Fix empty search results
Sharetribe sells marketplace software. This playbook works on your own code and does not ask you to buy anything.
Buyers who find nothing get suggestions instead of leaving.
The number it moves
Browsers who buy · Typical: 30 to 60% is a good goal
Buyers who complete a purchase divided by buyers who searched or browsed listings.
What your AI does
Find the search and listing-index code. Check what renders on zero results and whether filters can combine into an empty set. Propose a zero-results state with related categories, a broaden-filters button, and logging of zero-result queries.
Done when
- An empty search shows related categories
- One button widens the filters
- Searches that find nothing are recorded
The prompt
Paste this into any AI coding tool, or run it in MightyMouse and your AI works on your own project.
Fix empty search results (Marketplace) Find the search and listing-index code. Check what renders on zero results and whether filters can combine into an empty set. Propose a zero-results state with related categories, a broaden-filters button, and logging of zero-result queries. Done when: - An empty search shows related categories - One button widens the filters - Searches that find nothing are recorded Read the code first. If it already does this well, change nothing and say so. Otherwise make the smallest change that makes every line above true. Work with what this project already uses. Do not add a paid tool or service unless I ask for one. Playbook: https://getmightymouse.com/playbooks/marketplace-fix-empty-search-results/ - published by MightyMouse. Source: Sharetribe, https://www.sharetribe.com/academy/measure-your-success-key-marketplace-metrics/
The skill file
Save this as SKILL.md and Claude Code or Cursor can run the playbook any time you ask.
--- name: marketplace-fix-empty-search-results description: Buyers who find nothing get suggestions instead of leaving. Use on a marketplace project to improve "Browsers who buy". --- # Fix empty search results Find the search and listing-index code. Check what renders on zero results and whether filters can combine into an empty set. Propose a zero-results state with related categories, a broaden-filters button, and logging of zero-result queries. ## Done when - [ ] An empty search shows related categories - [ ] One button widens the filters - [ ] Searches that find nothing are recorded ## How to run it Read the code first and tick every line that is already true. If all are true, change nothing and say so. Otherwise make the smallest change that makes the rest true, then report each line as done or not done. Work with what this project already uses. Do not add a paid tool or service unless I ask for one. Playbook: https://getmightymouse.com/playbooks/marketplace-fix-empty-search-results/ - published by MightyMouse. Source: Sharetribe, https://www.sharetribe.com/academy/measure-your-success-key-marketplace-metrics/