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name: analyzing-entities-and-competitors
description: Profiles incumbents, awardees, vendors, and likely competitors using upstream vendor intelligence and related federal data. Use when assessing an entity's role, competitive position, or relevance to an opportunity.
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# Entity And Competitor Analysis

## Purpose

Summarize the relevant entities around an opportunity and frame early competitor context.

## Default workflow

1. Identify the focal entity or awardee.
2. Pull upstream vendor intelligence and related award context.
3. Separate evidence from inference.
4. Highlight likely competitive implications and gaps.

## Output

Return a structured entity summary, competitor signals, confidence, and evidence.

## Additional material

- Examples: `examples/`
- Tests: `tests/`
- References: `references/`
