Woo Low Stock Restock Alert

woo-low-stock-restock-alert

Purpose

Identify all WooCommerce products and variations with stock_quantity at or below a configurable threshold and export a prioritized reorder sheet. Groups results by category for easy routing to suppliers. Read-only — no stock data is modified.

Prerequisites

• WooCommerce store with REST API enabled
• Consumer Key with Read scope
• Store management must track stock per product (manage_stock: true per product)
• 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 | | threshold | int | no | 5 | Stock quantity at or below which a product is flagged | | include_out_of_stock | bool | no | true | Include products with stock_quantity = 0 | | category_id | int | no | — | Limit to products in this category | | include_variations | bool | no | true | Also check variations of variable products |

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 products with low stock

GET /wp-json/wc/v3/products
  ?stock_status=instock&manage_stock=true&per_page=100&page=1
  [&category=]

Filter client-side: keep products where `stock_quantity ║ ║ TIME: ║ ║ MODE: READ-ONLY ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════╝

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

[N/TOTAL] → records | params: =

COMPLETION (human format):

╔══════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ COMPLETE: woo-low-stock-restock-alert ║ ║ RECORDS PROCESSED: ║ ║ OUTPUT: ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════╝

COMPLETION (json format):

```json
{
  "skill": "woo-low-stock-restock-alert",
  "store": "",
  "completed_at": "",
  "records_processed": ,
  "output_file": "",
  "dry_run": false
}

Output Format

CSV filename: woo-low-stock-restock-alert_.csv Columns: product_id, variation_id, sku, name, category, stock_quantity, stock_status, regular_price, low_stock_amount

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 | Wait 2 seconds and retry | | Empty result | No products below threshold | Increase threshold or check manage_stock settings |

Best Practices

• Run daily before placing supplier orders to catch critical stock levels.
• Set threshold to your average daily units sold × your supplier lead time in days.
• Combine with woo-inventory-adjustment to post the restocked quantities after receiving.
• Export the CSV directly to your purchasing team or ERP system.

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.