Woo Dead Stock Identifier

woo-dead-stock-identifier

Purpose

Identify WooCommerce products that have had no sales in a configurable lookback window but still carry positive stock. These dead-stock items tie up capital and warehouse space. The report exports a prioritized list by inventory value (stock × price) to help prioritize clearance action. Read-only — no products are modified.

Prerequisites

• WooCommerce store with REST API enabled
• Consumer Key with Read scope
• Minimum WooCommerce version: 3.5.0

Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | store_url | string | yes | — | Base URL of the WooCommerce store | | consumer_key | string | yes | — | WooCommerce REST API consumer key (ck_...) | | consumer_secret | string | yes | — | WooCommerce REST API consumer secret (cs_...) | | dry_run | bool | no | false | No effect — read-only skill | | format | string | no | human | Output format: human or json | | lookback_days | int | no | 90 | Days with no sales to flag as dead stock | | min_stock | int | no | 1 | Minimum stock quantity to include | | min_inventory_value | number | no | 0 | Minimum stock value (stock × price) to include | | category_id | int | no | — | Limit to this category |

Authentication

WooCommerce uses OAuth 1.0a for HTTP and Basic Auth over HTTPS.

For HTTPS stores (recommended):

Authorization: Basic base64(consumer_key:consumer_secret)

For HTTP stores (development only): Use OAuth 1.0a — include oauthconsumerkey, oauthnonce, oauthsignature, oauthsignaturemethod=HMAC-SHA1, oauthtimestamp, oauthversion=1.0

Never log or output consumerkey or consumersecret values.

See docs/AUTHENTICATION.md for full setup instructions.

Safety

Read-only skill — no mutations are executed. Safe to run at any time.

Workflow Steps

Step 1 — Fetch all published products with stock

GET /wp-json/wc/v3/products?status=publish&stock_status=instock&per_page=100&page=1

Build a set of all product IDs with stock > 0.

Step 2 — Fetch products sold in the lookback window

GET /wp-json/wc/v3/orders
  ?status=completed&after=&per_page=100&page=1

Extract all product_id values from line_items. Build a set of "sold product IDs."

Step 3 — Compute dead stock

Dead stock = products in Step 1 set that are NOT in the Step 2 sold set.

Step 4 — Compute inventory value and sort

For each dead-stock product: inventory_value = stock_quantity × regular_price Sort descending by inventory_value.

API Endpoints Used

GET  /wp-json/wc/v3/products           — all in-stock products
GET  /wp-json/wc/v3/orders             — completed orders in lookback window
GET  /wp-json/wc/v3/reports/top_sellers — supplementary sales data

Pagination Strategy

WooCommerce REST API uses page/per_page pagination (not cursor-based).

Standard pattern:

page = 1
while True:
  response = GET /endpoint?per_page=100&page=page
  process(response)
  if len(response)                       ║
║  TIME:                     ║
║  MODE:  READ-ONLY                        ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════╝

PER-OPERATION (emit after each API call batch):

[N/TOTAL]   →  records | params: =

COMPLETION (human format):

╔══════════════════════════════════════════╗
║  COMPLETE: woo-dead-stock-identifier     ║
║  RECORDS PROCESSED:                   ║
║  OUTPUT:                       ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════╝

COMPLETION (json format):

{
  "skill": "woo-dead-stock-identifier",
  "store": "",
  "completed_at": "",
  "records_processed": ,
  "output_file": "",
  "dry_run": false
}

Output Format

CSV filename: woo-dead-stock-identifier_.csv Columns: product_id, sku, name, category, stock_quantity, regular_price, inventory_value, days_since_last_sale, date_created

Error Handling

| Error | Cause | Resolution | |-------|-------|------------| | 401 Unauthorized | Invalid credentials | Verify consumerkey and consumersecret | | 403 Forbidden | Key lacks Read scope | Regenerate with Read scope | | 429 Too Many Requests | Rate limit during order scan | Wait 2 seconds and retry | | Large lookback window | Too many orders to scan | Reduce lookback_days or run in off-peak hours |

Best Practices

• Use lookback_days: 90 as a starting point; seasonal products may need 180 or 365.
• Sort the export by inventory_value descending to prioritize high-capital items first.
• Follow up with woo-bulk-price-adjustment to apply clearance discounts to identified items.
• For seasonal catalogs: run before and after the selling season to catch unsold inventory.

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: navarroido
• Source: navarroido/Woocommerce-skill
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.