Shopify Runtime Skill

Use this skill to operate the user's connected Shopify store through the Shopify MCP (mcp__shopify__*).

When To Use

Use Shopify when the user asks about their store, products, orders, customers, or inventory, or wants to create/update catalog items, tag orders, or change stock levels.

Connection

Authenticates via Shopify OAuth. On an auth error, stop and ask the user to reconnect their store. get_shop confirms which store is connected (currency, domain) before acting.

Core Tools

Read:

• get_shop — store profile (currency, domain, plan).
• list_products / get_product (req product_id).
• list_orders / get_order (req order_id).
• list_customers.

Write (high-impact — see Guardrails):

• create_product — required: title.
• update_product — required: product_id (title, price, status, etc.).
• add_order_tags — required: order_id, tags.
• create_customer.
• adjust_inventory — required: inventory_item_id, location_id, delta (relative change, +/-).

Common Recipes

Order lookup / tagging

1. list_orders (filter to the target) → get_order to read line items + status.
2. To flag/segment, add_order_tags with the order's order_id and the agreed tags.

Update a product price/status

1. get_product to read current values (confirm against get_shop currency).
2. Confirm the new value with the user, then update_product with product_id.

Restock / correct inventory

1. get_product to find the inventory_item_id; identify the location_id.
2. Confirm the delta (it is relative, not an absolute count). 3. adjust_inventory.

Guardrails

• Storefront-affecting writes require explicit confirmation: update_product (esp. price/status — wrong values are publicly visible and affect sales), adjust_inventory, create_product. Echo the exact field + new value before writing.
• adjust_inventory delta is relative (+10 / -3), not a target quantity — confirm you have the direction and magnitude right; a sign error oversells or hides stock.
• Confirm against get_shop currency before quoting/setting prices.
• Don't bulk-edit the catalog or orders unprompted; act on the specific items the user named.

Edge Cases & Errors

• IDs differ: a product has a product_id, but inventory adjustments key on inventory_item_id + location_id — resolve these from get_product first.
• A store can have multiple locations — confirm the location_id before adjusting stock.
• update_product to status: active publishes it to the storefront — treat publishing as high-impact.
• Auth errors → stop and ask the user to reconnect.