D, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 1 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `domain` | string | yes | Company domain, e.g. acme.com |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_competitive_snapshot",
    "arguments": {
      "domain": "<domain>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why get_competitive_snapshot is rated Low

This tool performs data retrieval and querying operations only. It returns analytical snapshots and competitive metrics for claimed domains without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing external operations. The explicit 'Read-only' designation and the nature of the returned data (snapshots, counts, estimates) confirm it is a pure Read operation with minimal risk if misused.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool description explicitly states 'Read-only' and retrieves 'competitive intelligence,' 'ranking-footprint snapshot,' and 'AI-prompt vs Google demand table.' Operations are limited to getting/querying data with no side effects: 'Get the latest competitive…"

Risk signals: Bulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets

## Use case

AI agents call get_competitive_snapshot to retrieve information from Grounded Aeo without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Grounded Aeo:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_competitive_snapshot": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Grounded Aeo (13)

- `run_audit` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/run-audit.md
- `check_aeo_record` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/check-aeo-record.md
- `check_serp` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/check-serp.md
- `get_citations` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/get-citations.md
- `get_cited_domains` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/get-cited-domains.md
- `get_company_facts` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/get-company-facts.md
- `get_engine_visibility` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/get-engine-visibility.md
- `get_fact` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/get-fact.md
- `get_keyword_gap` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/get-keyword-gap.md
- `get_llms_txt` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/get-llms-txt.md
- `propose_briefs` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/propose-briefs.md
- `search_catalog` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/search-catalog.md
- `generate_free_record` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/generate-free-record.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo