{"id":66742,"plugin_id":"plugin_asdk_app_6aa3ba3ef9988191b5590549cd24b0b4","kind":"skill","collection_source":"plugin_package","comparison_source":null,"observed_at":"2026-10-28T12:36:11.505Z","digest":"4131e895bab9da50e22582bddeba10420bba056bab84be09878b7f5324045e9b","against":null,"payload":{"description":"Find alternatives to a laptop, monitor, graphics card, RAM kit, CPU or SSD in Australia or the United States. Use when someone wants something similar for less, what extra budget would buy, or the same product with one thing changed, such as \"keep the GPU but lighter\", \"a cheaper version of this monitor\" or \"what do I get for another $200?\".","included_files":[],"name":"product-alternatives","skill_md_contents":"---\nname: product-alternatives\ndescription: Find alternatives to a laptop, monitor, graphics card, RAM kit, CPU or SSD in Australia or the United States. Use when someone wants something similar for less, what extra budget would buy, or the same product with one thing changed, such as \"keep the GPU but lighter\", \"a cheaper version of this monitor\" or \"what do I get for another $200?\".\n---\n\n# Product alternatives\n\nHelp the user decide between a product they have in mind and other options, using PGrid specs and prices. Keeping the original is a valid answer.\n\n## Facts about PGrid data\n\n- PGrid covers new laptops, monitors, graphics cards, RAM, CPUs and SSDs sold in Australia (AUD) and the United States (USD). It has no phones, headphones, used or refurbished goods, or other regions.\n- Prices are the lowest in-stock retailer price recorded in the last 24 hours, excluding separate shipping. `price_history` summarises the last 90 days' daily lows (30 and 90 day lows, 90-day high and usual price), without Amazon.\n- Search results are models with their cheapest matching configuration, ordered by price. Unknown specs do not match an explicit filter, so a filtered search can miss products with unrecorded specs.\n- PGrid stores specs, not benchmarks. It has no laptop GPU power limits (TGP), screen brightness, battery life tests, noise or build quality data.\n- Tools never return per-retailer offers. Every product's `pgrid_url` lists its retailers.\n\n## Key rules\n\n- Start from the reference product: `get_product` for a PGrid link or search result, `lookup_listing` for a retailer link, or a search by model name. If it cannot be identified, say so rather than guessing.\n- Work out what the user wants to keep and what can change. Ask only when the goal is unclear.\n- Set search filters from the reference's specs and the user's limits. If nothing matches, loosen one constraint at a time and say which.\n- Compare a shortlist with `compare_products`: the reference plus up to 3 candidates from the same region and category.\n- Keep the same reference and region across follow-ups such as a bigger budget or another priority, unless the user changes them.\n- Separate spec facts from inference. Do not give FPS or benchmark numbers. Say when a difference that matters, such as laptop GPU power, is not in PGrid data.\n- For a laptop or exact retailer listing, `lookup_listing` returns the listing description and part numbers, which can show SKU differences such as warranty or panel.\n- The user's explicit instructions take priority over this skill.\n\n## Answer\n\nLead with the recommendation, or with keeping the reference if nothing is better value. For each option, give the price difference from the reference, what is gained and what is lost, and its PGrid link.\n"},"changes":[],"summary":"First saved snapshot. No earlier version is available for comparison.","summary_kind":"deterministic","summary_metadata":{}}