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Local production opportunity scanner
List what your market buys from outside. Get the best thing to make locally, what to build around it and a buffer.
Local production opportunity scanner is a free AI skill for the job "Test an idea before you build it". Give the instructions to an AI assistant that supports the required files and tools, then review its output.
Free · No account · Made by AI Blocks · Level: advanced · Thinking: high
What it does
When a market imports much of what it uses, the gap looks like an opportunity. It often is, but the cost of power, roads and ports can sink the plan, and a plant that is too small never changes prices. This skill starts from a sourced list of imports and picks the item where local making keeps the most jobs and value. It lists what you must build yourself, sizes the first plant to move the market, plans funding with a fallback business and adds a buffer for cost and time overruns. It also names the policy risk to watch.
You give it
- Your market and what you can invest
- Import or price data with sources
- Known costs for power, transport and storage (optional)
- Your results (optional)
You get
- A ranked list of local making options with reasons
- The infrastructure you must build, with cost ranges
- A first plant size and funding fallback
- A buffer and policy risks to watch
Use it when
- You are deciding what to make in a market that imports most of it.
- You think a local plant could win but have not costed power, roads or storage.
- Investors ask what happens if costs run over or rules change.
How to use it
- Start a chat with the skill. Open it if you added it to your AI, or copy it and paste it in.
- Paste your import data with sources and your investment limits.
- Fill the `MISSING:` lines with real quotes before relying on the plan.
- Review the policy watch list every quarter.