Newegg Product Comparison

Compare up to 5 products side-by-side using Newegg's comparison page. This skill handles the full flow: searching for products, resolving item numbers, building the comparison URL, and presenting a clean spec summary.

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Step 1 — Identify the products to compare

Parse the user's message to extract 2–5 product names or descriptions. If the user only mentions one product, ask them which other products they'd like to compare it against before proceeding.

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Step 2 — Search for each product via the API

For each product, call the Newegg search API using bash:

curl -sS -X POST "https://apis.newegg.com/ex-mcp/endpoint/product-search" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "tools/call",
    "params": {
      "name": "newegg product search",
      "arguments": {
        "query": "<SEARCH TERM>"
      }
    }
  }'

Parse the response:

response → result.content[0].text → (parse as JSON) → products array

Each product has:

• ItemNumber — e.g. "14-126-761" — this is what you need for the comparison URL
• WebDescription — product title
• Price.CurrentPriceText — current price
• Price.RatingOneDecimal — avg rating

If multiple results: Show the top 3 results as a numbered list for that product and ask the user to confirm which one they want to compare. Wait for confirmation before proceeding.

If no results: Tell the user and ask them to rephrase the search term.

Note: If the API returns "Unknown tool", run tools/list first to discover the correct tool name:

curl -sS -X POST "https://apis.newegg.com/ex-mcp/endpoint/product-search" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":0,"method":"tools/list"}'

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Step 3 — Build the comparison URL

Once you have the ItemNumber for each product, join them with %2C and append to the base URL:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare?compareall=true&CompareItemList=<ItemNumber1>%2C<ItemNumber2>%2C...

Example (3 products):

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare?compareall=true&CompareItemList=14-126-761%2C14-137-914%2C14-137-933

Maximum 5 item numbers. Strip any whitespace from item numbers before joining.

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Step 4 — Load the comparison page in the browser

The comparison page is JavaScript-rendered, so use the browser navigation tool to load it and extract the rendered content:

Navigate to: <comparison URL from Step 3>

After navigating, wait for the page to load (the comparison table should appear), then extract the full page text content.

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Step 5 — Parse and display the comparison

From the extracted page text, identify the spec rows and product columns. Present the comparison as a clean Markdown table:

## Newegg Comparison: [Product A] vs [Product B] vs ...

🔗 [View on Newegg](<comparison URL>)

| Spec | [Product A short name] | [Product B short name] | ... |
|------|------------------------|------------------------|-----|
| Price | $XXX | $XXX | ... |
| [spec] | [value] | [value] | ... |
...

💡 **Summary:** [2-3 sentence recommendation based on the specs, highlighting
key differences that matter for the user's apparent use case]

Presentation tips:

• Use short product names in column headers (remove brand prefix if it makes the table cleaner, but keep the model number)
• Group specs logically: pricing first, then performance specs, then physical specs, then connectivity
• If a spec value is identical across all products, you can still include it but it's lower priority
• Highlight the "winner" in each row with bold if there is a clear winner
• If the page fails to load or returns no comparison data, provide the URL to the user directly so they can open it in their browser, and offer to summarize specs from your training knowledge

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Edge Cases

Situation	Action
User gives only 1 product	Ask which products to compare it with
Search returns no results	Ask user to rephrase or check the product name
More than 5 products requested	Inform user the limit is 5 and ask which 5 to compare
Item number not found in search	Note it and proceed with the products found
Comparison page fails to load	Provide the URL directly; offer to summarize from training knowledge
Products are from very different categories	Still proceed; the comparison table will show the differences clearly