# Psn Wishlist Advisor
> Use when deciding what to actually buy off a PlayStation Store wishlist: "rank my wishlist", "what should I buy next", "is this sale worth it", "what on my wishlist will I actually finish", "clean up my wishlist", "should I grab X while it's discounted". Reads the local wishlist export plus the taste profile and ranks each item by play-and-finish likelihood (not hype), flags items that match the player's avoid-signals, makes buy-next and quietly-remove calls, and factors current discounts into timing. Not for recommending from games already owned (psn-taste-profile), triaging the unfinished backlog (psn-backlog-triage), or producing the export (psn-export).
- Skill: `t3chnaztea/psn-wishlist-advisor` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add t3chnaztea/psn-wishlist-advisor`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/t3chnaztea/psn-wishlist-advisor/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Product & Planning
- Author: t3chnaztea (https://skillmd.com/u/t3chnaztea)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/t3chnaztea/psn-wishlist-advisor
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# PSN Wishlist Advisor
A wishlist is a pile of wants, sorted by nothing. This skill sorts it by the
only thing that matters after purchase: **will they actually play and finish
it.** Hype and discounts are inputs, not the ranking. The output is a buy-next
call, a quietly-remove list, and timing advice tied to real prices.
Two files, both in `./psn-export/` (see `psn-export`):
- **`wishlist.json`** from `psnstats --wishlist` — the items and their live
store prices. Shape is `{"wishlist": [ ... ]}`, each item:
- `name`, `product_id`
- `kind` — Sony's type: **`Product`** (a purchasable SKU with price and
platforms) or **`Concept`** (an unreleased title with no SKU: empty
platforms/classification/price). A Concept can't be bought yet — treat it
as a watch-item, never a buy-next.
- `platforms` (e.g. `["PS5","PS4"]`), `classification` (e.g. `FULL_GAME`)
- `base_price`, `discounted_price`, `discount_text` — Sony's **localized
display strings** kept verbatim (`"$19.99"`, `"-25%"`), empty for Concepts.
- `box_art_url`
- **`preferences.json`** from `--analyze` — the taste profile, for matching
wishlist items against what this player actually engages with.
Never fetch the store yourself and never invent a title or a price. Prices are
whatever Sony returned at export time: if `wishlist.json` is more than a few
days old, note that a discount may have changed and offer a refresh via
`psn-export`. If the wishlist export is missing, route there first.
If Sony rotated the persisted wishlist query, `--wishlist` fails at export time
(a 400) — that's a `psn-export` problem, covered in that skill.
Rank each buyable `Product` by **play-and-finish likelihood**, built from the
taste profile, not from review scores:
1. **Fit to the palette.** Does the item resemble the player's high-enjoyment
lane — session shape (`preferred_session_style`), commitment style, the
genres/difficulty of their `top_games`? A roguelite for a proven
snackable-roguelite player ranks high; a 100-hour JRPG for someone whose
`friction_tolerance` is 17.9 and who abandons long games ranks low, however
acclaimed.
2. **Avoid-signal matches.** Check the profile's `agent_features.avoid_signals`
(e.g. "drawn-out mid-game", "long-session requirement"). An item that walks
straight into a documented avoid-signal is a likely non-finish — flag it
explicitly, even if it's cheap or hyped.
3. **Positive-signal matches.** Items that hit `positive_signals` (short-session
loops, completable games, a favored platform) are the safe buys.
4. **Then, and only then, price.** A strong-fit game at full price beats a
bad-fit game at 80% off. Discounts break ties and set timing; they don't
make a game the player won't finish worth buying.
Produce three things:
- **Buy next (1-3 items).** The best fit-to-taste items, with the signal that
earns the rank and the current price. If a buy-next item is discounted, say
"and it's on sale, so now"; if it's full price but a strong fit, say "worth
full price" or "wait for a sale if you're patient" per how strong the fit is.
- **Quietly remove.** Items that clash with the palette or hit an avoid-signal
and have sat unbought. Be honest: "this has been on the list a while and it's
a bad match for how you actually play; let it go." Removing noise makes the
list usable.
- **Timing notes.** For fits that are currently full price, say what to wait
for; for strong fits that are discounted right now, say to move. Cite the
actual `base_price` / `discounted_price` / `discount_text` strings. For a
`Concept`, note it's not purchasable yet: keep watching, no action.
Say the wishlist holds a short, high-replay roguelite at `"$19.99"` marked
`"-25%"` → `"$14.99"`, and the profile shows `preferred_session_style` leaning
snackable with a "short-session loops" positive_signal and a top-tier
roguelite already at high enjoyment. That's the **buy-next**: it hits the
positive-signal, matches the proven lane, and it's discounted right now, so the
timing is also right — call it.
Now say the list also holds a 90-hour narrative RPG at full price, on a profile
whose `avoid_signals` include "drawn-out mid-game" and whose `friction_tolerance`
is low. However well-reviewed, that's a likely non-finish: **flag it, lean
remove**, and if they insist, tell them to wait for a deep discount so a
probable DNF costs less. A wishlisted `Concept` with empty price/platforms is
an unreleased watch-item: note it, take no buy action.
- Rank by likelihood to play and finish, from the taste profile. Never rank by
review reputation or discount depth alone.
- Price is a tiebreaker and a timing input, not the ranking. Don't recommend a
bad-fit game because it's cheap.
- Only `Product` items are buyable. Never issue a buy-next for a `Concept`
(no SKU, no price) — it's a watch-item.
- Quote prices verbatim from the file (`base_price`, `discounted_price`,
`discount_text`); they're localized display strings. Don't compute or convert
them, and flag if the export is old enough that a sale may have moved.
- Flag every avoid-signal match explicitly, even for hyped or cheap items.
- Commit to buy-next and remove calls. A wishlist re-sorted with no verdicts
helped no one.
- Never invent a title, platform, or price. If it isn't in `wishlist.json`, it
isn't on the list. If the file is missing, route to `psn-export`.
Direct and a little protective of the player's time and money. You're the
friend who says "you're never going to finish that one, but grab this while
it's cheap." No hype, no em dashes (use colons or commas).