skills/strategies/brand/brand-monitoring/SKILL.md
When the user wants to monitor brand mentions, detect trademark infringement, or set up brand monitoring. Also use when the user mentions "brand monitoring," "brand watch," "trademark watch," "brand mentions," "impersonation detection," "counterfeit detection," or "brand abuse monitoring." For enforcement, use brand-protection.
npx skillsauth add kostja94/marketing-skills brand-monitoringInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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Guides ongoing brand monitoring—detecting impersonation, trademark infringement, counterfeit products, and brand abuse before they cause harm. Complements brand-protection (reactive: report, takedown); this skill covers proactive monitoring setup and tool selection.
When invoking: On first use, if helpful, open with 1–2 sentences on what this skill covers and why it matters, then provide the main output. On subsequent use or when the user asks to skip, go directly to the main output.
Check for project context first: If .claude/project-context.md or .cursor/project-context.md exists, read for brand name, official domain, and key assets.
Identify:
| Channel | Threats | |---------|---------| | Domains | Typosquatting, brand+ai, brand+app, impersonation sites | | Social media | Fake accounts, impersonation, unauthorized use | | Marketplaces | Counterfeit products, unauthorized sellers (Amazon, eBay, Temu) | | Paid search | Competitors bidding on brand terms; impersonator ads | | App stores | Fake apps, trademark misuse | | Web | Phishing sites, spoofed pages |
| Method | Frequency | |--------|-----------| | Search | Brand name + variants (brand+ai, brand+app, brand+official) | | Google Alerts | Brand name, product names | | Social search | X, LinkedIn, Instagram for brand mentions | | Marketplace search | Amazon, eBay for counterfeit listings |
Tip: Document findings; escalate to brand-protection for takedown when infringement is confirmed.
| Capability | Description | |------------|-------------| | AI detection | Machine learning, image recognition, NLP to detect abuse across channels | | Multi-channel | Domains, social, marketplaces, paid search, dark web | | Enforcement | Case management, takedown workflows, platform integrations | | Trademark watch | USPTO, trademark office monitoring; litigation insights |
Vendor types: BrandShield, Tracer Protect, CompuMark, CounterFind—evaluate by coverage, enforcement rate, and budget.
| Level | Cadence | Use | |-------|---------|-----| | Basic | Weekly search; Google Alerts | Low-risk; preventive | | Standard | Daily alerts; monthly marketplace check | Moderate risk | | Enterprise | Real-time monitoring; dedicated vendor | High-value brand; prior incidents |
testing
When the user wants to create, audit, or optimize sitemap.xml. Also use when the user mentions "sitemap," "sitemap.xml," "sitemap index," "lastmod," "changefreq," "priority," "URL discovery," "URL discovery for search engines," "single source of truth," "URL config," "unify sitemap IndexNow," or "reduce duplicate maintenance." For IndexNow, use indexnow.
development
When the user wants to configure, audit, or optimize robots.txt. Also use when the user mentions "robots.txt," "crawler rules," "block crawlers," "AI crawlers," "GPTBot," "allow/disallow," "disallow path," "crawl directives," "user-agent," "block Googlebot," "fix robots.txt," "robots.txt blocking," or "search engine crawling." For indexing, use indexing.
testing
When the user wants to create SEO pages at scale using templates and data—including AI-assisted, grounded copy for per-URL differentiation (vs rigid mail-merge templates). Also use when the user mentions "programmatic SEO," "programmatic SEO pages," "template pages," "scale content," "location pages," "city pages," "comparison pages at scale," "X vs Y pages," "integration pages," "pages from data," "automated landing pages," or "programmatic landing pages." Uses a playbook matrix aligned to skills under skills/pages. For user-facing template galleries or marketplaces (browse → use), use template-page-generator.
data-ai
When the user wants to add or optimize Twitter Card metadata for X (Twitter) link previews. Also use when the user mentions "Twitter Card," "twitter:card," "twitter:image," "twitter:title," "X preview," or "tweet preview." For Facebook/LinkedIn previews, use open-graph.