How do I build a market map of a category with looot?

Paste the prompt on this page into your coding agent. It sets up looot, finds the endpoint for each step, checks the price and runs the cheapest one that fits. Edit the names and numbers first.

How much does it cost to build a market map of a category?

You pay per call, and the price depends on the provider the agent picks. The web version of this page reads the cheapest price for each step live from the catalog and shows the cost per 1,000 companys when every step is priced.

Which providers can build a market map of a category?

The providers behind this recipe are thecompaniesapi, coresignal, diffbot, people-data-labs, exa. The catalog shows each endpoint's price before you run it.

Can I build a market map of a category on a schedule?

No. Run it when you need it. Nothing is billed while your agent is idle.

Where does the data go when I build a market map of a category?

The prompt tells your agent to write one row per result to your own Supabase project, with the source, the endpoint, the cost and the time. looot returns the data and bills the call. It does not store your rows.

What can looot not do when I build a market map of a category?

Everything in the steps comes from catalog endpoints. Your agent still decides which provider to use and checks the result.

Research

Market map of a category

Lists the companies in one category with domain, founding year, headcount and a one-line description, grouped by segment.

5 providers

Cost per 1,000 company runs

$4.10

1 company
one run: 3 calls
per company: your Supabase
memory

Research

Market map of a category

Lists the companies in one category with domain, founding year, headcount and a one-line description, grouped by segment.

5 providers

Cost per 1,000 company runs

reading live price

1 company
one run: 3 calls
per company: your Supabase
memory

The prompt

Copy one prompt, give it to your agent.

Edit the names and numbers, paste it, and the agent runs the job and shows the cost.

One run is one company.
3 steps across 5 providers.
Runs on demand, whenever you ask.

Prompt: Market map of a category

Use looot to map the AI note-taking vendors: list 40 companies with domain, founding year, headcount and a one-line description, grouped by segment. 1. Set up https://looot.ai/skill.md. 2. Connect my Supabase and create the table market_map. 3. Upsert on a natural key and never overwrite my edits. 4. Store source, endpoint, cost and fetched_at on every row. 5. Show any price over one cent first and stop at my daily budget. 6. Skip rows that are already there. 7. Report rows added, rows changed and total cost.

Give this to your agent

Setup command

set up looot - https://looot.ai/skill.md

Set up once

Then paste any recipe.

Paste one prompt into your agent

Set up looot

Done, looot is connected.

Copy one prompt from /connect into Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP agent. No SDK, no dashboard click-through first.

Your agent finds the right operation

Hunter$0.0265

Exa$0.0090

Diffbot$0.0032

The agent finds the operation it needs and sees the price first. It calls nothing blind.

You watch what it cost

Hunter$0.0265

Exa$0.0090

Diffbot$0.0032

Total$0.0387

Every call settles for its quoted price and lands in the ledger. You always know what ran and what it cost.

Steps

The calls behind this recipe

Your agent picks each endpoint. Prices are the cheapest live endpoint for the step.

01
List the companies
The Companies API
Coresignal
Cheapest$0.0019 / search
capability chosen by your agent, 1 search per company
02
Add company facts
Diffbot
Coresignal
People Data Labs
Cheapest$0.001196 / lookup
capability chosen by your agent, 1 lookup per company
03
Write a one-line description
Exa
Cheapest$0.0010 / search
capability chosen by your agent, 1 search per company

Cost

What company runs cost

Your volume

1,000 company runs cost about

$4.10

Cheapest live endpoint for every step. The provider your agent picks can cost more.

Price of each step, to scale

Write a one-line description$0.0010 / call
Add company facts$0.001196 / call
List the companies$0.0019 / call

Every run lands in your Supabase

The prompt tells your agent to write one row per result to your own Supabase and skip rows it already has. looot does not store them. See the build kit.

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FAQ

Questions about this recipe

Yes. The agent runs 3 steps through looot: list the companies, then add company facts, then write a one-line description. You give it the prompt on this page and the inputs.

For agents

recipe: Market map of a category
category: Research
run: company
memory: your Supabase
schedule: on demand
step: List the companies: thecompaniesapi coresignal
step: Add company facts: diffbot coresignal people-data-labs
step: Write a one-line description: exa
setup: https://looot.ai/skill.md
llms.txt: https://looot.ai/llms.txt
updated: 2026-10-02

markdown /recipes/market-map-of-a-category.md

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