Competitor Price Monitoring

Track competitor pricing across e-commerce sites and get instant alerts when prices change -- so you can adjust your own pricing before customers notice.

What it does

The agent scrapes competitor product pages on a schedule and compares prices against your baseline:

• Tracks specific products across Amazon, Shopify stores, or any public product page
• Detects price changes and calculates percentage differences from your own pricing
• Sends alerts via Slack or Telegram when a competitor undercuts you by more than a threshold you define
• Maintains a price history so you can spot trends like seasonal discounts or gradual increases
• Weekly summary report with all price movements across your tracked products

Setup overview

1. Install the Playwright skill for JavaScript-heavy e-commerce sites
2. Install Slack or Telegram for alerts
3. Create a product list with competitor URLs and your baseline prices
4. Write a SOUL.md prompt specifying alert thresholds and report format
5. Configure cron: 0 6 * * * openclaw run price-check (daily at 6 AM)

LLM and tools

Uses Claude 4.5 Sonnet for page interpretation and report generation. Playwright handles the actual scraping -- essential for sites that render prices with JavaScript. Be mindful of scraping frequency; once or twice daily per product is usually sufficient and respectful.

Source

Based on 25 OpenClaw Automation Ideas You Need to Try (Feb 15, 2026)