Automated Product Validation Workflow Using AI
Testing a workflow to automate market research, competitor research, product concept images, landing pages, and ads in about 20 minutes for ~3.7USD.
I have now setup a workflow to automate everything that was done in this blog post (link) in about 20 minutes for ~3.7USD.
I give the tool a product idea
It performs market research and competitor research
It provides initial research into operational requirements (licensing requirements, any other operational concerns etc)
It generates branding (brand name, colour combination, logo, taglines)
It generates product concepts and images
It generates a landing page
It generates ad copy and visuals
While normally using the tool, after each stage it stops and asks for input on what to change before moving on to the next step. For now to demo the tool I’ve let it run on an example fully autonomously without my input (except 2 things - I’ll talk about those later).
I’ve added the output of the workflow below. I think the quality of the initial output is a 5/10 but I’m quite happy with this workflow as a first iteration and I think there’s easy ways to improve the quality massively:
Giving it feedback between each stage already improves the output quality significantly - it was an interesting experiment to run it on full autonomous mode to see the output + it made writing this blog post easier
I can likely also improve the prompts to give it more context and “training” (eg. feeding it a couple of articles on copywriting techniques before asking it to write copy)
Using specialized tools like Leonardo.ai API for specialized portions of the work like image generation (Leonardo Blueprints are amazing)
I also need to ask it to include more detailed citations for the the research bits (eg. competitor research) so that I can cross reference important figures later
I’m quite excited about the potential this type of workflow has on product development - being able to validate a product before building anything is going to get much much easier.
The Output
First, here is the full output: https://github.com/IcedRooibos/Mushroom-Chips-Validation-Workflow-Output-Example.
I will highlight some interesting bits below.
If you want to see the chat that led to the output, I’ve also attached a copy of the conversation at the end of the article - it’s quite cool to see it do its thing with minimal input.
Market Research and Competitor Research
It’s tried to estimate market size (but only found global market size info which isn’t very useful in this context).
It also found an interesting list of competitors to use as a starting point to further understand the market
Operational Considerations
It talks about import regulations and packaging requirements as well as estimates costs across different manufacturing models. I think the estimates are off but the line items being included are a good starting point to fill in better numbers.
Branding
It came up with a brand name and some logo options - I think both the brand name and logo are mediocre and this is likely where human input would have been very helpful.
Product Concepts and Images
As well as some product renders - but the branding isn’t consistent across those and the images aren’t great. This bit needs work and integration with Leonardo.ai will likely go a long way here.
Landing Page
It came up with a landing page. Link to the site: https://umamichips-bfppijdq.manus.space/
Images below in case I ever take the site down later.
Ad Copy
It came up with ad copy and images to go with those ads.
One variant here, but there’s a whole library of them - including platform specific ads eg. Facebook, Instagram, HKTVMall (local Hong Kong online shopping platform), Google, etc.
The Chat
I think it’s quite cool to see the whole chat play out so I’ve attached an image gallery here with the chat.
Human Input
After sending it the initial prompt I saw it was looking into manufacturing in Hong Kong which I knew is not a good path to go down so this stopped it and told it not to consider that as an option.
In a very human-like moment of forgetfulness it forgot to make the landing page so I reminded it to do that as well. It’s OK, AI, it’s only human to forget.
For 20 minutes and ~3.7USD worth of work this is a really interesting starting point. I am sure this will only get better.