# Find Wishlisted Products That Are Out of Stock

> Lists products shoppers saved that you cannot sell right now, sorted by how many wishlists they are in. Works with the free SaveTo Wishlist Lite.

- Job: [Inventory](https://storeagent.ai/mcp-recipes/job/inventory/)
- What it does: Read only: looks, never changes anything
- Time saved: ~15 min vs doing it by hand
- Requires: StoreAgent (free plugin, MCP on every plan) + SaveTo Wishlist
- Works in: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any MCP client connected to the store through StoreAgent MCP
- Web page: https://storeagent.ai/mcp-recipes/wishlisted-out-of-stock/

## The prompt

```text
Find every product that is saved in at least one wishlist and is out of stock or on backorder. Show the product, how many wishlists it is in and its stock status, sorted by wishlist count. Tell me which ones to restock first. Do not change anything.
```

## What happens when you paste it

You: Find every product that is saved in at least one wishlist and is out of stock or on backorder…

Assistant: 14 wishlisted products are out of stock. Sunglasses is in 164 wishlists and Belt in 97. Calling: `saveto-wishlist/list-wishlists`, `woocommerce/products-query`.

Assistant: Restock Sunglasses and Belt first. Together they cover 261 waiting shoppers. The full list is below.

## Abilities this recipe calls

- **List wishlists** (`saveto-wishlist/list-wishlists`, read only, from SaveTo Wishlist): Lists wishlists with their items, filtered by owner, status, item count or date.
- **Find products** (`woocommerce/products-query`, read only, from WooCommerce): Finds products by name, SKU, status, type or stock status, with prices and stock.

## Variations

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

- Include products with fewer than [5] in stock.
- Only check products in [category].

## Related recipes

- [Build a Reorder List Before You Run Out](https://storeagent.ai/mcp-recipes/low-stock.md): Works out which products will sell out soon based on how fast they are actually selling.
- [Find What Shoppers Want But Aren’t Buying](https://storeagent.ai/mcp-recipes/wishlist-demand.md): Compares wishlist saves against sales and stock to show you hidden demand. Needs SaveTo Wishlist Pro.
- [Pause Feed Updates During a Stocktake or Price Change](https://storeagent.ai/mcp-recipes/pause-feeds-stocktake.md): Stops feeds from sending half-updated stock and prices to ad channels, then turns the schedules back on when you are done.

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