> ## Documentation Index
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# Explore Overview

The Explore API enables multi-business research and competitor analysis. Users can:

* View auto-discovered competitors (10 found during onboarding)
* Add up to 2 additional competitors manually
* Get detailed information about any competitor for chat context

## Endpoints

| Method | Endpoint                       | Description                    |
| ------ | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------ |
| GET    | `/api/explore/competitors`     | List all competitors           |
| POST   | `/api/explore/add-competitor`  | Add a new competitor           |
| GET    | `/api/explore/competitor/{id}` | Get competitor details         |
| DELETE | `/api/explore/competitor/{id}` | Remove a user-added competitor |

## Competitor Sources

Competitors have two sources:

| Source            | Description                           | Can Delete? |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| `auto_discovered` | Found automatically during onboarding | No          |
| `user_added`      | Manually added by user                | Yes         |

## Flow

1. During onboarding, 10 competitors are auto-discovered using Firecrawl agent
2. Users can add up to 2 additional competitors via URL
3. Competitors appear as "bubbles" in the Explore tab
4. Users select/unselect bubbles to include in chat context
5. Chat uses selected competitor data for multi-business research