Hire an AI store launch readiness reviewer

Everything it can hand back

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

• A go or no-go with a score out of 100 and the round count
• Blockers and warnings, each with the one fix and any waiting time
• A test order plan, and the safe order to switch to live
• Who to ask for anything still open after two rounds

How it does the job well

• Work from the real catalogue, prices, stock and policies. Check variants and currencies.
• Judge changes by contribution margin, not revenue alone.
• Change one thing at a time on a live store and keep a way to roll back.
• Keep product claims consistent with supplier data and labels.

Mistakes it avoids

• Calling the store ready because the owner says the items are done.
• Asking for or accepting any payment key, card or bank number.
• Running more rounds in the same message without new information.
• Skipping the phone path and the fulfilment test order.
• Editing live products, prices or themes without approval or a backup.
• Ignoring shipping, returns and fees when judging profit.

What a good result looks like

An example, not your task: You are about to open a store and want to know if it can take real orders.

• Verdict. Go or no-go, the round number out of four, and a one-line reason.
• Score. A score out of 100 with the sum that shows how it was worked out.
• Blockers. Each problem that stops a sale, with one fix and any waiting time.
• Warnings. Smaller problems, each with one fix.
• Closed since last round. Items the new check passed.
• Test orders to place. Each test order with its address, product and payment mode, and what to confirm.

How the work is checked

• No item is marked closed without a new check or evidence.
• Items with waiting times are marked "start today".
• No key, card number or bank detail is in any file.
• The storefront password is the last step, never an early one.
• 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

• Run the first full check. Runs the go-live check and a payments and checkout check, because a payout hold can take days.
• Route each problem. Shipping problems go to the shipping planner and tax problems to the tax planner. Slow items are marked start today.
• Hand back one list. Blockers first, each with one fix. It stops until you tell it you have fixed items.
• Check again. Closes an item only when the new check passes it or you show a screenshot or a test order result.
• Choose what next. Go with test orders left, still no-go, or a blocker open for two rounds. In that case it names who to ask.
• Check security. Once the blockers are clear, it checks staff sign-in and apps before real-money orders.
• Stop. Stops at a clear go with test orders done, or after four rounds.

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 pre-launch-store-checker 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/pre-launch-store-checker/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

• Your platform, country and the countries you sell to
• What is set up, such as products, payments, shipping, tax, policies and domain
• Screenshots of checkout or settings you are unsure about (optional)
• What each test order showed, from the second round

Helpful context (optional)

• Screenshots of your checkout, shipping rates and policy pages
• The countries you sell to and where each order ships from

Tools and access

• Claude Code: It can keep the launch folder and the open items list between rounds.
• Shopify: Test mode, the payments settings, markets and the duplicate preview to check.
• Shopify: Its test mode for Shopify Payments and its built-in assistant, which can list products with a missing description, price or image.
• Stripe: Its test mode and test cards let you place orders without moving real money, and its webhook shows whether orders are reported back.
• Google Analytics 4: Connect it before launch so day-one data is not lost.
• Shopify Payments: Built into Shopify, with wallets such as Shop Pay, Apple Pay and Google Pay, and payout verification.
• Stripe: Has a connection test and test mode, and is used on WooCommerce through a plugin.
• PayPal: Can run beside Shopify Payments, and on WooCommerce needs a business account to connect.
• Shopify: Shipping profiles, saved packages and zones are built in, with a free-shipping minimum in each zone.
• WooCommerce: Shipping zones and classes are built in. Table-rate brackets need a plugin.
• Any good chat AI: Any current chat AI can do the sums and write the test carts.
• Shopify: Paid plan needed. It calculates sales tax from your store location and the buyer's address, and has its own settings under taxes and duties.
• WooCommerce: Free to install, but you host it yourself. Tax classes and rate rows are built in. An automated tax plugin can handle many states, and most of those plugins are paid.
• Any good chat AI: Any current chat AI can plan the settings and write the tests.
• Any good chat AI: Any current chat AI can run the checkup. Paste your admin list and app permissions as text.
• A password manager such as Bitwarden or 1Password: It covers the password check, and most teams can share one vault with roles.

Functions and deliverables

• Store launch readiness reviewer: Review store setup before opening. Track blockers, recheck fixes and confirm which test orders still need real results.
  • A go or no-go with a score out of 100 and the round count
  • Blockers and warnings, each with the one fix and any waiting time
  • A test order plan, and the safe order to switch to live
  • Who to ask for anything still open after two rounds
• Store go-live checker: Give it your store setup. Get a score out of 100, the blockers and a test-order plan.
  • A go or no-go and a score out of 100, with how it was worked out
  • Blockers listed before warnings, each graded pass, fix or block
  • A test-order script with the addresses and products to use and what to confirm
  • A fix list in order, and the safe order to switch to live
• Payments and checkout settings checker: Share your store’s payment and checkout settings. Get a custom checklist score, ranked concerns and proposed changes.
  • A custom checklist score, its sum and how much was checked
  • Confirmed payout blockers, other concerns and their evidence
  • Proposed settings supported by dated provider and local rules
  • Unchecked items and the facts needed before giving advice
• Shipping rate planner: Plan your shipping rates before you enter them. Give it parcels, costs and countries. Get zones, rates and a free-shipping line to set up.
  • A zone-by-zone rate table (flat, free over a line, or calculated)
  • A free-shipping line for each zone, with the reason
  • Package and class settings to enter, and click-by-click steps for your platform
  • Delivery-time and announcement-bar wording, plus carts to test
• Store tax setup planner: Plan your store tax setup: price settings, rate rows with priority, product classes and test addresses. Not tax advice, so check with an accountant.
  • A settings sheet: prices entered with or without tax, and how they show in the shop and cart
  • A rate table: country, state, rate with four decimals, priority and shipping tax on or off
  • A tax class for each product type, and a list of test addresses with the total you should see
  • Questions to take to a tax professional
• Store security reviewer: Describe your admin team and apps. Get a ranked security fix list, a score and a quarterly routine.
  • A score out of 100 with the points listed for each of the 8 checks
  • Fixes ranked into do today, this month and this quarter
  • A list of what your platform already covers, so you do not buy what you do not need
  • A one-page routine to repeat every quarter
• Brand profile builder: Share your website. Get a reusable profile covering your products, customers, voice and approved claims, with sources.
  • A folder of eight plain files, from a start file for your AI to a claims list and a change log
  • A tag on every fact, and every claim marked approved, pending or banned
  • A two-sentence diagnosis of your biggest gap, and a list of what's missing and who can answer it
  • A short slice for your next step, if you name one

Tasks you can use it for

• You are about to open a store and want to know if it can take real orders.
• You have fixed some items and want to check again without starting over.
• Your payment account is on hold, or checkout shows a wrong tax or shipping price.

Limits to check before starting

• Your store is not built yet: finish the products, payments and policies first, then run this check.
• Your store has already taken real orders: use a checklist for your platform instead, such as Shopify's own launch guide.
• You only have a tax question: ask an accountant who knows the countries you sell to.

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.

• Start a chat with the agent. In Claude Code, add it as a skill or save it in .claude/agents, then ask it to check your store before launch.
• Describe your setup. Never paste payment keys, card numbers or bank details.
• Fix what is on the list, start the slow items first, then tell the agent what you fixed.
• It checks again. Place the test orders it plans and tell it what each showed.
• When it says GO, follow the switch-to-live steps yourself, with the password last.

Read it as data

Read the complete role setup as JSON. Connect your AI to the AI Blocks MCP library and read aiblocks://roles/pre-launch-store-checker 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.