competitive_deep_dive
Gold-standard competitive deep dive — STRUCTURED multi-source data (no LLM narrative). Pair tool: competitor_intel for LLM-narrated board briefing + slide script. Aggregates Wikipedia, Yahoo Finance, SEC EDGAR, Wayback Machine, DuckDuckGo, HackerNews, domain scraping — all keyless. Returns agent-...
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What competitive_deep_dive does on Gapup Mcp
AI agents call competitive_deep_dive to retrieve information from Gapup Mcp without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
async | boolean | — | If true, returns a job_id immediately (<200ms) instead of waiting for the result. Poll the result with job_result(job_id). Use for slow tools to avoid client ti |
depth | string | — | Research depth: 'easy' = Wikipedia + DDG (fast, ~15s); 'medium' = + Yahoo Finance + EDGAR + Wayback (default, ~45s); 'hard' = + HackerNews + domain surfaces + c |
company | string | Yes | Name or domain of the target company (e.g. 'Salesforce', 'notion.so', 'HubSpot CRM') |
competitors | array | — | Optional list of competitor names or domains to include in the comparison matrix (max 5) |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why competitive_deep_dive is rated Low
This tool performs read-only intelligence gathering from public sources. It retrieves competitive information, aggregates KPIs, and formats data for analysis—typical Read category behavior. No side effects, no data modification, no execution of external operations, and no financial implications.
From the tool's definition The description states it 'Aggregates' data from public sources (Wikipedia, Yahoo Finance, SEC EDGAR, Wayback Machine, DuckDuckGo, HackerNews, domain scraping) and 'Returns agent-shaped JSON' with KPIs and competitive signals.
Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs competitive_deep_dive safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Gapup Mcp, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For competitive_deep_dive, this is the rule to start with:
competitive_deep_dive is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Gapup Mcp, apply this rule, and every competitive_deep_dive call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about competitive_deep_dive
Gold-standard competitive deep dive — STRUCTURED multi-source data (no LLM narrative). Pair tool: competitor_intel for LLM-narrated board briefing + slide script. Aggregates Wikipedia, Yahoo Finance, SEC EDGAR, Wayback Machine, DuckDuckGo, HackerNews, domain scraping — all keyless. Returns agent-shaped JSON: KPIs (funding, employees, revenue, market cap), P0/P1/P2 competitive signals, pricing radar, competitor comparison matrix, Wayback timeline, positioning (sector/industry/icp_hypothesis/moat_signals), quality score. Every field is sourced or marked unavailable — no hallucinated figures. SLA: p50 ~25s, p95 ~30s · score 80+ on listed targets (US/EU/foreign) · score ~40 on private companies (no EDGAR/Yahoo data). Use sync for batch agents (≤30s tolerance). Use competitive_deep_dive_async + competitive_deep_dive_result(job_id) for conversational agents. Inputs: company name or domain (required), optional competitor list (≤5), optional depth (easy/medium/hard). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Gapup Mcp MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
competitive_deep_dive accepts 4 parameters: async, depth, company, competitors. Required: company. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Gapup MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for competitive_deep_dive: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Gapup Mcp. Nothing to install.
competitive_deep_dive is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the competitive_deep_dive rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for competitive_deep_dive. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
competitive_deep_dive is provided by the Gapup MCP server (https://mcp.gapup.io/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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