How to Build an AI Sourcing Agent for China (Qoder + Apify)

See how you can build your own AI sourcing employee using the new Apify plugin for Qoder. Install the plugin in the Qoder CLI, teach it Apify's E-commerce Scraping Tool, then hire it in QoderWake so it checks Alibaba, AliExpress, JD.com, Shein, and Temu on a schedule and sends you a daily sourcing brief on WhatsApp. 🔌 *Apify Plugin for Qoder* 👉 https://github.com/apify/apify-qoder-plugin 🛒 *E-commerce Scraping Tool* 👉 https://apify.it/4cNTtnw *Why build an AI sourcing agent?* 🤔 💰 *Source at the Real Price*: Chinese retailers stay competitive on almost every category — an agent that quote-checks all of them beats signing off on the two offers that landed in your inbox. 🌏 *Every Marketplace in One Run*: Alibaba, AliExpress, JD.com, Shein, and Temu from a single Actor — and the same Actor works on any other e-commerce site, so the agent isn't locked to China. 🧠 *It Learns the Tool Once*: The Qoder CLI writes the role's identity, persona, and bible files while it works, so the exact way to call the Actor gets baked into the agent instead of re-explained every session. ⏰ *Wakes Up Without You*: Put the sourcing brief on a daily schedule — or trigger it from your own store with a JSON payload — and the SKU list gets re-priced every morning. 📱 *Delivered Where You Already Work*: QoderWork pairs with WhatsApp, so the analysis, the CSV, and the raw scraped data show up as a message, not a dashboard you have to remember to open. *Useful links* 🧑‍💻 📚 Apify plugin for Qoder — docs and setup: https://apify.it/4jcvCl7 📦 Plugin repo, bundled skills, and README: https://github.com/apify/apify-qoder-plugin 🔌 Get the plugin on the Qoder Marketplace: https://qoder.com/marketplace/plugin?id=bbbdb1cb-8bad-441e-b42f-ce0e33e3a521 🧑‍💻 Sign up for Apify: https://apify.it/4ADiJqT 🔗 Integrate the Actor with your workflow: https://apify.it/4dbCgof 🛒 Browse other E-commerce Scrapers: https://apify.it/4z5u9SH *How to build an AI sourcing agent?* 🧑‍🏫 Step 1: Download the Qoder CLI, QoderWake, and QoderWork from qoder.com Step 2: Install the Apify plugin from the Qoder Marketplace, then restart the session Step 3: Authenticate the bundled Apify MCP server Step 4: Test the E-commerce Scraping Tool on a real product Step 5: Let the CLI write the role's identity, persona, and bible files Step 6: Create your sourcing agent in QoderWake and upload those files Step 7: Add the Apify MCP server as a streamable HTTP connector and authorize it Step 8: Run the first sourcing task and watch it in Apify Console Step 9: Schedule a daily sourcing brief under Autonomous work Step 10: Pair QoderWork with WhatsApp and get the brief every morning *Want to skip ahead? Copy this prompt into your own agent* 🤖 Source this product across Chinese marketplaces using Apify: carry-on duffel travel bags, target order 100 units. Run apify/e-commerce-scraping-tool with a keyword search on Alibaba and the marketplace search URLs for AliExpress, JD.com, Shein, and Temu as listing URLs, up to 100 listings per marketplace. For every listing collect the title, price or price ladder, minimum order quantity, seller name and verification status, and product URL. Exclude listings that don't match the spec and flag approximate matches. Normalize every offer to unit price at 100 units and give me a sourcing sheet ranked cheapest first, with MOQ, verification status, and URL per row, plus the best no-MOQ option for a test order. Save it as a CSV.