# Auto-fill a collection with AI suggestions

> Fill out a thin Shopify collection with one click — Awsm Collections finds the products most similar to a collection's current members and lets you pin them in, no manual searching.

Collections · 2 min read · Updated 2026-06-07

Canonical: https://awsmcollections.com/docs/auto-fill-suggestions

A thin collection is a missed sale. **Auto-fill suggestions** looks at the products already in a collection and finds the ones most *similar* to them that aren't in it yet — so you can round out a sparse collection in a couple of clicks instead of hunting through your catalog.

## 1. Open the collection editor

Open the collection you want to fill out and find the **Suggested products** section.

![Open the collection editor](https://awsmcollections.com/docs-assets/img/auto-fill-suggestions/00-editor.png)

## 2. Suggest products to add

Click **Suggest products to add**. The app builds a profile from the collection's current members and returns the closest matches that aren't already in it, each with a match percentage.

![Suggest products to add](https://awsmcollections.com/docs-assets/img/auto-fill-suggestions/01-suggest.png)

## 3. Pin the ones you want

Click **Pin** on any suggestion to add it to the collection's pinned products, then **Save** the collection to keep it.

## FAQ

### How does it choose suggestions?

It averages the "meaning" of the products already in the collection and finds the closest matches elsewhere in your catalog — so suggestions fit the collection's theme.

### Why does it say there's nothing to suggest?

The collection needs at least one analyzed product to build a profile from. Add a product (or run catalog analysis) and try again.

### Are pinned products permanent?

They stay until you remove them. Pinning is how you force a specific product into a collection regardless of the rules.

### Does adding suggestions change my rules?

No — suggestions are added as pinned products, which sit alongside your rules rather than changing them.

### Which plan includes it?

Auto-fill suggestions are part of the AI toolkit on the Pro and Enterprise plans.

## Related

- [Build a rule-based collection](https://awsmcollections.com/docs/build-a-managed-collection.md)
- [Semantic search & instant collections](https://awsmcollections.com/docs/semantic-search.md)
- [Self-optimizing collections (smart sort)](https://awsmcollections.com/docs/self-optimizing-collections.md)