Find manufacturers for your product
Manufacturers that can make your product, with minimum order, unit price, lead time and certificates.
- You start it: When you start it
What it does
The task
Find manufacturers that can make product in a first order of quantity units. Search B2B marketplaces, trade directories and manufacturer websites in countries. For each one, record the company name, the country, the website, the minimum order, the price for each unit when it is listed, the lead time, the certificates and the years in business. Put up to 20 manufacturers in a new Google Sheet. Mark the 5 best fits and say why. Do not contact anyone.
- It works in any marketplace, any website and Google Sheets, in the workspace you pick, and signs in with passwords from your Cuiar vault.
- It runs once, when you start it.
What you give it
| Blank | What to give | Example |
|---|---|---|
| product | The product with its materials and size | Stainless steel water bottles, 750 ml, double wall, with a logo print |
| quantity | The number of units in your first order | 2,000 |
| countries | Countries to search, or any | Portugal, Turkey, Vietnam |
What you get back
An example run with the example values above. Your run uses your own data.
Manufacturers: 750 ml double-wall steel bottles, first order 2,000 units (18 found)
| Company | Country | Min. order | Unit price | Lead time | Certificates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aco Norte Lda | Portugal | 1,000 | 6.80 EUR | 5 weeks | ISO 9001, LFGB |
| EgeSteel Ltd | Turkey | 3,000 | 4.10 USD | 6 weeks | ISO 9001 |
| Mekong Drinkware Co. | Vietnam | 500 | 3.60 USD | 8 weeks | BSCI, FDA test report |
Best fits: Aco Norte (EU, fast), Mekong Drinkware (low minimum), 3 more in the sheet
No price listed: 7 manufacturers
Sheet: Bottle manufacturers, 18 rows
Run it in Cuiar
- 01
Open it
Click Use in Cuiar on this page. The side panel opens with the task in the composer.
- 02
Fill in 3 blanks
Type product, quantity and countries. Tab moves to the next blank.
- 03
Run it
Run sends it to the agent. Follow each step in the panel, and stop it at any time.
From the terminal
cuiar exec "Find manufacturers that can make Stainless steel water bottles, 750 ml, double wall, with a logo print in a first order of 2,000 units. Search B2B marketplaces, trade directories and manufacturer websites in Portugal, Turkey, Vietnam. For each one, record the company name, the country, the website, the minimum order, the price for each unit when it is listed, the lead time, the certificates and the years in business. Put up to 20 manufacturers in a new Google Sheet. Mark the 5 best fits and say why. Do not contact anyone."Run it from your AI agent
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other MCP clients reach Cuiar at https://mcp.cuiar.com/mcp. Add the server one time, then ask for the task in plain words, or call run_task yourself.
1. Add Cuiar to Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http cuiar https://mcp.cuiar.com/mcp2. Ask your agent
Use the Cuiar tool run_task to run my "Find manufacturers for your product" template with product = Stainless steel water bottles, 750 ml, double wall, with a logo print; quantity = 2,000; countries = Portugal, Turkey, Vietnam.Setup for other agents: AI agents.
The tool call
{
"name": "run_task",
"arguments": {
"task": "Find manufacturers that can make Stainless steel water bottles, 750 ml, double wall, with a logo print in a first order of 2,000 units. Search B2B marketplaces, trade directories and manufacturer websites in Portugal, Turkey, Vietnam. For each one, record the company name, the country, the website, the minimum order, the price for each unit when it is listed, the lead time, the certificates and the years in business. Put up to 20 manufacturers in a new Google Sheet. Mark the 5 best fits and say why. Do not contact anyone."
}
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