A CSV is a dump of facts. CommerceTXT is a layer of intent and logic.
If you give an AI a giant CSV of your whole inventory, you blow the context window before the conversation even starts. If you serve a CSV per product, you still pay for headers and commas without getting any behavioral control.
Our spec handles this via @SEMANTIC_LOGIC and @BRAND_VOICE. It’s about how the AI represents your brand, not just the raw numbers.
Regarding bs4: mapping HTML to a thousand different store layouts is exactly what we are trying to escape. That is the 'fragility tax'. We are proposing a deterministic fast-lane that bypasses the need for custom scrapers for every single store.
You don't want the AI to 'guess' your data. You want it to 'know' your data.
Our spec handles this via @SEMANTIC_LOGIC and @BRAND_VOICE. It’s about how the AI represents your brand, not just the raw numbers.
Regarding bs4: mapping HTML to a thousand different store layouts is exactly what we are trying to escape. That is the 'fragility tax'. We are proposing a deterministic fast-lane that bypasses the need for custom scrapers for every single store.
You don't want the AI to 'guess' your data. You want it to 'know' your data.