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2 live AI Agent Buddies (Own-brand Recipe Developer, Halal Certification Tracker) and 11 on the roadmap: what each does, the data it needs and the questions it answers.

4 Nov 2026 · 2 min read

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Own-brand Recipe Developer

Supports own-brand food development with recipe benchmarks, nutrition targets and cost per unit.

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Who it's for: Your team (console, API)
Data it needs: Products
Tools it uses: read-only SQL over your retail data (sandboxed per workspace); semantic product search with filters (price, colour, category)

Ask it, for example:

  • "We want an own-brand granola: benchmark the category"
  • "Nutrition targets for a Nutri-Score A yoghurt"
  • "What should an own-brand hummus cost and contain?"

Halal Certification Tracker

Tracks halal certificates for suppliers and products and flags expiring, lapsed or unrecognised certifiers.

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Who it's for: Your team (console, API)
Data it needs: Suppliers, Products
Tools it uses: supplier_compliance; read-only SQL over your retail data (sandboxed per workspace)

Ask it, for example:

  • "Which halal certificates expire in the next 60 days?"
  • "Are any suppliers using an unrecognised halal certifier?"
  • "Halal compliance summary for the meat suppliers"

Coming next

  • Supplier Discovery Scout: Finds and shortlists new suppliers by product, capability, certification and region.
  • RFQ Builder and Comparator: Builds requests for quotation and compares supplier quotes on cost, lead time and terms.
  • Factory Audit Summariser: Summarises social and technical factory audit reports and tracks corrective actions to closure.
  • Should-cost Modeller: Builds should-cost models from materials, labour and freight to challenge supplier prices.
  • Fabric Sourcing Assistant: Finds fabrics and trims matching quality, sustainability and cost requirements from approved mills.
  • Fit Session Recorder: Records fit session comments and measurements and turns them into supplier amendment requests.
  • Tech Pack Generator: Generates tech packs from design sketches with measurements, construction details and grading rules.
  • Formulation Compliance Checker: Checks cosmetic formulations against banned and restricted ingredient lists for each market.
  • Material Durability Assessor: Compares furniture materials and finishes for durability, cost and sustainability before sourcing.
  • Toy Safety Standard Checker: Checks toy designs against safety standards for age grading, small parts and chemical limits.
  • Pet Food Formulation Reviewer: Reviews own-brand pet food formulations against nutritional standards and competitor benchmarks.

How to turn them on

  1. Load the data each agent needs (upload, API or, soon, a connector to your e-commerce platform).
  2. Open Agent catalog in the ServiceBuddy console: agents whose data is present show as ready.
  3. Install, add your own instructions, and test in the Playground.

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Supply Chain & Fulfilment

Supplier Discovery Scout

Finds and shortlists new suppliers by product, capability, certification and region.

For your team
On the roadmap
🧵 Coming soon

Supply Chain & Fulfilment

RFQ Builder and Comparator

Builds requests for quotation and compares supplier quotes on cost, lead time and terms.

For your team
On the roadmap
🧵 Coming soon

Supply Chain & Fulfilment

Factory Audit Summariser

Summarises social and technical factory audit reports and tracks corrective actions to closure.

For your team
On the roadmap
🧵 Coming soon

Supply Chain & Fulfilment

Should-cost Modeller

Builds should-cost models from materials, labour and freight to challenge supplier prices.

For your team
On the roadmap
🧵 Coming soon

Supply Chain & Fulfilment

Fabric Sourcing Assistant

Finds fabrics and trims matching quality, sustainability and cost requirements from approved mills.

For your team
On the roadmap
🧵 Coming soon

Supply Chain & Fulfilment

Fit Session Recorder

Records fit session comments and measurements and turns them into supplier amendment requests.

For your team
On the roadmap
🧵 Coming soon

Supply Chain & Fulfilment

Tech Pack Generator

Generates tech packs from design sketches with measurements, construction details and grading rules.

For your team
On the roadmap
🧵 Coming soon

Supply Chain & Fulfilment

Formulation Compliance Checker

Checks cosmetic formulations against banned and restricted ingredient lists for each market.

For your team
On the roadmap
🧵 Coming soon

Supply Chain & Fulfilment

Material Durability Assessor

Compares furniture materials and finishes for durability, cost and sustainability before sourcing.

For your team
On the roadmap
🧵 Coming soon

Supply Chain & Fulfilment

Toy Safety Standard Checker

Checks toy designs against safety standards for age grading, small parts and chemical limits.

For your team
On the roadmap
🧵 Coming soon

Supply Chain & Fulfilment

Pet Food Formulation Reviewer

Reviews own-brand pet food formulations against nutritional standards and competitor benchmarks.

For your team
On the roadmap

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