product-research_skill

Overview

This skill identifies e-commerce product opportunities by correlating social hype signals with regional demand proxies, marketplace competition data, and supplier sourcing checks, then prepares deployment-ready store listings. It orchestrates multiple connectors to produce shortlisted trend candidates, sourcing options, market gates, a store draft, and a matched TikTok ad script. It is a scouting and handoff tool — not a profitability guarantee.

How this skill works

It runs a trend scan using tavily-search to collect recent viral mentions and supplier listings, scores candidates by social evidence and recency, then uses goplaces to check regional demand proxies. If available, api-gateway is queried for marketplace analytics and to create a WooCommerce draft; missing gateway capabilities trigger explicit DataGate responses and fallback behavior. The skill outputs structured artifacts for review and an exact next-actions list for deployment and testing.

When to use it

• Scouting dropshipping or white-label product ideas from short-form social platforms
• Validating geographic interest before committing inventory or ad spend
• Preparing a deployment-ready WooCommerce product draft and ad creative
• Handing off prioritized product opportunities to a fulfillment or marketing team
• Running a systematic pre-launch gate check when marketplace connectors may be missing

Best practices

• Provide explicit inputs first (niche, region, store, risk, COGS, margin, shipping limit, ad angle)
• Ensure API keys (TAVILY_API_KEY, GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY, MATON_API_KEY) are available before full runs
• Treat DataGateStatus outputs as mandatory stop points for marketplace analytics
• Prefer WooCommerce for automated drafts; have manual import templates ready for Shopify fallback
• Review supplier risk notes before approving any single-source supplier

Example use cases

• Find viral pet accessory candidates in Germany, check regional demand in Berlin vs. Munich, and produce a WooCommerce draft
• Scan last-7-day TikTok trends in beauty, shortlist products with 2+ independent sources, and generate a UGC-focused ad script
• Prioritize low-risk items under specified max_cogs and shipping_time_limit_days for a quick test launch
• Run a competition gate check; if Helium 10/Jungle Scout paths are unavailable, receive explicit remediation steps and continue with proxy data