Kaleidos is a vintage shop and creative studio built around thoughtfully curated one-of-a-kind pieces, community, and timeless design. The work evolved from internal inventory systems into AI-assisted Shopify tooling focused on streamlining vintage product listings, operational workflows, and SEO-aware content generation.
The project began with the need for a simple and reliable inventory management workflow for a growing vintage business handling one-of-a-kind items.
As operations expanded, the next challenge became streamlining the process of creating Shopify listings for highly nuanced vintage products. Writing titles, descriptions, metadata, and SEO-aware product content manually introduced friction, inconsistency, and unnecessary operational overhead.
The systems needed to be:
– easy for the team to use
– flexible enough for varied vintage inventory
– SEO-aware from the start
– operationally efficient
- maintainable without technical complexity
Built a Shopify extension that integrates Claude AI to assist with generating product titles, descriptions, metadata, and listing structure for one-of-a-kind vintage inventory.
Designed the workflow to generate cleaner, more search-friendly product content from the start, reducing manual SEO effort while improving consistency across listings.
Created tooling tailored to the nuance of vintage inventory, where condition, era, material, fit, and uniqueness all influence how products are categorized and presented.
Built a streamlined inventory sheet tailored to the way Kaleidos categorizes and manages vintage items. Structured fields kept data consistent, minimized manual errors, and ensured clarity across the team.
Used Google Apps Script to automate calculations, validations, and updates behind the scenes. This created a smoother workflow that reduced mistakes and made day-to-day management easier.
Designed the system to feel intuitive—even for team members unfamiliar with spreadsheets. Minimal friction, built-in logic, and clean organization helped everyone adopt the new process quickly.
On-going
Google Sheets
Google Apps Script
Shopify Extensions
Claude AI API
Custom Workflow Tooling