Learn by doing — from first API call to channel publish.
Hands-on paths for sync pipelines, AI enrichment, marketplace syndication, and MCP agent automation — each step links to a focused tutorial, recipe, or workflow guide.
Start with curl in five minutes, then graduate to recipes and business workflows on the same https://api.catazenta.com surface the PIM UI uses.
How tutorials fit together
| Type | What you get | When to use |
|---|---|---|
| Tutorials | Linear steps — auth, list, export | First time on the API |
| Recipes | Copy-paste task snippets | Repeatable integration tasks |
| AI workflows | Business playbooks end-to-end | Merchandising + ops outcomes |
| User guides | PIM UI walkthroughs | Day-to-day catalog work in the app |
Curated learning paths
Build a product sync
Connect ERP or supplier data into governed PIM families and attributes.
| Step | Doc | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quick start | Tenant, credentials, environments |
| 2 | First API call | Login, list products, verify identity |
| 3 | Create product | New SKU in a family |
| 4 | ERP patterns | Batch, event, hybrid ingest |
→ Integrations · Commerce APIs
Create an AI enrichment workflow
Fill gaps, run completeness gates, and prepare channel-ready content.
| Step | Doc | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI Product Intelligence | Signals, gates, agent findings |
| 2 | AI enrichment | Bulk suggest and review |
| 3 | Completeness check | Find and fix gaps via API |
| 4 | Multilingual catalog | Locales with human review |
→ Agent Control Center · Approvals
Publish to Shopify
Connection → profile → mapping → export job → per-SKU results.
| Step | Doc | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shopify connector | Store connection setup |
| 2 | Shopify syndication | Recipe flow |
| 3 | Publish complete products | Completeness gate before go-live |
Also on Amazon → Amazon connector · Amazon syndication
Generate catalogs with agents
Use MCP and in-product agents for search, enrich, publish, and audit.
| Step | Doc | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MCP automation examples | Prompt + tool chains |
| 2 | Agent workflows | Audit, publish, content patterns |
| 3 | Poll export jobs | Async job monitoring |
→ MCP quickstart · Agentic PIM
Reference tutorials
Step-by-step guides — most take 5–15 minutes with curl or Postman.
First API call
Login, list five products, verify /v1/auth/me — ~5 min.
Authenticate
Tokens, tenant header, refresh, and service accounts.
List products
Paginated catalog read with filters.
Category tree
Taxonomy setup for channel mapping.
Export to channel
Connections, profiles, mappings, jobs, per-SKU poll.
| Tutorial | Description | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Authenticate | Login flow and headers | ~5 min |
| First API call | curl in five minutes | ~5 min |
| List products | Paginated catalog read | ~10 min |
| Category tree | Taxonomy for mappings | ~10 min |
| Export to channel | Full syndication API flow | ~15 min |
Import the Postman collection to run the same flows interactively.
User guides (PIM UI)
For merchandisers and catalog ops working in the web app — not the API:
- Using the PIM UI · Products & variants
- Syndication · Workflows & approvals
- Catalog completeness · Digital assets (DAM)
- Migration from legacy PIM
Onboarding paths by role → Journeys
Prerequisites
Before most tutorials:
- Tenant access — user account and tenant UUID (Quick start)
- API base URL —
https://api.catazenta.com - Auth — complete Authenticate or use Postman
- Sandbox first — use a non-production tenant when testing writes
For syndication tutorials: products in publishable status and completeness above channel threshold — Completeness guide.
Start here
| I want to… | Start with |
|---|---|
| Prove API connectivity | First API call |
| Wire ERP ingest | ERP patterns + Create product |
| Publish to a marketplace | Export to channel |
| Automate with Claude or Cursor | MCP quickstart |
| Run specialist agents in PIM | Agentic PIM |
| Use the PIM UI daily | UI overview |
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