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---
name: amzscout-research
description: >
  Research Amazon products, niches and brands with AMZScout's live Amazon data.
  Use when the user wants to check whether a product is worth selling, analyze a
  niche or its competition, find product ideas, look up a listing's keywords and
  ads, or review a brand's Amazon catalog.
---

# AMZScout research

This skill teaches you to orchestrate the granular AMZScout tools yourself: pick
the right tool(s), chain them into a workflow, and turn the raw data into a
clear seller-facing answer. The tools come from the `amzscout` MCP server.

If the AMZScout tools are not available in this session, say so — do not
fabricate AMZScout data.

## How to use AMZScout

- **The granular `amzscout_*` tools** (below) are the building blocks, and on a
  direct MCP connection they are ALL you get. You choose the workflow, chain the
  steps, and compose the answer yourself. This skill is about using them well.


## Granular tools (MCP)

| Tool | Args | Returns |
|------|------|---------|
| `amzscout_locate_asin` | `asins` (1–5) | Where an ASIN is listed: each marketplace's link, title, local price, sales. Uses 14 000 tokens of the account's data allowance per ASIN — only when the user asks where a product is sold (see Marketplaces). |
| `amzscout_analyze_product` | `asin`, `marketplace?`, `focus?` | Full audit of ONE product: verdict, demand/trend, pricing, competition, maturity, listing quality, GO/NO-GO. |
| `amzscout_reseller_amazon` | `asin`, `marketplace?`, `sections?` | Reseller / online-arbitrage view of ONE ASIN: buy box owner and price, FBA vs FBM offer counts, whether Amazon sells it, live offers, price levels 30/90/180/365 days, rank drops, out-of-stock share, buy box history. Call WITHOUT `sections` first — the summary usually answers; add sections (`buybox`, `competition`, `pricing`, `rank`, `availability`, `history`) only if it does not. Not for demand/revenue — that is `amzscout_analyze_product`. |
| `amzscout_compare_products` | `asins` (2–5), `marketplace?` | Side-by-side comparison of 2–5 ASINs — which is the stronger opportunity. |
| `amzscout_compare_niches` | `keywords` (2–5), `marketplace?`, `count?` | Head-to-head comparison of 2–5 niches/keywords — which niche is the better opportunity. |
| `amzscout_analyze_product_set` | `asins` (2–25), `focus?`, `marketplace?` | Market overview across an explicit set of ASINs (you already have the list). |
| `amzscout_analyze_niche` | `keyword`, `marketplace?`, `filters?`, `count?` | Niche/category overview: segments, top products, demand concentration, signals. |
| `amzscout_search_products` | `query`, `marketplace?`, `sort?`, `count?`, `filters?` | Discovery: a list of products for a keyword (no deep analysis). |
| `amzscout_find_by_brand` | `brand`, `marketplace?`, `sort?`, `count?`, `filters?` | Products listed under a brand on Amazon. |
| `amzscout_get_keywords` | `asin?`, `keyword?` (one or both), `marketplace?` | Keyword / SEO / PPC data — ASIN-scope (terms a product ranks for), keyword-scope (search data around a niche term), or **both** = the product's position for exactly that keyword. |
| `amzscout_search_knowledge` | `query`, `topK?` | AMZScout knowledge-base passages (how-to, AMZScout tool/feature info). |
| `amzscout_usage` | — | The user's AMZScout token balance (remaining / used / limit). Free. Use for "how many tokens do I have left", "my usage/balance". |

## When to use which

- Specific product — ASIN (`B0XXXXXXXX`) or Amazon link → `amzscout_analyze_product`. Bare ASIN with no marketplace known in this chat → ask the user once which marketplace (see Marketplaces).
- Reselling / online arbitrage / wholesale about a specific ASIN — "who has the buy box", "how many FBA/FBM sellers", "does Amazon sell it", "is this worth reselling", buy box price history → `amzscout_reseller_amazon`. Private-label "should I sell something like this" stays `amzscout_analyze_product`.
- "Where / on which Amazon marketplaces is B0… sold" → `amz

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