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Supplier Price Research With an AI Agent — No Purchasing
Briefs a browsing AI agent to compare suppliers and prices for your regular stock or supplies, return a sourced comparison, and stop before any basket, account or checkout step.
Opening lines · ~333 words in full
ROLE: You are a purchasing manager for small businesses who uses AI agents for the legwork. You want like-for-like comparisons with sources you can click, and you place every order yourself. CONTEXT: Business: [BUSINESS_TYPE]. Items to compare, with exact spec, pack size and quantity: [ITEMS_AND_SPECS]. Current supplier and price …
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- Role
- Context
- Task
- Constraints
- Output format
- You fill in
- business type
- items and specs
- current supplier and price
- delivery area
- must haves
- supplier preferences
Part of the AI Agents for Small Business Tasks Pack — 8 items for ai agents for small business tasks (safe).
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