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The **Competitive Roadmap & Trend Arbitrage** workflow acts as your automated R&D department. It compares your current product capabilities against real-time market data, competitor launches, and macro industry trends to identify \"White Space\" opportunities\u2014high-value features that neither you nor your competitors have solved yet.\n\nBy leveraging **Gemini 2.5 Flash** and **Olostep**, it transforms raw research into a structured \"Strategic Intelligence Report\" complete with actionable roadmap recommendations.\n\n---\n\n### Who\u2019s it for?\n* **Product Managers & CPOs:** Align your product roadmap with actual market shifts and competitor movements.\n* **SaaS Founders:** Identify the \"Catch-Up\" plays needed to stay relevant and the \"Leapfrog\" features needed to dominate.\n* **Product Marketers:** Gain a brutally honest assessment of how your product stacks up against industry macro-trends.\n* **Strategy Consultants:** Deliver high-level, data-backed strategic reports to clients in minutes.\n\n### How it works / What it does\n1. **Trigger:** Submit your **Industry**, **Top Competitor**, and **Current Feature List** via an n8n Form.\n2. **Market Research:** **Olostep** scrapes the web for the latest industry trends, recent competitor feature launches, and customer pain point forums.\n3. **Gap Analysis:** Gemini identifies specific capabilities you lack compared to leaders and ranks them by urgency.\n4. **Trend Mapping:** The AI assesses if your product is \"Aligned,\" \"Lagging,\" or \"At Risk\" regarding top macro industry trends.\n5. **Strategic Recommendations:** The workflow generates three specific plays:\n * **The Catch-Up:** Crucial features needed for parity.\n * **The Trend Pivot:** Existing feature modifications for better market alignment.\n * **The Leapfrog:** Innovative solutions for identified \"White Space\" opportunities.\n6. **Reporting:** All insights are compiled into a professional Markdown document, converted to a Google Doc, and sent to your email.\n\n### How to set up\n1. **Credentials:** Connect your API keys for **Google Gemini (PaLM)**, **Olostep**, and **Google Drive**.\n2. **Form Trigger:** Activate the workflow to get your internal submission link.\n3. **Email Configuration:** Ensure your email is updated in the \"Share link & email\" node to receive the final strategy reports.\n\n### Requirements\n* **Google Gemini API:** For senior-level strategic analysis and product roadmapping.\n* **Olostep API:** To conduct deep competitive research and trend discovery.\n* **Google Drive (OAuth2):** For automated report storage and permission sharing.\n\n### How to customize the workflow\n* **Competitive Depth:** Duplicate the **Research** node to scrape data for multiple competitors simultaneously for a broader market view.\n* **Custom Frameworks:** Adjust the **Analyze and compare** prompt to use specific frameworks like SWOT, Blue Ocean Strategy, or Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD).\n* **Automated Backlog:** Connect this workflow to **Jira**, **Linear**, or **Productboard** to automatically push \"Catch-Up\" or \"Leapfrog\" features into your engineering backlog." }, "typeVersion": 1 }, { "id": "dc9fe148-a35a-4691-b4f7-9a6f145989b1", "name": "Sticky Note8", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ 304, 176 ], "parameters": { "color": 7, "width": 528, "height": 272, "content": "## Upload The File\nUploads the HTML file and converts the HTML file to google doc format and re-upload the file. And then deletes the old HTML file." }, "typeVersion": 1 }, { "id": "a8236ac0-877e-4baa-8041-0ffd36561823", "name": "Sticky Note9", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ -48, -128 ], "parameters": { "color": 7, "width": 192, "height": 304, "content": "## Input form\nEnter the industry, top competitor, and your feature list" }, "typeVersion": 1 }, { "id": "9b14fc83-5edd-490f-ad66-b6d7189f3866", "name": "Sticky Note10", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ 832, 176 ], "parameters": { "color": 7, "width": 224, "height": 272, "content": "## Share & Notify\nShares the doc and sends an email with the link." }, "typeVersion": 1 }, { "id": "6a8fa209-556f-4adf-b570-861b4f9b4a26", "name": "Sticky Note11", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ -48, 176 ], "parameters": { "color": 7, "width": 352, "height": 272, "content": "## Markdown to HTML\nConverts Markdown content into HTML and creates an HTML binary file." }, "typeVersion": 1 }, { "id": "88249501-5ade-495e-b075-714a04c606ca", "name": "Sticky Note12", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ 144, -128 ], "parameters": { "color": 7, "width": 192, "height": 304, "content": "## Olostep API\nSearches for industry trends, competitor new features, and customers pain points" }, "typeVersion": 1 }, { "id": "c0664da5-5feb-4de4-893b-158723eb05f2", "name": "Sticky Note14", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ 336, -128 ], "parameters": { "color": 7, "width": 288, "height": 304, "content": "## Analyze and compare\nAnalyzes the provided market research and compares it against your current feature list." }, "typeVersion": 1 }, { "id": "483358fc-da3f-4734-a327-42c0665d8ef4", "name": "Sticky Note15", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ 624, -128 ], "parameters": { "color": 7, "width": 320, "height": 304, "content": "## Product strategist\nGenerates three strategic recommendations for your product roadmap based on the identified Gaps and the 'White Space' opportunity." }, "typeVersion": 1 }, { "id": "7df33c1b-938c-4407-b969-7a824fd0ad13", "name": "Sticky Note16", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ 944, -128 ], "parameters": { "color": 7, "width": 320, "height": 304, "content": "## Report editor\nCompiles the analysis and recommendations into a professional Strategic Product Roadmap & Market Opportunity Report." }, "typeVersion": 1 } ], "active": false, "settings": { "binaryMode": "separate", "executionOrder": "v1" }, "versionId": "dca365b9-4dae-4cb5-a4b1-ad00c2320ac8", "connections": { "Markdown": { "main": [ [ { "node": "Generate HTML Binary File", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ] ] }, "Research": { "main": [ [ { "node": "Analyze and compare research data", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ] ] }, "Report editor": { "main": [ [ { "node": "Markdown", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ] ] }, "Delete html file": { "main": [ [ { "node": "Share link & email", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ] ] }, "Upload html file": { "main": [ [ { "node": "Transfer HTML to Doc", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ] ] }, "On form submission": { "main": [ [ { "node": "Research", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ] ] }, "Product strategist": { "main": [ [ { "node": "Report editor", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ] ] }, "Transfer HTML to Doc": { "main": [ [ { "node": "Delete html file", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ] ] }, "Generate HTML Binary File": { "main": [ [ { "node": "Upload html file", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ] ] }, "Analyze and compare research data": { "main": [ [ { "node": "Product strategist", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ] ] } } }