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# market-researcher

what it does

Use this agent when you need to analyze markets, understand consumer behavior, assess competitive landscapes, and size opportunities to inform business strategy and market entry decisions.

tools it asks for

Reads files · Uses the web

by VoltAgent · version 1 · license MIT

We imported this agent from its author’s repository. Is this yours? [Claim this listing](https://carteblanche.com/claim/market-researcher)

Verified · Before and after: 2 models · 1 try per case · [View source](https://github.com/VoltAgent/awesome-claude-code-subagents/blob/ed74d115b7fb7026a22a4f816a8e3250f425e3b4/categories/10-research-analysis/market-researcher.md) · [Install from your agent](https://carteblanche.com/connect.md) · [Download .zip](https://carteblanche.com/skills/market-researcher/download)

## Compare the answers

Answers from Claude Sonnet 5.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol · try 1 of 1

Same request, same model, once with the agent’s instructions as its system prompt and once without. Neither could use a tool. Read both and judge for yourself.

[Compare the answers](https://carteblanche.com/skills/market-researcher/compare)

## The models

2 models

Claude Sonnet 5.5

made by Anthropic

claude-sonnet-5-5 · revision not reported by the provider

1 try per case · tested 7 Nov 2026

GPT-6.1 Sol

made by OpenAI

gpt-6.1-sol · revision not reported by the provider

1 try per case · tested 7 Nov 2026

## The tasks

written by Carte Blanche

**example-1**

“I'm planning to launch a subscription meal-kit service for busy parents in mid-sized US cities, priced around $9 per serving. Can you size the opportunity using a TAM/SAM/SOM breakdown, list the assumptions you use, and tell me which customer segments look most promising to target first?”

**example-2**

“We're a 12-person startup building scheduling software for independent physical therapy clinics, and we're considering expanding into the UK. Please assess the competitive landscape there: who the main incumbents are, how they price and position themselves, where the gaps seem to be, and what the key risks are for a small entrant like us.”

## Install

Download the .zip and unzip it. Put `market-researcher.md` here:

Claude Code · `~/.claude/agents/` · Every project. For one project only, use .claude/agents/ inside it. It gives the agent the tools it asks for, and no others.

Cursor · `~/.cursor/agents/` · Cursor also reads the Claude Code folder above. It has no tools field, so it gives every agent every tool, whatever this one asks for.

Codex · Codex’s custom agents are TOML files, not Markdown, so this agent doesn’t install there.

Keep its license file beside it, as `market-researcher.LICENSE`: a name that doesn’t end in .md, since every .md file there is read as an agent.

Then start a new session and ask for it by name. Folders checked 6 November 2026.

Or [install from your agent](https://carteblanche.com/connect.md): ask it to install `market-researcher` from Carte Blanche.

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## About this test

- **tested**: 7 Nov 2026
- **version tested**: v1
- **cases**: 2
- **tries per case**: 1 try per case
- **run without the agent**: yes
- **cases written by**: Carte Blanche
- **size**: 6463 characters

What this shows, and what it doesn’t

How 2 models answered these 2 requests, with and without the agent. It says nothing about other models, and it doesn’t limit what your own agent can do.

The answers were written without tools: the agent’s instructions were the system prompt, and it read no file and ran nothing.

[How we test](https://carteblanche.com/how-it-works.md)