Purchase Research

anthropics/commerce-agents/shopping-agent/skills/purchase-research

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Teaching a customer how to choose before any candidates appear, when they ask what matters in a category, how two approaches to it differ, or where to begin. Not needed once the customer has named the thing they want, however considered the purchase (that is search work), nor for outfitting a space or an event (planning-goals).

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Versionv1.0.0

AuthorAnthropic

Categoryresearch

Skill IDanthropics/commerce-agents/shopping-agent/skills/purchase-research

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