MarketGeist User Guide

Everything you need to know to turn MarketGeist into your competitive advantage. This guide covers every feature — from workspaces and AI-powered intelligence reports to real-time monitoring and system integrations.

Explain Like I'm 5

Imagine you have a super-smart research assistant who never sleeps. You tell them what market you care about, and they go out and read thousands of articles, financial reports, social media posts, and patent filings — then come back with a neat summary of what matters and what you should do next. That's MarketGeist. This guide teaches you how to talk to that assistant and get the best answers.

What Is MarketGeist?

MarketGeist is a continuous AI market intelligence platform. It automates the research that strategy teams, product managers, and business developers spend hours doing manually — competitor tracking, trend analysis, market sizing, SEO audits, news monitoring, and more. Instead of juggling ten different tools, you get a single platform that synthesizes intelligence from dozens of data sources and presents it as actionable decisions.

How It All Fits Together

MarketGeist is organized into four major areas. Think of them as concentric circles: Workspaces sit at the center (your strategic command center), Intelligence tools feed data into them, Monitoring keeps watch 24/7, and System tools connect everything to your existing workflow.

Workspaces

Your strategic research hubs. Each workspace focuses on a specific market, company, or decision — with a visual canvas, AI chat, reports, and decision tracking.

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Intelligence Tools

On-demand research tools: Decision Reports, Competitor Analysis, Stock Intel, SEO Audits, News, Sales Plays, Social Trends, and Annual Reports.

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Monitoring

Always-on surveillance: Alerts, Signals, Market Pulse, Watchlists, and Intelligence Graph track changes in your market automatically.

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System

Connect and extend: Integrations, Market Data browser, API Keys, and Settings let you plug MarketGeist into your existing tools.

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Getting Started in 5 Minutes

Create your account at marketgeist.com. The Starter plan includes 5 reports/month and 3 competitor profiles — enough to evaluate the platform.

Create your first workspace

Go to Dashboard → Workspace and click "New Workspace." Name it after the market or decision you're researching (e.g., "Q3 EU Expansion" or "AI Chatbot Market").

Run your first intelligence report

Inside the workspace, open the Canvas and drag an intelligence node (like "Market Report" or "Competitor Analysis") onto the board. Fill in the intake form and let MarketGeist's AI do the deep research.

Review and iterate

Read the structured output — executive summary, opportunities, threats, recommended actions. Use the AI Assistant chat to ask follow-up questions about the data.

Set up monitoring

Head to Monitoring → Alerts to create rules that watch for competitor changes, pricing moves, or trending keywords. You'll get notified automatically when something important happens.

Who Is This Guide For?

This guide is written for business developers, market researchers, product managers, and strategy teams. Whether you're an entry-level analyst running your first competitive analysis or a senior VP evaluating market entry, every section includes:

"What It Does" — a clear description of the feature

"Explain Like I'm 5" — a jargon-free analogy anyone can understand

"Why It Matters" — the concrete business value and decisions it enables

"How It Works" — step-by-step instructions with numbered guides

"Example" — realistic sample output so you know exactly what to expect

"Pro Tips" — power-user techniques to get more from each feature