The Category List View provides merchants with a structured, low-cognitive overview of all categories detected in their catalog and their relationship to enriched products. While categories are not enriched in isolation, they play a critical role in how product discovery, indexing, and navigation are structured across the storefront.

This view mirrors the Product List View in layout and behavior, with category-specific controls layered on top.

Purpose of the Category List View

The Category List View allows merchants to:

• See which categories are eligible for enrichment
• Control whether enriched category metadata is delivered to the storefront
• Navigate directly to related products

The Category Gallery provides a consolidated, human-readable and machine-readable view of how CatalogPilot structures, enriches, and delivers category-level metadata.

Unlike the Product Gallery, which focuses on individual SKUs and variants, the Category Gallery exists primarily to support search engine and AI crawler understanding of category intent, hierarchy, and relevance.

Merchants should treat this view as informational and confirmatory, not as a primary editing surface.

Purpose of the Category Gallery

The Category Gallery is designed to:

• Anchor category-level intent for crawlers and AI systems
• Provide structured metadata that most platforms do not expose natively
• Strengthen discovery pathways for all products within

The Category tab provides a structured editing and reference view for individual product categories.

It mirrors the Product tab in layout, controls, and behavior, but applies those same principles at the category level rather than the individual product level.

This tab is secondary to the Category Gallery, which remains the primary overview for category enrichment. The Category tab exists to allow targeted review, confirmation, or adjustment when needed.

Purpose of the Category Tab

The Category tab allows merchants to:

• Review category-level metadata generated by CatalogPilot
• Make factual corrections or additions where appropriate
• Reference platform identifiers and source URLs
• Control whether

The Category SEO tab controls how category pages are described, structured, and indexed by search engines and AI crawlers.

Unlike the Category Gallery (which visualizes machine-readable output), this tab exposes the underlying SEO control fields that power that output.

This tab is machine-oriented, not customer-facing.

Purpose of the Category SEO Tab

The Category SEO tab exists to:

• Define how category pages are interpreted by search engines
• Provide structured semantic anchors for category-level indexing
• Ensure consistent, non-destructive SEO signals across the storefront

Most merchants do not need to edit this tab after initial enrichment.

SEO Fields Explained

The following fields are

The Category Social tab controls how category pages are represented when shared on social platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and similar networks.

This tab defines social preview metadata, not storefront presentation.

Purpose of the Category Social Tab

The Category Social tab exists to:

• Provide optimized preview titles and descriptions for social sharing
• Ensure consistent, brand-safe messaging when category links are shared
• Support social platforms that rely on OpenGraph and Twitter Card metadata

These fields are machine-read by social platforms, not by customers browsing the site.

OpenGraph Fields

OpenGraph metadata is primarily used by:

• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Messaging platforms that

The Category ESG tab allows merchants to optionally associate ethical, sustainability, and suitability signals with an entire product category.

This section is supplementary, not required, and is designed primarily for machine-readable interpretation rather than direct customer-facing content.

Purpose of the Category ESG Tab

The Category ESG tab exists to:

• Attach high-level ethical or suitability indicators to categories
• Support future ESG-aware search, filtering, and AI discovery
• Provide structured context for platforms, marketplaces, and compliance systems

These fields are not required for successful enrichment or delivery.

Available Fields

Depending on category type, the following ESG-related fields may appear:

• Minimum Age Indicates an

The Category AI tab provides advanced, machine-oriented context that helps anchor a category within AI-driven search, recommendation, and discovery systems.

This tab is not required for daily operations, enrichment approval, or storefront delivery. It exists to future-proof your catalog and strengthen long-term semantic understanding.

Purpose of the Category AI Tab

The Category AI tab is designed to:

• Establish a high-level semantic identity for a category
• Support AI assistants, conversational search, and generative discovery
• Reinforce consistent interpretation across products within the category

These fields do not directly control storefront display or pricing.

Available Fields

The Category AI tab may include:

• LLM