Manifest AI News: May'26

Welcome back to Manifest AI - News, your monthly product update.

Your product page just became your best salesperson.

Three updates this month and all focused on one thing: turning the moment a shopper lands on your PDP into the moment they decide to buy.

Let’s dive in 👇

AI Reviews Agent - Turn your reviews into a sales rep.

Most shoppers read reviews before buying, but digging through 200+ of them kills the moment. The AI Reviews Agent embed surfaces a short summary of what customers say i.e., effectiveness, value for money, fit and it’s right on the product page. Buyers can also ask any question and get answers grounded in real review content. Works with JudgeMe, Yotpo, metafields, and scraped reviews with no extra setup if you're already collecting reviews.

Use cases:

• Skincare and health brands where buyers need ingredient or sensitivity answers
• High-SKU stores where individual product reviews get buried
• Brands with strong review volume but low conversion on PDPs
• Merchants who want to give reviews more impact without changing their review platform

Why it matters:

• Turns existing reviews into a live conversion asset with no extra content work
• Reduces decision fatigue and drop-off at the product page stage
• Builds buyer trust using real customer voices at the right moment
• Works with whatever review platform you're already using

Sleek Product Card UX - Your AI assistant now feels like a shopping app.

Product recommendations in the assistant now come in a redesigned card layout — cleaner, more compact, and easier to scroll through. Merchants can choose between horizontal and vertical card layouts, and toggle AI-generated product descriptions on or off depending on whether they want a storytelling experience or a clean product-first browse. New merchants get compact cards and descriptions off by default, so the out-of-the-box experience feels modern and uncluttered from day one.

Use cases:

• Brands that prefer a minimal, app-like shopping experience in the assistant
• High-SKU stores where showing more products above the fold improves discovery
• Merchants whose shoppers were experiencing horizontal scroll friction
• Stores wanting full control over how AI describes products vs just showing them

Why it matters:

• Cleaner UI means shoppers focus on products, not clutter
• More items visible above the fold improves browsing and conversion chances
• Flexible layout gives brands control to match their store's visual identity

Review Summary Management - AI summarises. You control the story.

When a customer visits a product page, Manifest AI now automatically generates a review summary and stores it in your dashboard — ready to edit, refine, or use in nudges. You can add a "Show Review Summary" button inside product recommendation messages so shoppers get social proof at exactly the right moment. The product table in Skills has also been cleaned up — condensed layout, essential columns first, and variant-level stock visibility without having to dig into each product individually.

Use cases:

• Brands with high SKU counts that rely on social proof to drive purchase decisions
• Merchants running product recommendation nudges who want to add a review layer
• Teams who need to quickly check variant stock without opening each product
• CSMs helping clients improve product page messaging quality and conversion

Why it matters:

• Review summaries reduce hesitation during discovery — automatically, at scale
• Editable summaries give teams control over messaging quality before it goes live
• Variant-level stock visibility cuts back-and-forth on availability queries
• Cleaner product table means faster navigation and less time hunting for details

👋 That’s a wrap

You made it to the end - you’re now 5x more AI-savvy than you were 5 minutes ago. Got feedback? Send us an email at support@manifest.ai, we read every single message.