# Add Conversation Starters That Mention Your Current Sale

> Writes short pop-up messages for the chat assistant that point shoppers to what is on sale right now.

- Job: [Marketing & promos](https://storeagent.ai/mcp-recipes/job/marketing/)
- What it does: Asks first: changes your store, only after you say yes
- Time saved: ~20 min vs doing it by hand
- Requires: StoreAgent (free plugin, MCP on every plan)
- Works in: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any MCP client connected to the store through StoreAgent MCP
- Web page: https://storeagent.ai/mcp-recipes/chat-proactive-starters/

## The prompt

```text
Find our published products that have a sale price right now and pick the 3 with the biggest discount. Then read the chat assistant settings. Write 2 or 3 short conversation starters, under 90 characters each, that the assistant can pop up to invite shoppers to ask about the sale. Turn on the starters, show them after 15 seconds and hide them on mobile. Show me the starters and the settings first and wait for my OK.
```

## What happens when you paste it

You: Find our published products that have a sale price right now and pick the 3 with the biggest discount…

Assistant: 12 products are on sale. The biggest discounts: Wool Throw 40% off, Ceramic Mug Set 30% off, Desk Lamp 25% off. Starters are off. Calling: `woocommerce/products-query`, `storeagent/get-chat-widget-config`, `storeagent/update-chat-widget-config`.

Assistant: This will make changes in WooCommerce. Do you want me to go ahead?

Assistant: Starters are on. Shoppers now see "Our wool throws are 40% off this week. Want help picking a color?" after 15 seconds, on desktop and tablet only.

## Abilities this recipe calls

- **Find products** (`woocommerce/products-query`, read only, from WooCommerce): Finds products by name, SKU, status, type or stock status, with prices and stock.
- **Read chat assistant settings** (`storeagent/get-chat-widget-config`, read only, from StoreAgent): Reads the chat assistant's name, greeting, colors, position, starters and display rules.
- **Change chat assistant settings** (`storeagent/update-chat-widget-config`, asks first, from StoreAgent): Changes any of the chat assistant's settings and keeps the rest as they are.

## Variations

Add one of these to the end of the prompt. Swap anything in [brackets] for your own details.

- Show each shopper the starter at most once every [3] days.
- Write the starters in [language].

## Related recipes

- [Fix Google Shopping Feed Problems](https://storeagent.ai/mcp-recipes/feed-errors.md): Tells you exactly what is wrong with each feed's setup, and which products are being left out, in plain English.
- [Clear Slow Stock With a Limited-Time Coupon](https://storeagent.ai/mcp-recipes/slow-stock-coupon.md): Finds what is gathering dust and sets up a short, sharp coupon you can promote to move it.
- [Write Clear Descriptions for Your Coupons](https://storeagent.ai/mcp-recipes/coupon-descriptions.md): Writes a plain description of what each coupon gives and its conditions, ready to paste into emails or your coupon page.

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Part of the StoreAgent WooCommerce MCP Recipes directory: https://storeagent.ai/mcp-recipes/ (index for LLMs: https://storeagent.ai/mcp-recipes/llms.txt). Get StoreAgent free: https://app.storeagent.ai/sign-up/