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/gcloud-kit:marketplace-data

Extract and analyse UK Digital Marketplace data for competitive intelligence.

Overview

Queries the Digital Marketplace dataset (44K+ services) for competitor identification, keyword analysis, market statistics, and category browsing. Supports FAISS-accelerated similarity search when the marketplace-research-suite is installed.

Usage

/gcloud-kit:marketplace-data lookup 123456789
/gcloud-kit:marketplace-data competitors 123456789
/gcloud-kit:marketplace-data supplier "Acme Corp"
/gcloud-kit:marketplace-data keywords 123456789
/gcloud-kit:marketplace-data stats
/gcloud-kit:marketplace-data lot 2
/gcloud-kit:marketplace-data categories

Arguments:

ArgumentDescription
lookup [service-id]Look up a specific service by ID
competitors [service-id]Find similar services via FAISS similarity search
supplier [name]List all services from a supplier
keywords [service-id]Extract and analyse keywords for SEO
statsOverall marketplace statistics
lot [1/2/3]Lot-specific service analysis
categoriesBrowse service categories

Prerequisites

  • Optional: marketplace-research-suite installation or MCP server access for full functionality
  • Falls back to WebSearch if marketplace data is not available locally

Data source

.gcloud/marketplace-data/ (44K+ services dataset via marketplace-research-suite)

Output

  • services/{name}/market-analysis/competitors.md
  • services/{name}/market-analysis/keywords.md
  • .gcloud/market-analysis/marketplace-stats.md

What it does

  1. Checks for marketplace data (local dataset or MCP server)
  2. Performs the requested analysis:
    • Service lookup — full details for a specific service
    • Competitor search — FAISS-accelerated similarity matching
    • Supplier search — all services from a named supplier
    • Keyword analysis — extract keywords for search optimisation
    • Market statistics — overall marketplace numbers
    • Lot analysis — lot-specific service breakdown
    • Category browsing — service category hierarchy
  3. Extracts marketplace fields (name, supplier, description, features, benefits, lot, framework, pricing, certifications, keywords, categories, URL)
  4. Generates competitive intelligence reports

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