Getting started
From zero to your first product live on a channel. Assumes no API knowledge.
Welcome. This guide takes you from a fresh signup to your first product live on a sales channel. You don't need to know what an API is. If you do, the technical articles will wait for you.
1. Create a workspace
A workspace is your company's container in Catalyte. It holds your products, your team, your API keys, and the channels you publish to. Sign up on the auth page; the first time you log in, we create a workspace named after you. You can rename it in Settings.
2. Add a product
You have three ways to add products:
- Manually, from the Products tab. Click New product and fill in the form.
- CSV import. Drop a spreadsheet onto the products page. We map the columns for you.
- REST API, if you have a developer in the room. See Products API.
What's a SKU?
TSHIRT-BLACK-M. Every product in Catalyte needs one.3. Connect a channel
A channel is anywhere you want your products to appear: Google Shopping, Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, your own website, or an AI agent. Go to Channels and pick one. Each channel gives you either a feed URL or an SFTP push schedule — no code required to start.
4. Publish
Feeds are always-on. The moment you connect a channel, the feed URL is live. Copy it into Google Merchant Center, Meta Commerce Manager, or wherever it belongs. New products appear the next time the platform pulls.
5. Watch it work
Every fetch, push, and edit shows up in Logs. If something goes wrong, the log entry tells you what and why.
Where to go next
- Core concepts — the mental model behind Catalyte.
- Channel feeds — Google, Meta, TikTok, Pinterest.
- MCP server — let Claude or ChatGPT manage your catalog.