How the manufacturing agent's BOM is generated (and its limits)

The manufacturing specialist produces the project's sourcing and bill-of-materials thinking. It's genuinely useful for planning a build — as long as you understand exactly what it is and isn't.

What it produces

The manufacturing role's entire instruction is to return a practical sourcing/BOM-oriented markdown plan. So the output is an AI-authored markdown document: a structured plan describing the parts, quantities, and sourcing approach for your project. In flows, manufacturing output is given a "Manufacturing" smart label and saved into a project folder like any other artifact.

How it's generated

The manufacturing agent relies on the model's own knowledge rather than live web search. It reasons over your project's design and context to draft a plausible sourcing plan. Camelia delegates to it via spawn_subagent, and the result can be saved to Documents.

The key limits

There is no live parts-catalog integration behind this agent. The plan is markdown produced by the model — it does not query a supplier database, check stock, confirm pricing, or generate ordering links. Any quote-style tables or vendor names you see elsewhere in the interface that look like live pricing are illustrative, not connected to a real catalog.

Using it well

Treat the manufacturing agent's BOM as a strong planning draft: a starting list of what your build likely needs and where that class of part typically comes from. Before ordering, verify every part number, current price, and availability with the actual supplier. The agent gets you organized fast; it does not replace the procurement diligence step. Saved BOM and sourcing documents can also be packed into a Manufacturing bundle in Outputs alongside your CAD files.