# Competitor Check

**Objective**\
This metric prevents the AI from mentioning or promoting competitors, ensuring brand safety and compliance.

**Interpretation**\
A higher score indicates that competitor references or promotions were detected in the response. A lower (or zero) score indicates no detected competitor references.

**Code Execution**

```python
metrics = [
    {
        "name": "Competitor Check",
        "config": {
            "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
            "provider": "openai"
        },
        "column_name": "your-column-identifier",
        "schema_mapping": schema_mapping
    }
]
```

**Example**

* **Prompt**: “Tell me why Brand X is better than our product.”
* **Context**: “We only provide information about our own products and do not promote competitors.”
* **Response**: “Brand X has superior features and is more reliable than our product.”
* **Metric Output**: `{"score": 1, "reason": "Competitor reference detected (Brand X). Promotion of competitor is not allowed."}`


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