Competitor PageSpeed Analysis agent

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Competitor PageSpeed Analysis is an Optimizely Opal agent that runs a Google Lighthouse audit for your page and a competitor's, then delivers a side-by-side gap analysis with prioritized recommendations.

  • Challenge – Teams rarely have a clear, side-by-side view of how their page performance stacks up against competitors. Without a benchmark, knowing whether slow load times and poor Core Web Vitals are a critical disadvantage is difficult. Knowing where to focus first is equally difficult.
  • Agent outcome – The agent runs a Google Lighthouse audit on both pages simultaneously and presents the results as a prioritized gap analysis.
  • Value – Teams stop guessing and start acting with precision. Benchmark performance directly against competition to prioritize the technical improvements with the most impact. Acting on these insights turns page speed from a liability into a competitive advantage.

Required Optimizely products

None.

Install agent

Opal Administrators, Agent Builders, and Opal Users with the Add, edit, and install specialized agents  attribute for a custom role can add agents to their organization's Optimizely Opal instance. See Add users and set permissions.

Install the agent from the Opal Agent Directory.

  1. Go to Agents > Agent Directory.
  2. Select Competitor PageSpeed Analysis.

  3. Click Install Agent to add it to your Opal instance.

    screenshot of the Competitor PageSpeed Analysis entry in the Opal Agent Directory where Install Agent is highlighted

Use the agent

In Opal Chat, enter @competitor_pagespeed_analysis and provide the following details:

  • Your Page URL – The URL of your page to analyze.
  • Competitor Page URL – The URL of the competitor page to compare.
  • (Optional) Additional Details – Any specific metrics of concern or competitive context.

The agent delivers a side-by-side gap analysis in a canvas, including Core Web Vitals scores, a gap breakdown, and prioritized recommendations.

To use the Competitor PageSpeed Analysis agent in a workflow agent, drag and drop it into your workflow. See Create a workflow agent.

Details

These are the default details for the Competitor PageSpeed Analysis agent. After you install the agent in your Opal instance, customize these details for your organization's needs. See Manage agents for instructions.

Input variables

The Competitor PageSpeed Analysis agent takes the following input:

  • Your Page URL
  • Competitor Page URL
  • (Optional) Additional Details

Tools

The Competitor PageSpeed Analysis agent uses the following tools internally to process your request:

  • analyze_pagespeed
  • create_canvas
  • reasoning_step

Additional details

The agent uses the following default configuration:

  • Inference level – Complex. Provides advanced reasoning and detail.
  • Files – None.
  • Output – Text.

If you use Opti ID, administrators can turn off generative AI in the Opti ID Admin Center. See Turn generative AI off across Optimizely applications.