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Analyze Competitor Content Strategy

Pull competitor posts and videos across platforms to reverse-engineer their content strategy.

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Social Media Content

Your competitors are publishing content every day, and each post is a data point about what works in your market. By systematically pulling their Instagram posts, TikTok videos, and YouTube content, you can identify the formats, topics, and styles that drive the most engagement -- without months of trial and error on your own.

ToolRouter's Social Media Content tool fetches recent posts and videos from any public account, including engagement metrics like views, likes, comments, and shares. When you pull this data for multiple competitors, patterns emerge: which content types dominate, what posting cadences work, and which topics resonate most with your shared audience.

This is a core workflow for social media managers, content strategists, and marketing directors who need to stay ahead of the competition. The data turns "what should we post?" from a guessing game into a data-driven decision.

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Claude

  1. Connect ToolRouter: claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Ask Claude: "Pull the latest Instagram posts and TikTok videos for @competitor using the social-media-content tool"
  3. Claude fetches recent content with engagement metrics for each post
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ChatGPT

  1. Add ToolRouter to ChatGPT via MCP configuration
  2. Ask: "Get recent Instagram posts and YouTube videos for @competitor"
  3. ChatGPT returns content with engagement data and thematic analysis
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Copilot

  1. Add ToolRouter to Copilot MCP config
  2. Ask: "Fetch recent TikTok videos and Instagram posts for @competitor"
  3. Review the content data and engagement metrics inline
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OpenClaw

  1. Connect ToolRouter: openclaw mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Ask: "Pull recent Instagram posts and TikTok videos for @competitor"
  3. OpenClaw returns content with engagement metrics
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