Hire an AI product sourcing and sample reviewer

Everything it can hand back

Your task sets the actual outputs. The specialist picks the methods that cover them.

• A tech pack with six sections, measured limits and a fixed quote request to send to every factory
• A factory shortlist scored out of 100, with red flags, document checks and a backup plan
• The landed cost per sellable unit, your margin and a go or no-go
• A pass or fail on every tech pack line for the sample, and a go or hold on bulk
• An inspection brief with a pass, rework or reject rule, and a payment plan tied to the result

How it does the job well

• Start from the user problem and the evidence for it, then the solution.
• Write decisions down with the reason and the options you rejected.
• Keep scope small enough to ship and learn. Name what is out of scope.
• Define how success will be measured before building.

Mistakes it avoids

• Treating opinions or one loud request as proven demand.
• Specs that skip edge cases, error states or dependencies.
• Roadmaps with dates but no owners or confidence levels.

What a good result looks like

An example, not your task: You are ordering a physical product from a factory for the first time and do not know what to ask for.

• Step 1: Tech pack. Six sections with measured limits, a version and date, and one quote request to send to every factory.
• Step 2: Factory shortlist. Each factory scored out of 100, with red flags, document checks, a backup plan and contract terms to ask for.
• Step 3: Landed cost. Cost per sellable unit, air versus sea, your margin and a go or no-go.
• Step 4: Sample check. Pass, fail or not checked for every tech pack line, a go or hold on bulk, and the gold standard sample.
• Step 5: Inspection brief. What the inspector tests, a pass, rework or reject rule, and a payment plan tied to the result.
• Hand-back summary. Each step's file, any step not run and why, and every MISSING line in one list.

How the work is checked

• Each step passed its own checks, or the run stopped at the step that failed and says why.
• The steps ran in order, and each one used the result of the one before.
• Nothing was invented to fill a gap. Every gap is a MISSING: line.
• Nothing was sent, published or paid for without a clear yes.
• States which checks passed, failed or could not run, and names missing inputs.

These checks have not been run against a model yet. Your AI uses them to check its own work.

Capabilities

• Write the tech pack. Turns your photos and facts into six sections, replaces every vague word with a number, and drafts one quote request that asks every factory the same questions.
• Vet the factories. Plans the shortlist and the video call questions, checks documents and certificates, scores each factory out of 100, and plans a backup supplier.
• Work out the landed cost. Adds freight, duty, fees and defects to each quote, compares air and sea, divides by the units that pass inspection, and gives a go or no-go on margin.
• Judge the sample. Checks every tech pack line pass, fail or not checked, names the gold standard sample, and holds the order if a critical line fails.
• Brief the inspector. Writes what the inspector tests, sets the pass, rework and reject rule before the report arrives, and ties the balance payment to the result.

How the role works

1. Checks your task, context and available tools.
2. Picks the methods needed and prepares a work plan.
3. Carries out supported tasks, with each method's limits and review gates.
4. Checks the real deliverables and corrects supported faults.
5. Hands back files, evidence and unresolved gaps.

Your specialist's working setup

Download the base specialist without a task form or account. README.md and SETUP.md explain how to use the folder. SOUL.md defines its scope. INTAKE.md asks missing questions inside your AI. PLAYBOOK.md, SKILLS.md, BEST_PRACTICES.md, CHECKS.md and HANDOFF.md guide the work and its checked deliverables.

Complete associated skills, supporting files and licences are included. Choose only the methods needed for the actual task. Keep context, working files and accepted feedback in your AI project.

Use this specialist through MCP or the API

Call prepare_specialist with role_id get-a-product-made-right-from-tech-pack-to-inspected-shipment only. No task is required to load it. Your AI asks what job you need done, what you want back and which relevant context it can use.

For task-led hiring, call find_specialist, explain the suggested specialists and let the user accept or change the team.

Complete ZIP: Download base specialist. API: GET /api/v1/specialists/get-a-product-made-right-from-tech-pack-to-inspected-shipment/pack. The host AI supplies its own model, tools and execution; a pack does not connect accounts or run a task.

Inputs and helpful context

The specialist starts from the task brief. Only active methods require their inputs.

For the primary method, when used

• Photos of the product from every angle, or a sample
• Materials, sizes, colors, finishes and packaging
• Factory quotes, order size, selling price, freight and duty costs (at the cost step)
• Photos and measures of the sample (at the sample step)
• Your purchase order and payment terms (at the last step)

Tools and access

• Any good chat AI: Any chat AI that reads images can draft the pack from your photos.
• Figma, Canva or Notion: Hold the drawings and specs in one shared place with a version history.
• A freelance designer: A freelance product designer can draw it up. The source puts the price near $200, which you should re-check for your product.
• Any good chat AI: Any chat AI can score the answers and draft the messages. Paste what each factory said.
• Alibaba: Supports filters for verified suppliers and trade protection. Treat it as research, not the final choice.
• A sourcing agent or inspection platform: Can visit a factory for you when you cannot go. Check the agent first.
• Any good chat AI: Any chat AI can add the layers. Paste your numbers and check one sum by hand.
• Shopify: Holds cost per item for every product, so profit per order and per day use the landed cost.
• A customs broker or your country's tariff lookup: Gives the duty rate for your product code and route. The skill needs it from outside.
• Any good chat AI: Any chat AI that reads images can check photos against your pack. Attach every angle.
• A kitchen scale and a tape measure: Give real weights and lengths. The AI cannot measure what you did not.
• A third-party inspection company: Sends someone to open random units, measure and photograph them. Ask which sampling standard they use.
• Any good chat AI: Any chat AI can turn your order and pack into the brief.

Functions and deliverables

• Product sourcing and sample reviewer: Write a shared product specification. Compare real supplier quotes, check costs and samples, then prepare the shipment inspection brief.
  • A tech pack with six sections, measured limits and a fixed quote request to send to every factory
  • A factory shortlist scored out of 100, with red flags, document checks and a backup plan
  • The landed cost per sellable unit, your margin and a go or no-go
  • A pass or fail on every tech pack line for the sample, and a go or hold on bulk
  • An inspection brief with a pass, rework or reject rule, and a payment plan tied to the result
• Factory product brief writer: Turn your product photos and notes into a tech pack a factory can build from, with every vague word rewritten as a measurement.
  • A tech pack: drawing or photo callouts, materials with weights and finishes, hardware and trims, measurements for every size, color codes, labels, packaging and care text
  • Name, version and date on every page
  • A list of every word that left a decision open, rewritten as a measurement
  • One quote request that asks every factory for the same answers
  • A list of measures and weights your quality checks can use
• Supplier shortlist vetter: Vet a factory shortlist before you pay a deposit. Give it your spec and each factory's answers. You get scores out of 100, red flags and a pick.
  • A shortlist of factories to contact and the message to send
  • Video-call questions and a red-flag list
  • A score out of 100 for each factory, and how it was worked out
  • A dependency map with a risk rating, a backup supplier plan and terms to ask for
• Landed cost calculator: Work out your landed cost per unit and margin from a factory quote. Add freight, duties and fees, and get a go or no-go score out of 100.
  • Cost per unit by layer, from ex-factory to courier
  • Cost per sellable unit after defects and spare units
  • Your margin at your price, and the price you need for your target margin
  • Scenarios: air or sea, small or big order, each at its own price break
  • A go or no-go, a score out of 100, and how it was worked out
• Product sample approval reviewer: Check a product sample against your tech pack line by line. Get pass or fail on each line, a score out of 100 and a go or hold on bulk.
  • A pass or fail for every line of the tech pack
  • A score out of 100 and how it was worked out
  • What to fix before the next stage, and a go or hold on bulk
  • Which sample to keep as the gold standard, a test batch plan and a 90 day return watch
• Pre-shipment inspection brief writer: Share the order, approved sample and product specs. Get an inspection brief, proposed decision rules and a payment checklist.
  • An inspection brief: sample size, measurements, packaging, labels, carton weights and photos required
  • A pass, rework or reject rule, written before the report arrives
  • A payment release plan where the balance is paid only on a pass
  • The spare-units rule, if inspection is not booked
• Product context file writer: Share product facts, audience and positioning. Get a reviewed context file that other marketing skills can reference.
  • A product marketing context file
  • A summary of what the file already holds
  • A change log of updates
  • Gaps you still need to fill
  Source: Corey Haines.

Tasks you can use it for

• You are ordering a physical product from a factory for the first time and do not know what to ask for.
• You have quotes from three factories that all look different and cannot compare them.
• Production is finishing and you need to decide whether to pay the balance.

Limits to check before starting

• Your product is already made by a known factory with settled specs: use a plain reorder checklist, or run only the tech pack step.
• You only want a price per unit and have quotes in hand: ask a freight forwarder for freight and duty, and do the sums in a spreadsheet.
• You need someone to visit the factory and test goods in person: hire a third-party inspector. This workflow only briefs them.

Best way to use this role

Give it one clear outcome, the actual files and a definition of done. Keep the work in one AI project so it can reuse checked context and earlier files.

• Download the handoff pack. It's a zip with HANDOFF.md and every skill file this workflow uses.
• Give the folder to Claude (in Claude Code, or as files in a Claude Project) and say "Follow HANDOFF.md".
• Attach your product photos and tell it what the photos do not show, such as materials and sizes.
• At the first pause, send the tech pack and the same quote request to your shortlisted factories, then order samples.
• At the second pause, approve one sample, place the order and keep that sample as your gold standard.

Read it as data

Read the complete role setup as JSON. Connect your AI to the AI Blocks MCP library and read aiblocks://roles/get-a-product-made-right-from-tech-pack-to-inspected-shipment for its role instructions and pinned sources.

This is a prepared AI role. No task has run. Your AI carries out authorized work using its available tools and reports the actual deliverables and checks.