## Description: <br>
Find profitable Amazon niches and category opportunities with structured category tree data, niche filters, category path lookup, and marketplace-level business metrics. <br>

This skill is ready for commercial/non-commercial use. <br>

## Publisher: <br>
[pangolinfo](https://clawhub.ai/user/pangolinfo) <br>

### License/Terms of Use: <br>
MIT-0 <br>


## Use Case: <br>
External sellers, ecommerce researchers, and agent workflows use this skill to explore Amazon category trees, resolve category paths, and validate niche opportunities before sourcing or launching products. <br>

### Deployment Geography for Use: <br>
Global <br>

## Known Risks and Mitigations: <br>
Risk: The skill requires Pangolinfo credentials and sends Amazon niche research queries to Pangolinfo. <br>
Mitigation: Prefer PANGOLINFO_API_KEY over email/password, keep credentials in environment variables, and do not expose keys or passwords in shared outputs. <br>
Risk: Some API calls consume paid credits, including self-test, category filter, and niche filter requests. <br>
Mitigation: Start with lower-cost category search or category tree calls, warn before niche-filter or self-test, and avoid repeated bulk requests unless the user approves the credit cost. <br>
Risk: Credential caching can persist a reusable API key to disk when explicitly enabled. <br>
Mitigation: Leave caching disabled unless needed; if enabled with --cache-key or PANGOLINFO_CACHE=1, verify the local key file permissions and remove it when no longer needed. <br>


## Reference(s): <br>
- [Pangolinfo Amazon Niche Finder on ClawHub](https://clawhub.ai/pangolinfo/pangolinfo-amazon-niche) <br>
- [Pangolinfo](https://pangolinfo.com/?referrer=clawhub_amz_niche) <br>
- [Amazon Niche Data API Reference](references/amazon-niche-api.md) <br>
- [Output Schema Reference](references/output-schema.md) <br>
- [Error Codes and Troubleshooting](references/error-codes.md) <br>
- [First-Time Setup Guide](references/setup-guide.md) <br>


## Skill Output: <br>
**Output Type(s):** [text, markdown, shell commands, configuration, JSON] <br>
**Output Format:** [Markdown guidance with shell commands and summarized JSON API results] <br>
**Output Parameters:** [1D] <br>
**Other Properties Related to Output:** [Uses Pangolinfo credentials; filter and self-test calls can spend paid credits.] <br>

## Skill Version(s): <br>
2.0.4 (source: server release evidence and SKILL.md frontmatter) <br>

## Ethical Considerations: <br>
Users should evaluate whether this skill is appropriate for their environment, review any generated or modified files before relying on them, and apply their organization's safety, security, and compliance requirements before deployment. <br>