E-Commerce Inventory and Pricing Optimiser

1. The Problem

E-commerce businesses operating at scale face two simultaneous inventory problems that compound each other: overstock on slow-moving lines that ties up cash and storage, and stockouts on fast-moving lines that lose revenue and damage customer relationships. Both problems stem from the same root cause — pricing and inventory decisions are made reactively, based on what has already happened, rather than predictively, based on what is about to happen. By the time a human notices a trend, it has already been a trend for three weeks.

2. Integration & Webhook Setup

Follow the exact steps below to configure and deploy this automation inside your OpenClaw workspace.

1. 1Create a new agent named `inventory-optimiser`. Connect your e-commerce platform (Shopify, WooCommerce, or Magento) and your warehouse management system or 3PL if applicable. The agent needs read access to stock levels, sales velocity by SKU, and cost price data.
2. 2Configure your `INVENTORY_RULES` section: set your reorder point calculation (default: average daily sales velocity × supplier lead time × 1.5 safety factor), your slow-mover threshold (default: sales velocity in bottom 20% of category for 21+ days), and your overstock threshold (default: days-on-hand >90 for non-seasonal lines).
3. 3Set up competitor price monitoring in the `PRICE_WATCH` section — identical to Automation 8 but integrated into the inventory decision logic. Configure your `PRICING_RULES`: the conditions under which a price reduction is recommended (slow-mover + competitor undercut), a price increase is recommended (fast-mover + out-of-stock risk + competitor above your price), or pricing holds.
4. 4Configure your `DEMAND_SIGNALS`: the agent incorporates Google Trends data, social mention volume, and your own search-term conversion data to predict near-term demand shifts for each category. This forward-looking signal is what separates predictive inventory management from reactive stocktaking.
5. 5Enable the promotional brief generator: when a slow-mover has been flagged for 14+ days and price reduction alone has not moved velocity, the agent generates a promotional brief — recommended platform (email, paid social, affiliate), copy angle, discount level, and expected clearance timeline.

3. The Context Payload (context.json)

Save this file as: .openclaw/agents/e-commerce-inventory-and-pricing-optimiser/context.json

{
  "automation_id": "26",
  "title": "E-Commerce Inventory and Pricing Optimiser",
  "level": 3,
  "tier": "Enterprise Playbook",
  "setup_time": "1 week",
  "estimated_api_cost": "~$80–$160/mo",
  "client_price_range": "$2,000–$10,000",
  "agents": [
    {
      "role": "orchestrator",
      "model": "claude-3-5-sonnet",
      "temperature": 0.2,
      "max_tokens": 4096
    }
  ],
  "memory": "session",
  "output_format": "structured_json",
  "human_review_gate": true,
  "documentation_standard": "required"
}

4. Execution Commands

Run these commands from your openclaw-workshop/ directory to validate, test, and schedule this automation. Commands are taken directly from The OpenClaw Income Engine, Appendix G.

# ── STEP 1: Test e-commerce platform connection ──
$ openclaw run inventory-optimiser --test-source shopify --verbose
$ 
# ── STEP 2: Run initial SKU analysis (dry run — no recommendations sent) ──
$ openclaw run inventory-optimiser --dry-run --date today
$ 
# ── STEP 3: Review SKU classification accuracy ──
# Check: are slow-mover and reorder thresholds correctly calibrated for this business?
# Adjust SLOW_MOVER_DAYS and REORDER_SAFETY_FACTOR in context.json if needed.
$ 
# ── STEP 4: Run live daily analysis ──
$ openclaw run inventory-optimiser --live
$ 
# ── STEP 5: Approve a pricing recommendation ──
$ openclaw approve inventory-optimiser --sku-id <sku_id> --action approve-price-change
$ 
# ── STEP 6: Schedule daily and weekly runs ──
$ openclaw schedule inventory-optimiser --cron "0 6 * * *"
$ openclaw schedule inventory-optimiser --dashboard --cron "0 6 * * 1"
$ 
# ── Generate a promo brief for a specific slow-moving SKU ──
$ openclaw run inventory-optimiser --sku-id <sku_id> --mode promo-brief
$ 
# ── Export reorder queue as CSV for procurement team ──
$ openclaw run inventory-optimiser --reorder-queue --export csv