# Monitor AI competitor news

**Use case:** 

Monitor competitor and market news, then save a prioritized AI-ready signal for alerts, dashboards, and research workflows.

## Input

```json
{
  "workflow": "competitor-monitor",
  "topic": "AI enterprise adoption",
  "topics": [
    "AI enterprise adoption",
    "AI agents"
  ],
  "brand": "OpenAI",
  "brands": [],
  "competitor": "",
  "competitors": [
    "Anthropic",
    "Perplexity"
  ],
  "includeManualItems": true,
  "manualItems": [
    {
      "provider": "Anthropic News",
      "title": "Anthropic enterprise AI product update",
      "url": "https://www.anthropic.com/news",
      "summary": "Competitor update used to track enterprise AI positioning, product messaging, and market-monitoring signals.",
      "publishedAt": "2026-06-26T00:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "includeWebDiscovery": false,
  "searchQueries": [],
  "searchMode": "news",
  "searchProviders": [],
  "includeRssFeeds": false,
  "rssFeedUrls": "",
  "keywords": [
    "enterprise AI",
    "AI agents",
    "competitor monitoring"
  ],
  "maxResults": 1,
  "maxWebQueries": 1,
  "maxWebResults": 0,
  "maxRssItems": 0,
  "mockMode": false,
  "failOnNoResults": true,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 20,
  "useApifyProxy": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {}
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "priorityScore": {
    "label": "Priority",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "signalType": {
    "label": "Signal",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "topic": {
    "label": "Topic",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "brand": {
    "label": "Brand",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "competitor": {
    "label": "Competitor",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "canonicalUrl": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "summary": {
    "label": "Summary",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "publishedAt": {
    "label": "Published",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "reviewStatus": {
    "label": "Review",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [News & Competitor Monitoring Bundle](https://apify.com/runtime/news-competitor-monitoring-bundle) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/runtime/news-competitor-monitoring-bundle) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.