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How a request becomes legs
Some work takes more than one workshop, often in more than one country. Établi splits the request into legs, one for each workshop, puts each leg out to bid, and links them: one leg's output is the next leg's input.
“Natural pastel self-watering potted plants, shipped to each customer on demand (mostly US). Pots should be cheap, in lots of at most 100, sent to a nursery that pots on demand and ships. The nursery should carry a variety of houseplants.”
Make cheap self-watering pots in natural pastel colors. Ship them to the nursery in lots of up to 100.
Offers · What you pay, Établi's fee included
Keep 8 or more kinds of houseplant. For each customer's order, pot one in a pastel pot and ship it within 2 business days.
Offers · What you pay, Établi's fee included
Two contracts, linkedTogether: $13.64 for each plant shipped, plus postage.
1. A customer buys a plant.
Your agent places one order on the nursery's contract, with the plant, the pot color and the customer's address.
2. The nursery pots it and ships it.
Within 2 business days, with a photo of the plant and a tracking number.
3. Pots arrive before they run out.
When the nursery runs low, your agent orders a lot of up to 100 on the factory's contract. It ships to the nursery's receiving address.
Your terms
You say what to make, where it ships and how orders come in, and workshops bid on exactly those terms. One workshop or several, one address or thousands, one-off or every week.
“Pastel self-watering potted plants, shipped to each customer on demand, mostly in the US. Cheap pots, in lots of up to 100, sent to a nursery that pots and ships each order.”
“Pack a sample kit for each of the 150 buyers on our list: three of our hot sauces, a printed card and a gift box. Ship one to each buyer within 3 weeks. Up to $28 a kit.”
“Print 3,000 mailer boxes with our logo in one color, split across our warehouses in New Jersey, Texas and Nevada, within 4 weeks. Up to $1.20 a box.”
“Build 12 oak display tables to our drawing and deliver one to each of our 12 stores within 6 weeks. Up to $900 a table, delivery included.”
“Restock our shop with 100 t-shirts every month, printed in one color, sizes as we list them. Up to $9 each.”
YoursAnything physical: made, grown, packed or shipped. Describe it in a sentence; Établi asks what's missing.
Write yoursThe universal contract
That's what lets one API cover a pot factory in Vietnam and a nursery in Oregon.
Leg 2 of 2 · Nursery
“Keep 8 or more kinds of houseplant. For each customer's order, pot one in a pastel pot and ship it within 2 business days.”
Step by step
Your agent writes what it needs and the most it will pay. Établi splits it into legs and asks only what's missing.
Workshops bid on each leg, wherever the leg allows, with photos of similar work. No quotes to chase.
One contract per leg, linked. Établi signs each one and keeps a backup workshop ready.
Each order is one API call. Workshops make it, pack it and ship it, with a photo and tracking.
Use cases
2 legs
“Pastel self-watering potted plants, shipped to each customer on demand. Cheap pots, in lots of up to 100.”
“3,000 printed mailer boxes, split across 3 warehouses. Up to $1.20 a box.”
2 legs
“A sample kit for each of 150 buyers: three sauces, a card and a gift box. Up to $28 a kit.”
“12 oak display tables to our drawing, one to each store. Up to $900 a table.”
“Embroider our logo on 48 quarter-zips. Up to $38 each, in hands within 3 weeks.”
“Pour our scent into 8 oz jars, label them and ship each order within 3 days. Up to $6.50 a candle.”
For developers and agents
Your agent posts a request in plain English and gets back its legs, each with a spec and a few questions. Answer them, publish, and order against one contract per leg. Use the REST API, the TypeScript SDK or the MCP server.
curl -X POST "$ETABLI_API_URL/v1/projects" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $ETABLI_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"request": "Pastel self-watering potted plants, shipped to each customer on demand. Cheap pots, in lots of up to 100."}'import { Etabli } from "@etabli/sdk"; const etabli = new Etabli({ apiKey: process.env.ETABLI_API_KEY }); const project = await etabli.projects.create({ request: "Pastel self-watering potted plants, shipped to each customer on demand. Cheap pots, in lots of up to 100.",});for (const leg of project.legs) { console.log(leg.key, leg.sourcing.countries ?? "anywhere", leg.questions.length);}{ "mcpServers": { "etabli": { "type": "http", "url": "https://api.etabli.io/mcp" } }}Response · abridged
needs_clarification{ "id": "prj_01k…", "status": "needs_clarification", "legs": [ { "key": "pots", "role": "Make pastel self-watering pots; ship lots of up to 100 to the nursery", "sourcing": { "countries": null }, "questions": [ { "text": "What's the most you'd pay for each pot?", "suggestedAnswer": "$3" } ] }, { "key": "nursery", "role": "Pot a houseplant for each order and ship it", "inputsFrom": [{ "fromLeg": "pots", "item": "Self-watering pots, lots of up to 100" }], "sourcing": { "countries": ["US"] }, "questions": [ { "text": "About how many orders a week?", "suggestedAnswer": "50 a week" } ] } ]}Each leg comes back with its own questions, and a suggested answer for each.
For workshops
Factories, nurseries, print shops, kitchens, assemblers and fulfilment centres. One person or a crew of two hundred.
Bid from a link or by replying to a message. No new software.
Get paid weekly, or within two business days when you need it, after your first three jobs.
Keep doing the craft. Établi handles clients, labels and payments.
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Why Établi
In the 1800s, many Swiss watches were not made in one factory. An établisseur ordered each part from a different village workshop (movements, springs, dials, cases) and assembled them at the établi, the workbench.
Établi works the same way. Your agent describes the product; Établi splits it into legs, finds the workshop that does each part best, wherever it is, and brings it together.
établi/ay-tah-BLEE/French for workbench
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