📘 This article explains how to create a feed source in AgenticCatalog, which defines how Botify pushes your product feeds to AI systems. AgenticCatalog is part of Botify's Activation Suite, available as an option with all Botify plans.

Overview

An AgenticCatalog feed source stores all the details for AgenticCatalog feeds. Get started with AgenticCatalog by creating a feed source to identify:

After creating the feed source with at least one configured destination, the enrichment process begins. You can optionally test the AgenticCatalog enrichment before pushing any feeds to a destination.

Identifying the feed source details

Click Create source.
Provide a name and optionally, a description, to identify the feed on the AgenticCatalog landing page.
Select the currency for your product prices.
Select the language for generated content.
Specify where your product feed source is located, filling at least the required fields (labeled with an asterisk):
- GCS: Google Cloud Storage.
- S3: Amazon Web Services Simple Storage Service.
- URL: The full URL where the source is located, including the protocol.
- SFTP: SSH File Transfer Protocol.
- File: For sample feeds only, upload a GMC feed file in one of the following formats: csv, .tsv, .xml, .txt, .gz, .zip, .bzip2 (max 32 MB).
If the source location is not publicly accessible, deselect the “The bucket is publicly accessible” option, then add the credentials.
Select the frequency at which AgenticCatalog should pull the source feed.
Click Save changes at the bottom of the page, or continue to configure enrichment settings and where to push the enriched feeds.

About the fetch schedule

The “Fetch schedule” field identifies when AgenticCatalog pulls the source feed from the configured location. Select one of the following options:

Manual: AgenticCatalog does not pull the source feed automatically. This is the default option. When this option is selected, the source feed can only be manually pulled by a Botify user.
Every 2 hours: AgenticCatalog will pull the source feed every two hours daily.
Every 6 hours: AgenticCatalog will pull the source feed every six hours daily.
Every 12 hours: AgenticCatalog will pull the source feed every 12 hours daily.
Every day (midnight): AgenticCatalog will pull the source feed daily at midnight.
Custom: Define your own pull frequency using the custom schedule format.

Custom schedule format

Selecting “Custom” lets you define a pull frequency using five fields, read left to right:

Minute (0-59)
Hour (0-23)
Day of month (1-31)
Month (1-12)
Day of week (0-6, where 0 is Sunday)

which can be modified by the following characters:

Character	Function	Example
`*`	"every"	`*` in the Month field is every month).
`,`	list of values	`1,15` in the Day of Month field is the 1st and 15th.
`-`	range of values	`1-5` in the Day of Week field is Monday through Friday.
`*/`	step intervals	`*/10` in the Minute field means every 10 minutes.

💡 You can upload a sample feed to test the AgenticCatalog enrichment before configuring the feed source destinations. To do this, click Save changes at the bottom. You can then access the “Sample Feed” section.

About feed ingestion

After you create your AgenticCatalog feed source and configure destinations, Botify ingests your feed according to your settings and schedule. When ingestion is complete, you can view the feed via the View buttons in the feed source settings:

Learn more in Exploring AgenticCatalog Feeds.

See also:

Creating an AgenticCatalog Feed Source