TruthCart: AI Price Gouging Detection

TruthCart is a goal-driven Claude agent that compares live marketplace sellers across six countries (US, UK, Canada, Germany, France, Nigeria) and flags price gouging with a clear fair-price verdict and best-buy recommendation. Problem: The same product can cost 40% more from one seller or platform than another. Shoppers and procurement teams need live competitive pricing not fifty browser tabs. Solution: TruthCart exposes four agent tools on the live web: • search_marketplace Bright Data Web Scraper API (Amazon Search Collect) for western markets; Web Unlocker + HTML parsers for Jumia/Konga in Nigeria • fetch_page Web Unlocker for protected marketplace HTML • compare_prices median fair price and per-seller gouging thresholds • flag_gouging Claude consumer verdict + best buy Bright Data integration (required): • Web Scraper API dataset gd_lwdb4vjm1ehb499uxs, geo-targeted Amazon TLDs (amazon.com, .co.uk, .ca, .de, .fr) • Web Unlocker Jumia and Konga search pages with country code ng Track 2 fit: Real-time competitive pricing intelligence and multi-source market signals for financial and procurement decisions. Judge instructions: 1. Open the live app (US market) 2. Search "AirPods Pro" wait ~60s 3. Expand "Agent steps" and confirm "Live data" badge 4. Optional: switch to Lagos · Nigeria and search "iPhone 17 Pro"