{"slug":"manus-competitor-pack","title":"Collect a competitor pack into one folder of files","summary":"Manus gathers public pages, pricing screenshots, and a contradiction list into files you can drop into a doc. It does not publish anything.","agent":"Manus","agentSlug":"manus","category":"Research","categorySlug":"research","roles":["Marketer"],"roleSlugs":["marketer"],"industries":["Media"],"industrySlugs":["media"],"jobs":["research"],"topic":"Research","topicSlug":"research","score":20,"difficulty":"hard","estCost":"Manus usage for a long browsing task. Treat a full pack as a larger run than a single memo.","costTier":"medium","timeSaved":"The collection pass. Analysis still takes a person.","prompt":"Build a competitor pack for the company I name and two peers I name.\n\nFor each, save:\n- A text extract of the homepage promise, with the URL\n- The pricing page URL and the plan names visible without logging in\n- One screenshot of pricing if the page is public\n- A list of claims that contradict each other across those pages\n\nDo not sign up, do not post, do not contact them. Put the files in one folder and include a README that lists what you could not access.\n\nCOMPANY:\nPEERS:","steps":[{"title":"Name the company and two peers","detail":"More than three sites turns the check into a weekend. The Manus API docs are there if you later want this from your own app. This playbook uses the product, not the API."},{"title":"Ask for a folder, not a chat summary","detail":"The welcome page frames Manus as delivering a result. A folder is reviewable. A monologue is not."},{"title":"Spot-check screenshots against the live page","detail":"Pricing pages change. The README of failures matters as much as the captures."},{"title":"Do not ship the pack externally the same day","detail":"A contradiction list can be wrong because a page was mid-deploy. Someone on the team should look."}],"sourceUrl":"https://manus.im/docs/introduction/welcome","sourceNote":"Official documentation URL, checked when this seed was written. The prompt and steps are an original AI Playbook Gems playbook, not a quotation of a customer story, and have not been re-run.","date":"2026-10-02","verified":false,"status":"unverified","sponsorUrl":"","metrics":[{"label":"Hands-on time","value":"A careful read of the folder"},{"label":"You still approve","value":"Anything customer-facing"},{"label":"Cost bucket","value":"Medium"}],"faq":[{"question":"Has this Manus playbook been re-run for the catalog?","answer":"No. Status is unverified. Paste the prompt, keep the version that worked, and do not treat the time or cost lines as measurements."},{"question":"Where is the API in this playbook?","answer":"It is not used. The API exists at manus.im/docs/integrations/manus-api if you later call Manus from your own software. This playbook is the interactive task."}],"url":"https://aiplaybookgems.com/usecases/manus-competitor-pack","jsonUrl":"https://aiplaybookgems.com/api/usecases/manus-competitor-pack"}