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Head-to-head peer comparison of two automotive tickers across volume, pricing power, inventory health, and DOM

Pre-earnings channel check for an automotive ticker — synthesizes volume, pricing, inventory, DOM, EV, and mix into bull/bear scenarios

Quick market demand snapshot for a state or region — framed as investment signals for financial analysts

One-time profile setup for financial analysts — stores your tracked tickers, focus area, and benchmark preferences.

Generate the Public Dealer Group Quintile Scorecard — scores all 8 publicly traded dealer groups on 6 KPIs against the full 400+ dealer group industry cohort

Connect the MarketCheck MCP server for the analyst plugin

Watchlist scan across all tracked tickers with prioritized signals.

> **Date anchor:** If date parameters are passed in the prompt, use those. Otherwise compute dates from `# currentDate` in system context. Never use training-data dates.

> **Date anchor:** If date parameters are passed in the prompt, use those. Otherwise compute dates from `# currentDate` in system context. Never use training-data dates.

> **Date anchor:** If date parameters are passed in the prompt, use those. Otherwise compute dates from `# currentDate` in system context. Never use training-data dates.

You are the batch vehicle processing agent for the MarketCheck analyst plugin. Systematically process VIN lists through pricing, valuation, and market analysis, then aggregate into investment-signal-framed summary reports with BULLISH / BEARISH / NEUTRAL / CAUTION ratings.

> **Date anchor:** If date parameters are passed in the prompt, use those. Otherwise compute dates from `# currentDate` in system context. Never use training-data dates.

Investment signals for publicly traded dealer groups. Triggers: "dealer group stock", "how is AutoNation doing", "LAD health check", "publicly traded dealer analysis", "dealer group efficiency", "CarMax performance", "Carvana metrics", "dealer group benchmarking", "retail auto stock signal", "dealer group volume", monitoring operational health and investment signals for publicly traded dealer groups and automotive retailers.

Residual value signals for OEM and lending stocks. Triggers: "depreciation rate", "value retention", "residual value", "how fast is it losing value", "which cars hold value", "EV depreciation", "price trend over time", "brand value ranking", "depreciation curve", "residual forecast", "MSRP parity", "price over sticker", "residual risk signal", "OEM residual exposure", "lending stock risk", "collateral erosion", vehicle depreciation analysis framed as residual value signals for OEM stocks, auto lending stocks, and leasing companies.

Days-on-market as a leading investment signal. Triggers: "days on market", "DOM trends", "inventory aging", "sell-through velocity", "demand distress", "which brands are sitting longest", "DOM signal", "DOM inflection", "what's sitting on lots", "demand softening signal", dedicated days-on-market analysis as a primary leading indicator for investment decisions rather than as a secondary metric.

Pre-earnings channel check for auto equities. Triggers: "earnings preview", "pre-earnings check", "channel check", "what will Ford report", "earnings risk signal", "quarterly preview", "earnings estimate check", "what should I expect from [ticker] earnings", structured pre-earnings channel check synthesizing multiple data dimensions into bull/bear scenarios with confidence levels.

EV investment thesis and equity research intelligence. Triggers: "EV market update", "EV adoption rate", "EV vs ICE pricing", "Tesla market position", "EV investment signal", "electric vehicle trends", "EV depreciation", "EV price parity", "hybrid adoption", "electrification progress", "EV days supply", "which OEMs are winning EV", "EV penetration by state", "EV investment thesis", "EV stock signal", "electrification transition risk", tracking electric vehicle market dynamics for investment thesis development and equity research.

Peer comparison of publicly traded dealer groups. Triggers: "compare dealer groups", "best performing dealer stock", "benchmark dealer group stocks", "rank dealer groups", "which dealer stock is best", "dealer group comparison", "dealer stock performance ranking", "peer comparison dealer groups", "AN vs LAD", "AutoNation vs Lithia", comparing operational metrics across publicly traded dealer groups for relative value investment analysis.

Unified portfolio view of tracked dealer group stocks. Triggers: "dealer group dashboard", "how are my tracked dealer groups doing", "dealer group stock overview", "dealer stock dashboard", "multi-group portfolio view", "publicly traded dealer health", "retail auto stock dashboard", unified view across all tracked publicly traded dealer group stocks in their portfolio.

Sector momentum for investment decisions. Triggers: "market report", "automotive market signal", "monthly auto market", "investment briefing auto sector", "sector overview", "auto industry health", "market scorecard", "which brands are winning", "pricing power index", "market momentum", "sector momentum", "auto sector thesis", "monthly sector intelligence", comprehensive monthly overview of the US automotive market for investment decisions and sector-level portfolio allocation.

Competitive positioning for investment analysis. Triggers: "market share", "who is winning in SUVs", "competitor analysis", "EV adoption rate", "dealer group ranking", "segment share breakdown", "brand performance comparison", "competitive positioning", "quarterly share change", "OEM share signal", "which brands are gaining share", "top dealer groups by volume", competitive intelligence and OEM benchmarking framed as investment analysis for equity research.

Market intelligence for sector analysis and investment. Triggers: "market trends", "fastest depreciating cars", "slowest depreciating models", "EV vs gas prices", "EV vs ICE price parity", "price trends by region", "new car markups", "new car discounts", "market report", "depreciation rankings", "what's happening in the auto market", "which cars are losing value fastest", "price drops this month", "regional price differences", "sector trend analysis", "auto market intelligence", data-driven automotive market intelligence for sector analysis and investment research.

New vs used mix as consumer and market signal. Triggers: "new vs used mix", "consumer trade-down", "CPO volume", "new car share", "used car shift", "inventory type mix", "are consumers trading down", "new used split", "certified pre-owned trends", "used vehicle share", analyzing new vs used vehicle mix as a signal for consumer health, OEM channel dynamics, and dealer group margin analysis.

Leading indicators for automotive OEM stocks. Triggers: "OEM stock signal", "how is Ford doing", "Toyota demand trends", "brand health check", "investment signal for [OEM]", "pricing power analysis", "days supply", "OEM market share trends", "brand volume momentum", "inventory build", tracking leading indicators for publicly traded automotive OEMs to support equity research and investment decisions.

Discount-to-MSRP trend tracking for margin signals. Triggers: "pricing power", "discount rate", "discount trend", "MSRP vs sale price", "who's discounting", "incentive activity", "pricing erosion", "discount velocity", "which OEMs are discounting most aggressively", "pricing power over time", tracking OEM/nameplate discount-to-MSRP trends over multiple months as a leading indicator of margin pressure.

Quintile scorecard for public dealer groups. Triggers: "dealer group scorecard", "quintile scorecard", "public dealer group ranking", "cohort benchmarking", "dealer group composite score", "quintile ranking", "scorecard report", "industry benchmarking for dealer groups", "how do dealer groups rank against the industry", scoring publicly traded dealer groups against the full 400+ dealer group industry cohort using the MarketCheck quintile methodology.

Mileage and vehicle age trends as margin signals. Triggers: "vehicle quality trends", "average mileage", "reconditioning signal", "sourcing quality", "used vehicle age", "inventory quality", "KMX sourcing", "CVNA inventory quality", "mileage trend", "reconditioning cost signal", "used car quality signal", "dealer group mileage benchmark", "sourcing quality for [dealer name]", tracking average mileage and vehicle age mix for any dealer group (publicly traded or private) as a proxy for reconditioning costs and margin pressure.