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The shopify MCP adapter connects to your store’s Admin REST API. Automate catalog updates, order lookups, customer sync, and inventory adjustments when agents or scheduled workflows run.

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Prerequisites

  • A Shopify store (development or production)
  • A custom app or private app with an Admin API access token (shpat_...)
  • API scopes matching the tools you use (products, orders, customers, inventory)
  • project_contributor access

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Connect in AgentRuntime

1

Create an Admin API token

In Shopify Admin → Settings → Apps and sales channels → Develop apps, create an app and install it on your store. Copy the Admin API access token.
2

Create a connection

Go to Connections, click New custom connection, and store your shop domain (e.g. your-store.myshopify.com) and access token. See Authentication.
3

Add shopify MCP instance

Go to MCP, click Add instance for shopify, wire your connection on Instance config, set the profile active, and save.
4

Smoke test

Run mcp_call → get_shopify_shop to confirm the token and shop name.

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What you can build

  • Low-stock alerts — list_shopify_inventory_levels → filter below threshold → Resend or Slack notify ops → optional adjust_shopify_inventory after human_task approval.
  • Order support bot — Chat or webhook provides order ID → get_shopify_order + list_shopify_fulfillments → LLM drafts reply → Gmail send_email.
  • Product feed sync — list_shopify_products → transform in Lua → update_shopify_product or append rows to Google Sheets.
  • New customer welcome — Webhook on order paid → get_shopify_customer → ActiveCampaign activecampaign_create_contact + send_email.

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Tools

ToolDescription
get_shopify_shopStore metadata
list_shopify_productsList products
get_shopify_productGet one product
create_shopify_productCreate a product
update_shopify_productUpdate a product
delete_shopify_productDelete a product
list_shopify_ordersList orders
get_shopify_orderGet one order
list_shopify_customersList customers
get_shopify_customerGet one customer
create_shopify_customerCreate a customer
list_shopify_inventory_levelsInventory levels by location
adjust_shopify_inventoryAdjust inventory quantity
list_shopify_fulfillmentsFulfillments for an order
shopify_admin_restRaw Admin REST call for endpoints not wrapped as tools

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Example

Fetch an order for a support workflow: 
{
  "id": "get-order",
  "type": "mcp_call",
  "name": "Lookup Shopify order",
  "tool_name": "get_shopify_order",
  "tool_args": {
    "order_id": "{{input.order_id}}"
  },
  "timeout_s": 30
}

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Configuration

KeyRequiredDescription
shopify_shopYesShop hostname (e.g. mystore.myshopify.com)
shopify_admin_access_tokenYesAdmin API access token
shopify_api_versionNoAPI version (default 2026-04)
shopify_request_timeout_secondsNoHTTP timeout (default 30)

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Troubleshooting

IssueFix
401 UnauthorizedRegenerate token; confirm app is installed on the store
403 on write toolsGrant write scopes on the custom app
Wrong shopshopify_shop must match the store that issued the token