{"slug": "ai-agent-skills-for-better-second-hand-decisions", "title": "AI agent skills for better second-hand decisions", "summary": "Budna Marketplace released Recommerce, a set of six portable agent skills — Buy, Kits, Inspect, Collect, Keep and Second Look — for researching second-hand purchases, installable via the Skills CLI with the command \"npx skills add budna-marketplace/recommerce\". Each skill runs independently on evidence the host can access, such as listings, specifications, measurements and quotes, and outputs a source-backed shortlist, inspection card or change report that separates seller claims from product documentation and unresolved condition; Budna MCP is an optional integration.", "body_md": "**Agent skills for better second-hand decisions.**\n\nPortable agent skills for researching second-hand purchases. Recommerce covers discovery, complete setups, inspection, collection planning, repair-versus-replacement decisions, and reassessment before commitment.\n\nA listing is incomplete, changing evidence. The skills distinguish what a seller claims, what product documentation supports, and what still needs verification. The objective is a suitable purchase at a supported total cost—including the option to keep an existing item.\n\n| Skill | Purpose | Output | \n|---|---|---|\n| **[Buy](https://github.com/budna-marketplace/recommerce/blob/main/skills/recommerce-buy/SKILL.md)** | Find and compare potential purchases. | A source-backed shortlist with fit, complete costs, tradeoffs, and decisive unknowns. | \n| **[Kits](https://github.com/budna-marketplace/recommerce/blob/main/skills/recommerce-kits/SKILL.md)** | Assemble a working setup from multiple items. | A compatible bill of materials, required accessories, alternatives, and one shared budget. | \n| **[Inspect](https://github.com/budna-marketplace/recommerce/blob/main/skills/recommerce-inspect/SKILL.md)** | Assess an item before purchase or collection. | A listing-specific inspection card separating claims, useful checks, and unresolved condition. | \n| **[Collect](https://github.com/budna-marketplace/recommerce/blob/main/skills/recommerce-collect/SKILL.md)** | Determine whether collection is practical. | A route and transport plan with measurements, disassembly constraints, costs, and blockers. | \n| **[Keep](https://github.com/budna-marketplace/recommerce/blob/main/skills/recommerce-keep/SKILL.md)** | Compare keeping, repairing, upgrading, or replacing. | A conditional comparison of future costs, suitability, downtime, and uncertainty. | \n| **[Second Look](https://github.com/budna-marketplace/recommerce/blob/main/skills/recommerce-second-look/SKILL.md)** | Reassess an earlier recommendation before committing. | A change report and updated decision: what changed, what remains supported, and what was not rechecked. | \n\nEach skill works independently with evidence the host can access: listings, specifications, measurements, quotes, or a previous assessment. Available read-only tools can supply current evidence; [Budna MCP](https://github.com/budna-marketplace/mcp) is an optional integration.\n\nAfter installing, ask your assistant:\n\n```\nFind a complete used cordless drill delivered to Gothenburg for under\n1,000 SEK. I need it for furniture assembly and already own suitable bits.\nBuild a two-person podcast setup from these used listings. I have a laptop\nand headphones; include every required connection within 2,000 SEK.\nInspect this drill listing before tomorrow's viewing. Give me the checks\nthat could change my decision, distinguishing seller claims, model\ndocumentation, and observed condition.\nCan I collect this wardrobe in my van? Check both access routes, packed\ndimensions, payload, disassembly requirements, and total collection cost.\nCompare this laptop repair quote with these used replacements. I need it\nfor another year; account for downtime and costs still unconfirmed.\nTake a second look at yesterday's shortlist before I commit. Recheck the\ndecisive facts and show what changes the recommendation.\n```\n\nProvide the intended use and constraints you know. The assistant should ask only for missing information that changes the decision. See an [illustrative inspection card](https://github.com/budna-marketplace/recommerce/blob/main/examples/drill-inspection.md).\n\nInstall directly from GitHub with the [Skills CLI](https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills):\n\n```\nnpx skills add budna-marketplace/recommerce\n```\n\nThe installer lets you choose the skills and supported agents. To install only Buy:\n\n```\nnpx skills add budna-marketplace/recommerce --skill recommerce-buy\n```\n\nAdd `--global` to make the skill available across projects. No manual clone or repository-level check tooling is needed.\n\nFor other Agent Skills-compatible hosts with GitHub import, select the relevant folder in [skills/](https://github.com/budna-marketplace/recommerce/tree/main/skills). Import the complete folder, including its references. Hosts without skill support cannot install these as persistent skills.\n\n- **Claims retain their sources.** Model specifications do not certify a particular used unit; ratings and identity badges do not establish condition.\n- **Compare usable totals.** Required accessories, fees, delivery, and collection costs belong in the decision. A current auction bid is not a guaranteed purchase price.\n- **Respect the buyer's constraints.** Do not silently relax requirements, invent availability, or fill a shortlist with unsuitable options.\n- **Keep assessment separate from transactions.** The skills do not contact sellers, reserve items, bid, or purchase. They do not certify condition, authenticity, or future availability.\n\nThese are general decision workflows; examples rely on supplied or verified specifications and quotes. No workflow certifies physical condition, safe handling, repair success, or future availability.\n\n[Recommerce Checks](https://github.com/budna-marketplace/recommerce/blob/main/checks/README.md) contains synthetic regression cases and an offline evaluation workflow. These support development, not a claim of general reliability. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/budna-marketplace/recommerce/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for repository structure, development checks, and how to contribute cases or improvements.\n\n[MIT](https://github.com/budna-marketplace/recommerce/blob/main/LICENSE).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-agent-skills-for-better-second-hand-decisions", "canonical_source": "https://github.com/budna-marketplace/recommerce", "published_at": "2026-10-28 21:42:12+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-28 22:12:19.425552+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-tools", "agent-protocols", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Budna Marketplace", "Recommerce", "Budna MCP", "Skills CLI", "Vercel", "GitHub"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-agent-skills-for-better-second-hand-decisions", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-agent-skills-for-better-second-hand-decisions.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-agent-skills-for-better-second-hand-decisions.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-agent-skills-for-better-second-hand-decisions.jsonld"}}