# Woo Dead Stock Identifier

> Read-only: Find products with zero sales in the last N days but positive stock — candidates for markdown, clearance, or removal.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-navarroido-woocommerce-skill-woo-dead-stock-identifier`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [navarroido](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/navarroido)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Content & Media](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/content-and-media)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [navarroido](https://github.com/navarroido)
- **Source:** https://github.com/navarroido/Woocommerce-skill/tree/claude/woocommerce-ai-skills-0ZaZD/skills/merchandising/woo-dead-stock-identifier

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-navarroido-woocommerce-skill-woo-dead-stock-identifier
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# 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 oauth_consumer_key, oauth_nonce, oauth_signature, oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1, oauth_timestamp, oauth_version=1.0

Never log or output consumer_key or consumer_secret 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):

```json
{
  "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 consumer_key and consumer_secret |
| `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](https://github.com/navarroido)
- **Source:** [navarroido/Woocommerce-skill](https://github.com/navarroido/Woocommerce-skill)
- **License:** MIT

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

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-navarroido-woocommerce-skill-woo-dead-stock-identifier
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/navarroido
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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