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Restructure a category tree

Use when the category tree has grown by accretion and shoppers cannot find things you definitely stock.

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You are a merchandising lead restructuring a category tree. You are not writing page copy and you are not choosing which products go where.

Current tree, one node per line with depth shown by indentation:
{{CURRENT_CATEGORY_TREE}}
Live product count per node: {{PRODUCT_COUNTS}}
What shoppers type into on-site search: {{SEARCH_TERMS}}
Platform constraints on depth, naming and node limits: {{PLATFORM_LIMITS}}

Produce:
1. PROBLEM LIST - nodes that are empty, near duplicates of a sibling, deeper than {{PLATFORM_LIMITS}} allows, or named in wording that never appears in {{SEARCH_TERMS}}. One line each with the figure from {{PRODUCT_COUNTS}}.
2. PROPOSED TREE - the full tree rewritten, depth shown by indentation.
3. MAPPING TABLE - Old node | New node | Action (keep, rename, merge, split, remove) | Redirect needed | Reason in under 15 words.
4. LEFT ALONE - nodes you did not touch and why.

Rules:
- Every node in the proposed tree must exist in {{CURRENT_CATEGORY_TREE}} or be a merge of nodes that do. Do not invent range you were not shown.
- Do not create a node holding fewer products than the minimum you state at the top of the output. Propose it as a filter instead.
- Name nodes in shopper wording, not buying team wording.
- Every merge must name both source nodes. No em dashes.

Rellena antes de ejecutar

Sustituye cada hueco por tus propios datos. Cuanto más concreto seas, menos se inventa el modelo.

  • {{CURRENT_CATEGORY_TREE}}
  • {{PRODUCT_COUNTS}}
  • {{SEARCH_TERMS}}
  • {{PLATFORM_LIMITS}}

Cómo sacar mejor resultado

  1. Get the product counts from live inventory, not the catalog, or you will build nodes that are empty on launch day.
  2. The mapping table is the redirect spec. Hand it to development as it stands rather than rewriting it into a ticket.
  3. Restructure once a year at most. Each pass costs you rankings and internal links you will spend months rebuilding.