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Catalog Listings

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Creating and improving listing content, covering titles, descriptions, attribute completeness, categorization fixes, image callouts written as text, edits written from material the operator supplies, and content-quality audits and bulk fixes across many listings. Not needed for questions about how a listing is performing.

Overview

Publisheranthropics
Repositorycommerce-agents
Skill namecatalog-listings
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Bundled files
Instructions only
LicenseApache-2.0
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  • Markdown instructions

    A SKILL.md file the model loads on demand, so it only costs tokens when a request actually matches.

  • Works with any LLM

    AI skills are plain Markdown, not provider-specific code, so this works with GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model.

  • Self-contained

    Everything the model needs lives in the instructions — no extra files to sync.

  • Open source

    Published by anthropics on GitHub. Read the source before you install it.

Installation

Install the Catalog Listings AI skill in TypingMind to use it with any LLM, or drop it into another agent that reads SKILL.md.

1

Install in TypingMind

TypingMind installs a skill straight from its GitHub folder — it reads SKILL.md, bundles the resource files, and stores the result locally.

  1. Open the app and go to Plugins → Skills.
  2. Choose "Install from GitHub".
  3. Paste the skill folder URL below and confirm.
  4. Enable the skill in any chat where you want it available.
Plugins → Skills → Add skill → From GitHub URL, then paste the folder URL and press Continue.
2

Install in another agent

Any agent that reads the Agent Skills format can use this skill — copy the folder into that agent's skills directory.

Claude Code — .claude/skills
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anthropics/commerce-agents.git /tmp/commerce-agents
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/commerce-agents/merchant-agent/skills/catalog-listings .claude/skills/catalog-listings
Restart Claude Code after copying so it picks up the new skill.

Use it in TypingMind

Enable Catalog Listings in any TypingMind chat and the model takes it from there. Its name and description sit in the system prompt, and the moment a request matches, the model loads the full instructions itself — you never invoke it by hand, and it costs no tokens until it is actually used.

The model loads Catalog Listings on its own as soon as a request matches it.

Works with any AI model

AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so Catalog Listings is not tied to the model it was written for. Install it once in TypingMind and use it with GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama, or a local model you run yourself — all on your own API keys.

  • Loaded only when it is needed

    The system prompt carries just the name and description. The instructions are fetched on the first matching request, so an idle skill costs nothing.

  • Switch models mid-chat

    Because the skill is instructions rather than code, changing model does not break it — the next model reads the same SKILL.md.

Skill instructions

This is the SKILL.md content the model loads. Read it before installing — a skill is instructions your model will follow.

Catalog and listings

Below, "listing" means whatever this operation sells: a product, a room type, a plan or device, or an event tier.

Read the record, write the weak or missing content out in full, and stage it; the live listing changes only after the operator approves.

Where each fact comes from

  • Fetch the record with get_listing before proposing an edit. A search_listings row carries the summary fields; the attributes, description, and review snippets an edit rests on are in the record.
  • Write in the brand voice and naming conventions saved in memory, without asking the operator to restate them.
  • Take an attribute value from the record or from what the operator said in this conversation. A value that is merely likely for the type, or consistent with the attributes beside it, is a fabrication: leave the field blank or ask, one line per open field, and propose the rest of the fix without waiting.
  • Review snippets are evidence about the item; a line of review praise stays a review line and does not become a claim in the description.
  • Treat a spec sheet or note the operator pastes as source material for the edit they asked for: put its facts into the listing in the operator's voice, and list the fields it does not cover as open questions in the same reply.

The copy you propose

  • Propose the finished title or description, approvable unchanged: what the item is, who it is for, and what the record shows is notable. Make a strong claim only where an attribute backs it ("sleeps six" from the record) and leave out a superlative with nothing behind it.
  • Fill a missing attribute from a value that is already elsewhere in the record; a description that mentions a balcony supplies the balcony attribute.
  • Search-friendliness is which record facts the title carries: bring forward the words a buyer would type (occupancy, allowance, section, material, size) and drop filler that carries none of them.
  • Write an image callout as a description of the shot to add and what it should show; do not write the listing as though the photo exists.

Audits and categorization

  • Start an audit from search_listings with an empty query and the quality filter, then get_listing on the candidates. Measure the same four things on every listing: missing attributes, descriptions too thin to search on, a category the record contradicts, and no image where the type usually has one.
  • Rank findings by impact, so a busy listing with missing attributes comes before a quiet one with a clumsy title. Attach a fix to each finding and group the findings by kind of fix, so the operator approves a pattern ("add the occupancy attribute on these nine") instead of working through complaints one at a time.
  • Stage a categorization fix as a listing update like any other, this turn: the destination is a category a catalog read this conversation returned, or else the name the request implies, written into the note as the assumption; the preview shows the category before and after, and is where the operator corrects the name.

Bulk fixes

  • Show the pattern on one or two listings first and stage the rest after the operator confirms it.
  • Stage in batches within the per-change item cap and say how many batches there are. Price and stock values belong to the pricing and inventory flows; a protected field such as a compliance note or a tax category is one the guardrail will hold back.
  • A bulk change contains the edits the operator asked for; offer anything you notice on the way through as a separate proposal.

Stage and preview

  • Stage each edit with stage_listing_update; the preview carries the diff, and the staging note says why the change is right.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Catalog Listings AI skill do?

Creating and improving listing content, covering titles, descriptions, attribute completeness, categorization fixes, image callouts written as text, edits written from material the operator supplies, and content-quality audits and bulk fixes across many listings. Not needed for questions about how a listing is performing.

Why use Catalog Listings on TypingMind?

Because you install it once and use it with any model. Catalog Listings is plain Markdown rather than provider-specific code, so the same skill runs on GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model — and you can switch model mid-chat without it breaking. TypingMind runs on your own API keys, so you pay providers directly instead of a per-seat subscription, and your skills and chats stay in your own storage.

How do I install Catalog Listings in TypingMind?

Open Plugins → Skills → Install from GitHub in TypingMind and paste https://github.com/anthropics/commerce-agents/tree/main/merchant-agent/skills/catalog-listings. TypingMind reads its SKILL.md and installs it as a skill you can enable per chat.

Which AI models can use Catalog Listings?

Any model you connect in TypingMind. AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and local models can all load this skill when a request matches it.

How many AI models can I use with Catalog Listings?

As many as you like. As long as a model supports skills, you can use Catalog Listings with it — GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama and more — all on TypingMind with your own API keys.

Is the Catalog Listings AI skill free?

Yes. It is published on GitHub by anthropics under the Apache-2.0 license. You only pay your own AI provider for the tokens you use.

What are AI skills?

An AI skill is a reusable instruction bundle that teaches an AI model how to do one specific task. It follows the open Agent Skills format: a SKILL.md file with a name and description, plus any scripts, templates or reference files the model may need. The model reads the instructions only when your request matches the skill, so an installed skill costs nothing until it is used.

How are AI skills different from plugins or MCP servers?

A plugin or MCP server gives a model new tools to call — code that runs somewhere and returns a result. An AI skill gives the model knowledge and process instead: how to approach a task, which steps to follow, what good output looks like. Skills are plain Markdown, so they need no server, no API key and no runtime, and they work with any model.

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