Initial skills documentation — 25 categories, all SKILL.md + references + scripts

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+# VoIP Market Competitive Landscape — Raw Data
+
+Captured July 10, 2026. Useful as a baseline for future VoIP/UCaaS competitive research.
+
+## Pricing Reference (Annual, per user/month unless noted)
+
+| Provider | Plan 1 | Plan 2 | Plan 3 | Enterprise |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| RingCentral (RingEX) | Core: $20 | Advanced: $25 | Ultra: $35 | Custom |
+| Nextiva | Core: $15 | Engage: $25 | Scale: $75 | CC: $75+/agent |
+| 8x8 Work | X2: ~$24 | X4: ~$57 | X6-X8: $100-150 | Custom |
+| Vonage Business | Mobile: $13.99* | Premium: $20.99* | Advanced: $27.99* | Custom |
+| Dialpad Connect | Standard: $15 | Pro: $25 | - | Enterprise: Custom |
+| Grasshopper | True Solo: $14** | Solo Plus: $25** | Small Biz: $55** | N/A |
+| Phone.com | Basic: $15 | Plus: $22.50 | Pro: $33.33 | Custom |
+| Ooma Office | Essentials: $19.95 | Pro: $24.95 | Pro Plus: $29.95 | N/A |
+
+*\* Vonage: 30% promo discount on annual. Regular: Mobile $19.99, Premium $29.99, Advanced $39.99*
+*\*\* Grasshopper: per-account pricing, not per-user*
+
+## Key Third-Party Pricing Sources
+
+When direct scraping fails (JS-rendered pricing pages), these third-party sites reliably publish competitor pricing:
+
+- **Nextiva blog** (nextiva.com/blog/[competitor]-pricing.html) — publishes RingCentral, Dialpad, Ooma, etc. pricing
+- **Quo** (quo.com/blog/[competitor]-pricing/) — detailed pricing breakdowns with hidden fees
+- **Forbes Advisor** (forbes.com/advisor/business/software/[competitor]-pricing/) — broad coverage
+- **Cloudtalk** (cloudtalk.io/blog/[competitor]-pricing/) — pricing guides
+- **Business.com** (business.com/reviews/[competitor]/) — review + pricing
+- **GetVoIP** (getvoip.com/blog/[competitor]-pricing/) — pricing guides
+
+## Competitor Positioning (July 2026)
+
+| Provider | Tagline / Positioning |
+|---|---|
+| RingCentral | "The Agentic Voice AI platform to drive customer outcomes" |
+| Nextiva | "A New Dawn in Customer Experience" — AI CX management platform |
+| 8x8 | "All Your Conversations in One Place" — reliable UC + CC |
+| Vonage | Business Phone, VoIP, APIs, Contact Center — developer-friendly |
+| Dialpad | AI-native communications — AI Agent with conversation-based pricing |
+| Grasshopper | Virtual phone for solopreneurs — simple, no per-user costs |
+| Phone.com | "Win more business from the phone you already own" — affordable SMB |
+| Ooma | Budget SMB phone — no contracts, transparent pricing |
+
+## JS-Rendered Pricing Pages (known offenders)
+
+These providers' pricing pages returned no dollar figures via web_extract, requiring web_search fallback:
+
+- RingCentral (/office/plansandpricing.html) — React, pricing behind interactive JS
+- Dialpad (/pricing/) — Tabbed React UI, pricing in component state
+- 8x8 — No /pricing/ page; pricing buried in plans-and-pricing with quote-only CTAs