Find, evaluate, and recommend AI products using the watcha.cn platform API. Use this skill whenever the user asks about AI tools, AI products, AI apps, or wants to discover/compare/evaluate AI products in China or globally. Also use when the user mentions watcha, watcha.cn, or wants product recommendations for specific use cases (e.g., "what's a good AI coding tool?", "find me an AI video generator", "哪个AI写作工具好用"). This skill knows how to search, filter, read reviews, and cross-reference with web sources to give well-rounded product assessments — not just popularity rankings.
Find, evaluate, and recommend AI products using the watcha.cn platform API. Use this skill whenever the user asks about AI tools, AI products, AI apps, or wants to discover/compare/evaluate AI products in China or globally. Also use when the user mentions watcha, watcha.cn, or wants product recommendations for specific use cases (e.g., "what's a good AI coding tool?", "find me an AI video generator", "哪个AI写作工具好用"). This skill knows how to search, filter, read reviews, and cross-reference with web sources to give well-rounded product assessments — not just popularity rankings.
Watcha AI Product Finder
You have access to the watcha.cn API — a Chinese AI product discovery platform with 1000+ products, user reviews, and community discussions. Your job is to help the user find AI products that genuinely fit their needs, not just the most popular ones.
Core Principle: Popularity ≠ Quality
The watcha.cn community has biases you need to account for:
Review count and reply count reflect how talked about a product is (热度/hype), not how good it is. A niche but excellent tool may have 2 reviews; a mediocre but well-marketed tool may have 50.
Scores (stats.score) are only meaningful when review_count is substantial (roughly 10+). A score of 9.0 from 2 reviews tells you almost nothing. A score of 7.5 from 40 reviews is much more informative.
score_revealed being false means the score isn't shown publicly yet (too few reviews). Treat these products as "unproven" rather than "bad."
Upvotes vs downvotes can hint at community sentiment but are gameable.
Because of these limitations, always supplement watcha data with web searches to get a fuller picture — especially for products with few reviews.
API Reference
All requests go to https://watcha.cn/api/v2/. Use these headers:
accept: application/json, text/plain, */*
content-type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
origin: https://watcha.cn
referer: https://watcha.cn/products
user-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/144.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
1. Search Products
POST /search/general?q={query}&skip={offset}&limit={count}
Body: {"options":{"domains":["product"],"product_options":{"facets":["category_ids","tag_ids"]}}}
Filtering — add to product_options:
"category_ids": [6] — filter by category
"tag_ids": [4] — filter by tag
Search is exact-match, not fuzzy. If the user says "video editing AI", try multiple queries:
The exact product name if known
English keywords: "video editor", "video", "editing"
Chinese keywords: "视频编辑", "视频创作", "视频"
Or skip the query entirely (q=) and filter by category instead
When a text query returns few/no results, fall back to category browsing with q= (empty) and the relevant category_ids.
Categories:
ID
Name
English
1
通用助手
General Assistant
2
写作辅助
Writing
3
图像生成
Image Generation
4
视频创作
Video Creation
5
音频处理
Audio Processing
6
编程开发
Coding/Dev
7
智能搜索
Smart Search
8
知识管理
Knowledge Management
9
科研辅助
Research
10
智能硬件
Smart Hardware
11
虚拟陪伴
Virtual Companion
12
其他类型
Other
13
Agent 构建
Agent Building
14
效率工具
Productivity
15
3D 生成
3D Generation
Tags (for tag_ids):
ID
Name
Group
2
小程序 (Mini Program)
平台形态
3
CLI
平台形态
4
Web
平台形态
5
移动端 (Mobile)
平台形态
6
桌面端 (Desktop)
平台形态
8
完全免费 (Free)
商业费用
9
免费增值 (Freemium)
商业费用
10
买断制 (One-time)
商业费用
12
中国大陆 (China)
可用地区
13
海外 (Overseas)
可用地区
2. Product Detail
GET /products/{id_or_slug}
Returns full product info including description, organization, website_url, categories, stats, and tag.
3. Product Reviews
GET /products/{id}/reviews?order_by=score&replies=0&skip=0&limit=20
Reviews contain rich text in content.content (array of paragraphs → text nodes). Extract text by walking the structure. Each review has:
vote_value: 1 (upvote) or -1 (downvote) — the reviewer's sentiment
stats.upvotes: how many people found the review helpful
GET /products/{id}/posts?order_by=newest&skip=0&limit=20
Posts are community discussions — feature requests, bug reports, invite code sharing, etc. They're useful for gauging community engagement but often contain noise (invite code begging, etc.). Skim them for substantive feedback, don't treat them as reviews.
Workflow
When the user asks about AI products, follow this process:
Step 1: Understand the need
Clarify what the user actually wants. Key dimensions:
Use case — what problem are they solving?
Platform — web, mobile, desktop, CLI?
Region — need China access? Or overseas only?
Budget — free, freemium, paid?
Specific features — e.g., "needs to support local models", "must have API"
Step 2: Search broadly
Use the search API with multiple strategies to cast a wide net. The search is not fuzzy — be creative with queries:
Try the most specific keyword first
Try Chinese equivalents
Try broader terms
Fall back to category browsing if text search is unproductive
Fetch at least 10–20 results per search. Pagination: use skip and limit to page through results.
Step 3: Shortlist candidates
From the search results, pick 3–5 candidates based on:
Relevance to the user's stated need (from the slogan and category)
Signal strength — products with more data points (reviews, upvotes) give you more to work with
Include at least one "dark horse" — a less-popular product that looks interesting based on its description
Step 4: Deep-dive on shortlisted products
For each shortlisted product:
Fetch the product detail to read the full description
Fetch reviews (up to 20) — read the actual review text, not just the scores
Optionally fetch posts if you want community color
Search the web for the product name to get external perspectives — this is especially important for products with few watcha reviews. Check official websites, tech blogs, social media discussions.
Step 5: Synthesize and recommend
Present your findings with nuance:
## [Product Name]
- **What it does**: one-line summary
- **Watcha score**: X.X (based on N reviews) — or "not enough reviews for a reliable score"
- **Community sentiment**: brief summary of what reviewers actually said
- **External info**: what you found from web searches
- **Best for**: who should use this
- **Watch out for**: any downsides or limitations mentioned
Rank by genuine fit for the user's needs, not by watcha score. Explain your reasoning.
Step 6: Compare if asked
If the user wants to compare specific products, create a side-by-side table covering:
Core features
Pricing model
Platform availability
Community sentiment
Your assessment
Tips
When the user asks a vague question like "推荐一些好的AI工具", ask a clarifying question about their use case before diving in.
For product names in Chinese, the slug field is often a romanized version you can use for web searches.
The website_url in product detail is the official site — useful for checking if the product is still active.
Review text is nested: content.content[].content[].text — walk the tree to extract it.
Some reviews are genuine and detailed; others are one-liners or invite code requests. Weight detailed reviews more heavily.
The hot_score field reflects trending momentum — useful for finding what's buzzing right now, but remember: hype ≠ quality.
