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Deep Research with AI Agents: Competitor Analysis on Autopilot

Q: "How accurate are the research results?"

"The agent pulls from multiple live sources — Google, DuckDuckGo, and direct web scraping. It cross-references data points and includes source URLs so you can verify anything. It's not a replacement for primary research, but it's an excellent first pass that saves hours of manual work."

Q: "Can I customize what the agent researches?"

"Absolutely. The prompt is natural language — ask for competitor analysis, market trends, technology comparisons, pricing breakdowns, or anything else. You can be as broad or specific as you want. The agent adapts its search strategy to your query."

Q: "How long does a research report take?"

"Usually 1-2 minutes for a comprehensive multi-source report. The agent delegates to a background worker running in a secure sandbox, so you can keep working while it runs. You'll see the results when they're ready."

Q: "Can I edit the report after it's generated?"

"Yes. Reports are saved as markdown files in your workspace. You can download them, edit them, or ask the agent to refine specific sections. Say 'expand the pricing section' or 'add a SWOT analysis' and it'll update the report."

Q: "How does the weekly schedule work?"

"The agent creates a cron job on LikeClaw's infrastructure. Every Monday (or whatever frequency you choose), it re-runs the same research query with fresh data and saves a new report. You always have the latest information without lifting a finger."

An AI agent searches multiple sources, compares competitors, writes a structured report, and schedules weekly updates — all from a single prompt.

Before

Hours of manual research across dozens of tabs

Opening 20+ tabs to compare competitors
Copy-pasting features and pricing into spreadsheets
Research goes stale within a week
No structured format — scattered notes everywhere

After

AI-generated structured report, updated weekly

Multi-source research from a single prompt
Structured comparison with features, pricing, and sources
Report saved to your workspace as a file
Weekly schedule keeps it fresh automatically

Why manual research doesn’t scale

You need to know what your competitors are doing. What features they’ve launched, how their pricing has changed, what their customers are saying. So you open a browser, start Googling, and three hours later you have 30 tabs open, a half-finished spreadsheet, and the nagging feeling you missed something important.

A week later, everything you found is already outdated.

This is the research problem: it’s not hard, it’s just tedious and repetitive. The perfect kind of work for an AI agent.

How the agent does research

When you ask LikeClaw to research a topic, the agent orchestrates a multi-step process:

Search — It queries Google on the frontend for broad coverage, then delegates to a background worker that uses DuckDuckGo in a secure sandbox for additional sources.
Scrape — For each relevant result, the agent fetches the page content and extracts the key information.
Synthesize — It cross-references data points from multiple sources, resolves contradictions, and structures everything into a clean report.
Deliver — The report appears in your chat with sections, tables, and source URLs. Ask it to save the file and you’ve got a permanent reference.

The entire process runs in an isolated E2B sandbox. Your data stays private. The sandbox is destroyed after each run.

The schedule is the real value

A one-time research report is useful. A weekly schedule is a competitive advantage.

When you tell the agent to run the same research every Monday at 9 AM, it creates a cron job on LikeClaw’s infrastructure. Every week, before your Monday standup, you have a fresh competitive landscape report waiting. No manual trigger. No forgotten follow-ups.

Pair this with a daily email digest and product monitoring, and you’ve got a system that keeps you informed without consuming your time. Same platform, same sandbox, same transparent pricing.

Watch the full demo

The video above walks through the entire flow: asking a research question, watching the agent search and synthesize, saving the report, and scheduling weekly updates. Everything runs on production — real searches, real data, real results.

Questions about deep research

How accurate are the research results?

The agent pulls from multiple live sources — Google, DuckDuckGo, and direct web scraping. It cross-references data points and includes source URLs so you can verify anything. It's not a replacement for primary research, but it's an excellent first pass that saves hours of manual work.

Can I customize what the agent researches?

Absolutely. The prompt is natural language — ask for competitor analysis, market trends, technology comparisons, pricing breakdowns, or anything else. You can be as broad or specific as you want. The agent adapts its search strategy to your query.

How long does a research report take?

Usually 1-2 minutes for a comprehensive multi-source report. The agent delegates to a background worker running in a secure sandbox, so you can keep working while it runs. You'll see the results when they're ready.

Can I edit the report after it's generated?

Yes. Reports are saved as markdown files in your workspace. You can download them, edit them, or ask the agent to refine specific sections. Say 'expand the pricing section' or 'add a SWOT analysis' and it'll update the report.

How does the weekly schedule work?

The agent creates a cron job on LikeClaw's infrastructure. Every Monday (or whatever frequency you choose), it re-runs the same research query with fresh data and saves a new report. You always have the latest information without lifting a finger.