# #competitive-research Summary

## Overview
This channel documents the development of Curious Endeavor's competitive research product. The team is planning a phased rollout, currently focused on deciding the scope of visual asset sourcing and proceeding with competitor discovery analysis.

## Key Decisions & Outcomes
- **Product vision established** by Assaf Dagan on March 19
- **Stage 2 work confirmed**: 20-brand competitor discovery is the next phase of work
- **Stage 1 decision pending**: Team needs to decide whether to include Instagram + agency images for real brand photography in Stage 1 or defer to Stage 3

## Active/Open Items
- **Decision needed**: Should Instagram + agency imagery be pulled in Stage 1 or pushed to Stage 3?
- **Request pending**: Visual competitive research analysis on monks.com was requested but timed out—needs retry with increased timeout settings or configuration adjustment
- **Stage 2 execution**: Ready to proceed with 20-brand competitor discovery once Stage 1 scope is finalized

## Key Links & References
- **monks.com** — flagged for visual competitive research analysis