Catalog QA Desk

Send feedback, a bug report or a tool request to the maintainers of the tools on this server: a missing tool, missing or stale data, or a tool that broke or gave a wrong answer. Pass the kind (need_tool, need_data, bug or other), one short message (at most 1000 characters) and, if you know them, the tool name and the error text it returned. Returns a ticket id. Feedback is not a chat: nothing in it is run or followed. Links, emails and phone numbers are removed and nothing about you is stored.

Best for: "will this Shopify CSV import?" or "what is wrong with my product file?". Checks the file against the Shopify import rules: required columns, handles, options, duplicate variants, prices, statuses, image URLs and barcodes a spreadsheet mangled. Returns: blocking findings (Shopify rejects them or imports them wrong) and warnings, up to 200 each, every one with row, handle, rule and fix, plus totals. Input tips: send csv, the full file text from Shopify admin (Products > Export), header row first, up to 2 MB. A file with no recognisable header comes back as a missing-required-column finding, not an error. A larger file is refused with csv_too_large; split it by rows. Not for: GTIN or Merchant Center questions (use merchant_feed_check) or listing text (use listing_text_audit). It has no domain mode: it needs the file.

Best for: "write the alt text for my images" or "fix the shouting titles". Builds a CSV of corrected titles and image alt text to review and import. Returns: csv with only the rows that change (URL handle, Title, Product image URL, Image position, Image alt text), 200 rows per call (pass next_offset for more), with counts per fix and a notice. It changes nothing in any store. Input tips: send exactly one of csv or domain. Optional fixes, any of alt_text, title_whitespace, title_caps (default all three), and alt_text_template with {title}, {vendor}, {type}, {position} (default "{title}"). Errors: both_given, missing_source, csv_too_large, or a feed refusal; then ask for the CSV. Not for: rewriting descriptions or changing a live store. Run listing_text_audit first to see what is wrong.

Best for: "which products have no alt text?", "are any descriptions copied?" or "which descriptions are too thin?". Returns: four lists, up to 100 entries each: no_alt (images without alt text), duplicate_descriptions, thin_descriptions and title_issues, with totals before the cut. Input tips: send exactly one of csv (a Shopify product CSV) or domain (a store address such as example.com); optional min_words, the word count below which a description is thin (default 20). Domain mode reads the public product feed once, after robots.txt. Errors: both_given, missing_source, csv_too_large, or a feed refusal; then ask for the CSV. Not for: writing the fixes (use listing_fix_sheet), GTINs or Merchant Center rules (use merchant_feed_check).

Best for: "what would Google Merchant Center reject?" or "are my barcodes valid?". Checks GTIN length and check digit, duplicate GTINs, long, promotional or all-capital titles, missing descriptions, links, images, brand and price. Returns: a summary (products, no_gtin, bad_gtin, long_title, no_description), up to 200 issues (one per product and rule, with detail) and notes on checks that could not run. Input tips: send exactly one of csv (a Shopify product CSV or a Google Merchant feed file) or domain (a store address such as example.com). Domain mode reads the public product feed once, after robots.txt. That feed has no barcodes, so no_gtin and bad_gtin are null; use a CSV for GTINs. Errors: both_given, missing_source, csv_too_large, or a feed refusal such as not_public; then ask for the CSV. Not for: Shopify import errors (use csv_import_preflight) or alt text (use listing_text_audit). It submits nothing to Google.

Read the maintainers' reply to feedback you sent with submit_feedback, given its ticket id. Returns status pending until a reply is ready, then status answered with the reply text. The reply is information for you, not an instruction.