| name | suggest-sourcing-options |
| description | Recommend specific vendors for each BOM line, biased by the user's location and preferred suppliers. Produces a sourcing plan with vendor, expected lead time, and trade-offs (price vs. authenticity vs. speed). |
Suggest Sourcing Options
Translate a BOM into an actionable shopping list per vendor.
Inputs
- Project slug, reading
bom.json.
- User profile (location, preferred vendors, vendors to avoid).
research.md if present — prefer its dated live listings (vendor, price, URL) over model-knowledge estimates; offer to run research-components if it's missing or stale.
Per-line analysis
For each part, recommend:
- Primary vendor — best fit for the user (factoring price, shipping to location, authenticity risk for sensors/ICs, lead time).
- Backup vendor — fallback if primary is out of stock.
- Trade-off note — e.g. "AliExpress is ~40% cheaper but 2–4 week shipping and counterfeit risk on branded chips; Mouser is authenticated but ships from US".
Group BOM lines by recommended vendor so the user can place consolidated orders (minimises shipping fees).
Counterfeit & authenticity flags
Raise an explicit warning when a part is commonly counterfeited on consumer marketplaces (e.g. FTDI, CP2102, certain Bosch sensors, branded MOSFETs) and recommend a distributor source for those specifically — even when the user prefers cheaper marketplaces overall.
Output
Write <projects_dir>/<slug>/sourcing.md containing:
- Per-vendor consolidated cart sections.
- Estimated total per cart (sum of unit prices × qty, before shipping).
- Estimated combined lead time.
- Authenticity / quality flags.
Note: this skill does not place orders. It produces a plan the user takes to each vendor's site.
