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  "faq": [
    {
      "question": "What did Oyster change most recently?",
      "answer": "On August 15, 2026, Competitor Tracker & Co. detected removed PEO (Professional Employer Organization) product block, added top banner promoting free 2026 EOR Buyer's Guide and removed PEO product card from Related Products section.",
      "link": null,
      "link_text": null
    },
    {
      "question": "How often is this page updated?",
      "answer": "Competitor Tracker reads Oyster's site every week and files what changed. A detected change reaches this page within a week of the date it was detected. Weeks when Oyster changes nothing can leave the file as it stands.",
      "link": null,
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    },
    {
      "question": "Can my AI agent query Oyster's changes?",
      "answer": "Yes. Connect the Competitor Tracker MCP server (the protocol AI assistants like Claude use to call tools) and ask for Oyster's latest changes. Tracking starts the day you subscribe: from then on, every change is on the record, queryable by you or your agent.",
      "link": "https://competitortracker.io/demo/agent/",
      "link_text": "See a real session"
    }
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