Commish

Use this when the user wants to know who can make their product, or where to find existing products like it. Returns curated manufacturers for the category (self-serve platforms with instant pricing, quote-based factories and marketplaces, campaign platforms, freelancers), manufacturers other users added, visual-search and shop links for similar existing products, and search queries for discovering more with web search. Pass extra manufacturers you find (name + website, plus email or contact page if listed) to request_quotes. Without a saved design, pass idea: the request is checked for safety and IP like in plan_product, and blocked items get no manufacturers.

find_makers

Use this after picking a category (from plan_product) and before generating any images. Returns the spec checklist, design-for-manufacturing rules, the request images to generate (a realistic reference photo that also works for visual search, the views or artwork sheet manufacturers expect, or an edit of the user's own photo) with prompts filled from the spec, the files manufacturers need and compliance notes.

get_design_brief

Use this first when someone wants to make, customize, prototype, manufacture or source a physical product: merch, gifts, apparel, shoes, bags, plush, prints, pins, figures, 3D prints, machined or molded parts, packaging, signs, furniture or anything else, including finding an existing product that matches a spec. Returns the best production route, a price ladder by quantity, timeline and shipping notes, safety and IP checks, sourcing advice (existing, modified or custom) and the open questions to settle. Prices are planning estimates, not quotes. Do not use for digital-only products.

plan_product

Use this when the user wants more manufacturers to see their request, or asks to post, publish or broadcast it. Publishes the saved design as an open request: a public page on the requests board with one quote link any manufacturer can use (no login), listed in the board's feeds and announced to manufacturers who subscribed to the category. Returns the public link, share links and paste-ready text for sourcing sites and groups. The user's email and private link stay private. Get the user's OK first: the title, description, spec and images become public. The design needs an image: save one with save_design before publishing. action = unpublish takes it off the board.

share_design

Use this when the user wants to answer a manufacturer's question, accept a quote or decline one (rfq_id from get_design). Show the user the exact reply and get their OK first: a sent reply can't be unsent. Accepting charges nothing: it asks the manufacturer for an invoice or sample offer, and payment happens directly between the user and the manufacturer.

reply_to_maker

Use this when the user has chosen manufacturers for a saved design and wants quotes. Creates one quote request per manufacturer with a private link the manufacturer uses to reply (no login), and returns ready-to-send messages (email link or text for a contact form). Self-serve platforms get ordering steps instead. Confirm the manufacturer list with the user first. Nothing is paid or ordered: Commish can't charge a card or place an order, so if the user asks for that, say so plainly and offer to request or accept quotes instead (the buyer pays the manufacturer directly).

request_quotes

Use this when the user approves a design and wants to keep it, share it, find similar products or get quotes. Generate the reference photo first (get_design_brief's image_set) and pass it in `images` with `image_labels`: a request without an image can't be published and gets fewer quotes. Saves a new version (nothing is overwritten) as a request for quote: spec, must-haves, quantities, sourcing preference and images, and returns a shareable link with a PDF download. To revise, pass design_id: omitted fields are copied from that version.

save_design

Use this to show a saved design and its quote status: manufacturer replies, quotes with landed unit cost (unit price plus setup and shipping), and questions waiting for the user. Without design_id, lists the user's saved designs.

get_design