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CatalogPilot Glossary & Key Concepts

Catalog

Your product catalog as it exists on your eCommerce platform (products, categories, variants, images, prices, availability).

CatalogPilot does not replace your catalog. It reads from it and builds an enriched copy externally.

Copy of Catalog (External Copy)

A secure, read-only copy of your catalog created via API connection.

This copy:

  • Lives outside your platform
  • Is used for enrichment, validation, and delivery
  • Can be discarded instantly with no impact to your store

Enrichment

The process of generating structured, machine-readable content for products, categories, variants, and images.

Enrichment may include:

  • Titles and descriptions
  • SEO metadata (meta title, description, headings)
  • ADA / accessibility image text
  • Schema-ready structured fields
  • AI and semantic classification fields

Enrichment never overwrites platform data.

Approval

A required confirmation step where merchants review and accept enriched content before it is delivered to the storefront.

Approval:

  • Prevents drift and hallucination
  • Ensures enterprise-grade control
  • Can be done per-item or in bulk (“Approve All”)

Approved content can still be edited later.

Original vs Approved

  • Original: Content sourced from your platform and storefront
  • Approved: Content generated by CatalogPilot and confirmed by you

The system always preserves both views for comparison.

Batch

A group of items selected for enrichment together.

Batches can be created by:

  • Auto (oldest un-enriched items)
  • Manual product selection
  • Category-based selection

Nothing runs until a batch is confirmed.

Estimate

A cost preview shown before enrichment begins.

Estimates:

  • Show item counts and pricing
  • Reflect only what is currently eligible
  • Do not trigger billing until confirmed

Review Queue

A temporary holding area for newly enriched items awaiting approval.

Designed for:

  • Visual comparison
  • Fast confirmation
  • Minimal cognitive load

Most merchants approve here without editing.

Product Gallery

The primary comparison view showing:

  • Human-facing content
  • Machine-facing content
  • Accessibility and structured metadata

This is the most important review surface in CatalogPilot.

Product Tabs

Secondary editing panels beneath the gallery.

Used for:

  • Targeted edits
  • Field-level overrides
  • Advanced review (optional)

The gallery comes first; tabs support it.

Variants

Individual product variations (size, color, etc.) treated as independent structured records.

CatalogPilot creates separate variant records so:

  • Each variant can be indexed independently
  • Variant-specific schema can be delivered
  • Discoverability is amplified without duplicate URLs

Variant content is largely inherited from the parent product.

Images / ADA

Image-level enrichment including:

  • Image titles
  • Alt text
  • Captions
  • Accessibility descriptions

These fields are primarily machine-read and should rarely be edited unless incorrect.

Attributes

Standardized product characteristics used by search engines and shopping platforms.

Includes Google-required fields such as:

  • Availability
  • Condition
  • Product type
  • Category taxonomy

Yellow fields are optional unless known with certainty.

Schema

Structured data (JSON-LD) delivered at render time to describe products, categories, and variants to search engines and AI systems.

Schema:

  • Is injected dynamically
  • Does not modify theme files
  • Can be disabled instantly

Storefront Delivery

The process of delivering approved structured content to your live storefront when pages are viewed.

Delivery:

  • Happens at render time
  • Is non-destructive
  • Reflects only approved content

FailSafe Switch

A global control that instantly disables all CatalogPilot delivery.

When turned off:

  • Your store reverts to native behavior
  • No cleanup or rollback is required
  • All enriched data remains safely stored externally

Incoming (Catalog Sync)

The secure, read-only connection that pulls catalog data from your platform into CatalogPilot.

CatalogPilot:

  • Reads data only
  • Does not write back
  • Respects platform authority

Outgoing (Delivery)

The controlled delivery of enriched content back to your storefront via a lightweight script.

Outgoing delivery:

  • Is optional
  • Can be paused or disabled
  • Does not affect checkout or transactions

Tags

Individual structured data elements generated during enrichment.

A single product may generate dozens of tags across:

  • Product fields
  • Images
  • Variants
  • Categories
  • AI and semantic layers

High tag counts indicate depth—not duplication.

Activity Log

A detailed timeline of actions within CatalogPilot.

Logs include:

  • Enrichment events
  • Approvals
  • Edits
  • Batch status changes
  • Billable actions (where applicable)

Usage

A real-time record of billable enrichment activity.

Usage is:

  • Itemized
  • Time-stamped
  • Assigned to invoices automatically

Invoice

A weekly summary of enrichment usage.

Invoices:

  • Combine all usage into a single line item
  • Reference detailed activity for auditability
  • Are separate from subscription billing

Subscription

Your base plan that defines:

  • Catalog size limits
  • Access level
  • Feature availability

Subscriptions are billed separately from enrichment usage.

Translation

Optional enrichment of approved content into existing platform languages.

Translations:

  • Run only after primary approval
  • Apply only to languages already present in your catalog
  • Are discounted relative to primary enrichment
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