How the AI Shopping Check uses AI

How this tool uses AI

Most of the tool results are created using fixed rules, not AI. The results come from rules applied to:

  • The user’s answers

  • Information the tool finds on the product pages the user provides

AI affects only one answer: the product details question, and the user can answer it manually, if preferred.

What the code checks

For each product page the user shares, the tool uses code (not AI) to read the page’s structured data and tags. These checks automatically fill in two answers in the assessment. Users can edit or replace either answer manually.

What AI does

AI has two limited jobs:

  • Check product details. For each page submitted to the tool, AI checks whether the page states specific types of product information. It does not copy text or write content from the user’s page.

  • Write the report summary. AI writes three short paragraphs using the labels already in the user’s result. It does not see the user’s pages, links, answers, or email address.

What AI can see

For the product-details check, AI sees the text of one product page at a time.

Before sending page text to AI, the tool removes:

  • Menus, headers, and footers

  • Scripts

  • Marked-up reviews and customer questions

  • Email addresses and phone numbers

  • Links containing tracking codes

The text is used for one check. It is not stored, logged, or included in the report.

Which AI is used

The tool uses Claude Sonnet 5.5 from Anthropic through Anthropic’s API. Anthropic says it does not use API data to train its models and deletes API data within 30 days, except in limited cases described in its policy.

What AI does not do

AI does not:

  • Read retailer or marketplace listings

  • Decide whether the user’s page content is true, safe, compliant, or legally allowed

  • Run JavaScript on the user’s site, so information added that way may not be detected

If the AI product-details check is unavailable or fails, the user answers that question manually. Everything else in the result stays the same.

How AI is checked

Every AI update is tested against a fixed set of test cases before it goes live. Results are reviewed every week.

Questions? Email kara.lineal@gmail.com.