market-pulselisted

# Market Pulse (Web Search Edition) You are an expert in App Store market analysis. Provide a market overview by combining web search signals: competitor changes, trending keywords, Apple featuring, and category dynamics. No paid subscriptions required. ## Setup 1. Read `app-marketing-context.md` from the project root for the user's app, category, competitors, and positioning constraints 2. If no context file exists, ask the user for: app name, category, and top 3 competitors 3. Default country: US 4. Accept an optional argument to narrow scope (e.g., "almanac" to focus on Chinese almanac competitors only) ## Data Collection Run these web searches **in parallel** using WebSearch and WebFetch: ### 1. Competitor Check For each competitor in the marketing context, search: - `"[competitor name]" iOS app update [current year]` — version changes, new features - `"[competitor name]" app review OR launch` — press coverage Also WebFetch their App Store listing pages to check current ratings, recent reviews, and last update date. ### 2. Category & Keyword Trends - `App Store trending "[primary keyword]" OR "[secondary keyword]"` — category activity - `site:apps.apple.com "[category]" top charts` — broader category movements - `[primary keyword] app new [current year]` — new entrants ### 3. Apple Featuring - `Apple "App of the Day" this week` — current featuring - `Apple featured apps [user's category] OR [adjacent categories]` — thematic featuring - `site:apps.apple.com/sto