Practical overview
When it fits
Use it as a reference or starting point when building e-commerce after-sales workflows that need to combine conversation, policy and order investigation, customer approval and staff handoff.
Who it is for
- E-commerce teams developing automated after-sales support around an existing commerce backend.
- Developers evaluating agent workflows that combine policy retrieval, customer confirmation and human case handling.
Documented uses
- Answer policy questions using retrieved sources and evidence checks.
- Investigate order, delivery and after-sales eligibility facts through Java services.
- Prepare a proposed return or other after-sales action for customer review and confirmation.
- Transfer a customer issue to staff and track case progress.
- Find similar handed-off cases and prepare cited operational analysis for human review.
Requirements & limits
The repository is public and states that the project is released under Apache-2.0. Its documented local preparation path requires Docker Desktop and a DeepSeek key.
- Adapting the system to another commerce platform requires mapping its order, logistics and eligibility interfaces, plus appropriate transaction safeguards.
- The agent proposes actions, while Java performs authoritative business writes and rechecks eligibility at submission.
- Local setup uses Docker Compose; real model conversations have a separate configuration guide.
- Policy retrieval is versioned and evidence-checked; reuse with another retailer requires changing the policy corpus and retrieval configuration.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Prepare the local demo environment
Run the documented preparation step for a local demo environment.
Before you start
- Docker Desktop
- A DeepSeek key, injected through local configuration
Steps
Clone the repository.
Change to the repository directory.
Run the PowerShell script at scripts/Prepare-PublicDemo.ps1.
Expected outcome
The repository's documented local preparation step has been run; the README identifies the web interface and API documentation addresses for after startup.
Guide limitations
- This preparation guide does not include the separate configuration steps for real model conversations; the README directs users to docs/LOCAL_CHAT.md.
- The documented commands use PowerShell.
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 15 October 2026
- Original website title
- Eleven617/mall-ai-after-sales-platform · Official homepage title · retained in its source language

