What is the fastest way to try Present Agent?
Open the web chat, answer two or three short questions about the person and the occasion, and you'll get five gift picks with the reasoning behind each. No setup required to start.
FAQ
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Getting started
Ways in, accounts, and first use
What is the difference between /mcp, /chat, and /browse?
/mcp connects Present Agent to Claude Code, Codex, or another MCP client so you can get picks from your terminal. /chat is the web conversation that profiles the recipient and returns picks. /browse is the store experience for exploring the catalog directly.
Do I need an account before I can get recommendations?
No. You can get recommendations without signing in. Signing in with Google saves your recipients, occasions, and feedback so the picks get better across sessions.
How much information do I need to provide?
Only the basics: who the gift is for, the occasion, and a rough budget. The more context you add (interests, things to avoid, past gifts), the sharper the five picks — but a short answer is enough to begin.
Recommendations
Why the picks are different
How does Present Agent choose the five picks?
It reads your context for the recipient and occasion, filters the catalog to products that genuinely fit, and then scores candidates for relationship fit, occasion fit, and budget. Each pick comes with a plain reason it fits the person.
Why only five recommendations instead of a long list?
A long grid pushes the decision back onto you. Five explainable options is enough to choose with confidence and few enough to actually compare. Quality and reasoning matter more than volume.
Can I set budget, shipping timing, exclusions, or must-haves?
Yes. You can state a budget, things to avoid, and must-haves, and the agent respects them before scoring. Price and availability are confirmed at checkout, which is where final shipping and timing are shown.
How is this different from Amazon, Etsy, or a gift guide?
Those answer "what can I buy?" Present Agent answers "what will this mean to them, from me?" It reasons about the relationship and the occasion, explains each pick, and remembers context for next time instead of starting over.
Personalization
Memory, context, and feedback
What does Present Agent remember about me or a recipient?
When you're signed in, it remembers your recipients, their occasions, wishlists, notes, past gifts, and your feedback — so each new request builds on what it already knows rather than asking from scratch.
Can it use calendar, contacts, wishlist, or prior gift context?
Yes, if you opt in. Google Calendar and Contacts are read-only and optional, and help surface upcoming occasions and the right people. Wishlists and prior gift history feed directly into the picks.
How do thumbs up/down and notes change future picks?
A thumbs up or down rates a specific pick as a quality signal. "More like this" and "less like this" plus your freeform notes steer the next round of recommendations toward what you actually want.
Can I correct the agent when it gets someone wrong?
Yes. You can edit a recipient's details, adjust their relationship and interests, and leave notes. The agent uses your corrections on the next request, so a wrong assumption doesn't keep repeating.
Buying gifts
Product pages, checkout, and orders
Where do I buy the recommended products?
Every pick links to a product page on presentagent.vip. You stay on our site to view the product, then move to secure checkout from there.
Why do product links stay on presentagent.vip?
We keep browsing and viewing on our own domain so the experience stays consistent and trustworthy. We never hand you off to an external retailer like Amazon or a brand's own site.
What happens at checkout?
Checkout is handled securely on our Shopify storefront (store.presentagent.vip). It's the one place you cross domains, and only for PCI-compliant payment under the same brand.
How are price, availability, shipping, and returns handled?
Prices are shown in CAD. Final price, availability, shipping options, and return terms are confirmed at checkout and can vary by merchant — that's the authoritative source for what you'll actually pay and receive.
Privacy and trust
Data controls and boundaries
What data do you store?
When you sign in, we store what's needed to make better picks: your recipients, occasions, wishlists, notes, past gifts, and feedback. Optional integrations are stored as read-only access you grant.
Can I delete my data or disconnect integrations?
Yes. Your data is deletable and every integration is revocable from your account. Disconnecting Calendar, Contacts, or Gmail removes the associated signals.
Do you use sensitive personal information in recommendations?
No. We don't use sensitive categories to drive recommendations, and we filter sensitive context out of the signals the agent reasons over. Gmail access, where enabled, is metadata-only — we don't read full email bodies.
What will Present Agent never do with my data?
We never sell your data, never use sensitive categories to recommend, and never link you off to external retailers. Your recipient profiles stay private to you.
For developers
Claude Code, Codex & terminal — skip this if you're not a developer
How do I install Present Agent as an MCP tool?
Present Agent ships as an MCP plugin for Claude Code and Codex. Once installed, you invoke it as /gift in your terminal to get the same five-pick recommendations you'd get on the web.
What can I do from Claude Code or Codex?
You can describe a recipient and occasion and get explainable picks, build and share wishlists, and reuse your saved recipient memory — all without leaving your editor or terminal.
Does terminal use send my local context to Present Agent?
Only the gift context you choose to pass to the tool is sent. The agent works from what you explicitly provide in the request; it doesn't scrape your local files or environment.
Who should use the agent beta instead of the web chat?
The agent beta suits developers who live in Claude Code or Codex and want gift help inline with their workflow. If you'd rather a guided conversation in the browser, the web chat is the simpler path.
Ready to find a gift?
Answer a couple of questions and get five explainable picks.
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