Front Section 2 - How CatalogPilot Works (The Mental Model)
How CatalogPilot Works (The Mental Model)
CatalogPilot is an external intelligence layer that sits alongside your eCommerce platform — not inside it.
Instead of overwriting or modifying your catalog data, CatalogPilot creates a secure, synchronized copy of your catalog outside your platform, enriches it, and then delivers approved improvements at page render time.
The Three Core States
Every piece of content in CatalogPilot moves through three clear states:
- Enriched
New structured content has been generated (SEO, accessibility, metadata, variants, images, categories).
- Approved
A human has confirmed the enrichment is acceptable. This is the trust boundary.
- Delivered
Approved content is actively being delivered to your storefront for visitors and crawlers.
At no point does CatalogPilot permanently overwrite your platform’s data.
What CatalogPilot Does
- Reads catalog data from your platform
- Enhances it for search engines, accessibility, and AI systems
- Lets you review and approve changes
- Injects approved content safely at render time
- Can be disabled instantly with no rollback required
What CatalogPilot Does Not Do
- It does not change your database
- It does not rewrite themes or templates
- It does not interfere with checkout, pricing, or inventory
- It does not create products or languages that don’t already exist
Think of CatalogPilot as air traffic control for your catalog — observing, optimizing, and guiding safely — never taking ownership.
