# Gapup Competitor Intelligence Tool

> Gapup Competitor Intelligence Tool is a paid API for AI agents from mcp.gapup.io, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Analyzes up to 10 competitors by crawling their web presence and generating structured competitive intelligence relative to your company

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://mcp.gapup.io/api/v1/call/competitor_intel
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 1
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/gapup-competitor-intelligence-tool-58f220f2
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_O15RDUwElmVWo4Ar8hPje

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability gapup-competitor-intelligence-tool-58f220f2 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Run a competitor analysis for my company Acme Analytics (acme.io) — we help SMBs with automated reporting — against Tableau (tableau.com) and Looker (looker.com), focusing on their pricing moves and hiring patterns.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an AI agent needs structured competitive intelligence — comparing a client's company against up to 10 named competitors — especially when the focus is on observable web signals like pricing pages, job postings, or positioning language. Prefer over manual research when you need fast, repeatable analysis. Use async:true for large batches to avoid client timeouts.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unreachable competitor URLs return an error or empty result for that entry
- Missing required fields (name or url on a competitor, or name/pitch on selfCompany) return a 400 validation error
- Async mode returns a job_id that must be polled separately; forgetting to poll leaves the result uncollected
- Rate limiting or payment failures return 402 or 429 status codes
- Slow web crawling may cause timeouts if async:false is not used for large competitor lists

## How this service works

REST gateway for the Gapup MCP catalogue — 271 AI tools accessible via standard HTTP. Authentication via Authorization: Bearer <api_key>. Native MCP transport available at /mcp.

## Output

A structured JSON report containing competitive intelligence on the specified competitors, including analysis of their web presence, positioning, and any tracked focus areas (e.g. pricing, hiring) relative to the submitting company.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "async": {
   "type": "boolean",
   "description": "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 timeouts."
  },
  "focus": {
   "type": "string",
   "maxLength": 400,
   "description": "Optional — what the buyer wants to track first (e.g. pricing moves, hiring patterns)"
  },
  "competitors": {
   "type": "array",
   "items": {
    "type": "object",
    "required": [
     "name",
     "url"
    ],
    "properties": {
     "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri"
     },
     "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 120,
      "minLength": 2
     }
    }
   },
   "maxItems": 10,
   "minItems": 1,
   "description": "1-10 competitors to analyze"
  },
  "selfCompany": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "name",
    "pitch"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "url": {
     "type": "string",
     "format": "uri"
    },
    "name": {
     "type": "string",
     "maxLength": 120,
     "minLength": 2
    },
    "pitch": {
     "type": "string",
     "maxLength": 400,
     "minLength": 10,
     "description": "One-paragraph pitch"
    }
   },
   "description": "Your company info"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "tool": "competitor_intel",
  "result": {},
  "source": "rest-api"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/gapup-competitor-intelligence-tool-58f220f2/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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