MARKET RESEARCH
Competitor Patent Filing Spike Alert to Slack
Tracks each competitor's patent filing volume against their trailing baseline and posts a Slack alert when a rival's filing rate spikes, signaling a possible new R&D push.
How it runs
The automated pipeline, trigger to output.
- TriggerWeekly schedule fires
- ActionPull filing counts and abstracts from ExaExa
- LogicDetect spike vs trailing baseline
- ActionInterpret the spike with OpenAIOpenAI
- OutputPost spike alert to SlackSlack
What it does
This workflow watches the rate of patent filings per competitor and detects statistically notable spikes. When a rival files materially more than their recent average in a tracked technology area, it posts an alert to a Slack channel with the filings driving the spike and a one-line interpretation.
When to use it
Use it when you care less about reading every patent and more about catching the moment a competitor visibly ramps R&D in a specific domain. The baseline comparison filters out normal background filing noise so the channel only pings on meaningful movement.
How it works
- 1A weekly schedule triggers the run.
- 2Exa pulls the latest filing counts and abstracts per competitor and technology area.
- 3A logic step compares the current period against the competitor's trailing baseline to detect a spike.
- 4For spikes only, OpenAI writes a short interpretation of what the cluster of filings suggests.
- 5An alert is posted to the competitive-intel Slack channel; quiet periods produce no message.
Set it up
What you configure once, before turning it on.
- 1Connect ExaNeural search across the web.
- 2Connect OpenAIModels, embeddings, files.
- 3Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
- 4Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
- 5Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
- 6Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.
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