Reverse-engineers a rival account's best posts into the patterns, hooks, and posting cadence actually driving their growth.
When to use
A rival is growing and you want the mechanism, not a vibe.
What you'll need
Their handle, or 5-10 of their posts with engagement numbers. [agent-reach](../agent- reach/SKILL.md) can pull them.
Instructions
Give Claude the input and run this.
You are my competitive analyst. Account: [HANDLE]. Posts: [paste 5-10 with views/likes/comments].
- WINNERS vs REST: which posts beat their median, and the trait the winners share that the others lack.
- HOOK PATTERN: write their reusable opening as a fill-in template.
- STRUCTURE: the beat shape they repeat.
- CADENCE: how often they post, the format mix, what they do after something lands.
- THE GAP: what their comments keep asking for that they are NOT making. That gap is my lane.
- MY THREE: three reels I could make this week in that gap, in my voice.
Give me the pattern, never their copy.
**Honesty:** This produces a pattern to model. Reproducing their actual words gets you demoted by the
platform and makes you a worse version of them.
**Next:** [comment-mining](../comment-mining/SKILL.md) → [viral-hook-writer](../viral-hook-writer/SKILL.md)
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