Draft product suggestions from a shopper brief and a product catalogue

A shortlist of three to five products: why each fits, where it does not and what to check first.

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Claude: matches your brief to the catalogue

Claude picks the best fits from your catalogue text and explains each one. You check every pick and decide.

  1. You

    Write your brief

  2. Claude

    Find three to five

  3. You

    Check against catalogue

  4. Claude

    Test deal-breakers

  5. You

    Check sellers, decide

  1. Write your brief

    Use: You

    Have ready: what you need, budget, must-haves, nice-to-haves and deal-breakers, plus the catalogue rows as text.

    Check

    Check the brief says what you really need and the catalogue rows are copied exactly.

  2. Find three to five matches

    Use: Claude

    Ask Claude for three to five products from the catalogue that fit your brief, with reasons, weak points and what to check.

    Details

    What to paste into the tool

    Task: A short list of three to five products that fit my brief, taken only from the catalogue below. For each, give the reasons it fits, where it falls short of my brief, and what I should check on the seller's page. Use only what the catalogue says. Write 'not stated in the files' for anything it does not say. Do not add products, prices or reviews. Do not tell me to buy. Brief: [paste your brief]. Catalogue: [paste the catalogue rows].

  3. Check each pick against the catalogue

    Use: You

    Correct the list so every pick, price and feature matches its catalogue row.

    Check

    Check each product exists in the catalogue. Delete any claim not in it.

  4. Test picks against your deal-breakers

    Use: Claude

    Ask Claude to list any pick that breaks a must-have or deal-breaker, and say which.

    Details

    What to paste into the tool

    Task: A list of picks that break my brief. Compare each product below with my must-haves and deal-breakers. List any pick that breaks one, and say which. Do not add products. Do not add facts. Picks: [paste the corrected list]. Brief: [paste your brief].

  5. Check the seller's page and decide

    Use: You

    Open each seller's page yourself and make your own decision about what to buy.

    Check

    Check current price, stock, delivery and returns. Nothing has been ordered.

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Final check

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You check price, stock and returns on the seller's own page before any purchase.

Every assistant step is followed by your check of the output against your own material.

Nothing is sent, signed, paid, published, deployed, diagnosed or decided by the assistant. You decide and act.

Check the result against your original inputs. Approve it before sharing or acting.

What still needs checking
  • How the selected tools store or use pasted text was not checked.
  • Whether each selected tool obeys each rule in the prompts is not yet checked. Each tool step is followed by your check for this reason.
  • The primary option is a judgement for a general user.
  • The article this idea comes from is about shops suggesting products from user behaviour. This record covers a shopper's own brief and listing only and does not use browsing or purchase history.

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