# Step 3: Competitive Landscape

## Rules

- 🌐 Search the web to verify claims.
- 📝 Write findings to the document immediately.
- ✅ Speak in `{communication_language}`; write artifacts in `{document_output_language}`.

## Task

Map the competitive landscape for {{research_topic}}.

## Execution

Search for:

- "{{research_topic}} key players"
- "{{research_topic}} market share"
- "{{research_topic}} industry leaders"

Synthesize and append:

```markdown
## Competitive Landscape

### Key Players
...

### Market Positioning
...

### Barriers to Entry
...

### Source Citations
...
```

Update `stepsCompleted: [1, 2, 3]` and load `./domain-steps/step-04-regulatory-focus.md`.