API reference: Shopify

Shopify is a read + guardrailed write connector, called via tools/call over POST /shopify/mcp. The connector talks only to Shopify’s Admin GraphQL API (version 2026-04) and is connected through OAuth on your own store (see Forbind Shopify).

Endpoint: https://mcp.consile.ai/shopify/mcp. Shopify is its own named connector with only its own tools. Tool names are namespaced shopify__<tool> in Claude/ChatGPT; the bare names are used here for readability.

Public Shopify apps created on/after 2026-04-01 must use an expiring offline token, which Shopify issues only when the code exchange opts in with expiring=1. A connection that holds an old permanent token gets a blanket HTTP 403 (“GraphQL Client: Forbidden”) on every call and must reconnect once. A missing scope / Protected Customer Data shortfall is different: it comes back as HTTP 200 with a body error, not a 403. An expired token surfaces as AccessTokenExpiredError. See Errors & limits.

Write safety: guardrail model

The ten write tools share a connector-local guardrail (the same model the Meta Ads connector established). The platform’s readOnly flag is a hint only; the safety lives in the tool handlers.

New products are created DRAFT (CREATE_DEFAULT_STATUS = "DRAFT"). A draft product is not visible in any sales channel until explicitly published/activated.
confirm: true is required for any write that makes something LIVE (publish/unpublish, or status → ACTIVE), is ARCHIVED, changes a PRICE (variant price/compareAtPrice), changes INVENTORY (set/adjust stock), or is DESTRUCTIVE (delete variants).
Without confirmation you get a WritePreview dry-run and no Shopify call is made. Re-run the identical call with confirm: true to apply.
Failed mutations never look like success: a mutation that returns non-empty userErrors raises ShopifyUserError.

Orders, draft orders, customers, and discounts are structurally read-only: there are no write tools and no write scopes for them. The graphql_query escape hatch rejects any mutation/subscription document. This is a designed-in safety default (connector-local logic), not an unbreakable platform gate. See Handlinger & guardrails for the full cross-connector policy.

WritePreview shape

When a write requires confirmation but confirm is omitted or false, the tool returns this instead of calling Shopify:

{
  "preview": {
    "action": "publish_product",
    "summary": "Publish product 123 to 1 channel(s).",
    "request": {
      "method": "GRAPHQL",
      "mutation": "mutation Publish(...) {...}",
      "variables": { "id": "gid://shopify/Product/123", "input": [ ... ] }
    },
    "confirmHint": "Re-run the same call with confirm: true to apply this change."
  }
}

Shared parameters

Ids

All id arguments accept either a bare numeric id or a full GID (gid://shopify/<Type>/<n>). The connector normalises before calling the API.

Money

Money is Shopify MoneyV2 ({ amount, currencyCode }); amounts are decimal strings in the shop currency.

Pagination

integer

default:"50"

Maximum rows to return (max 250). The client cursor-paginates a single page at 100 and follows cursors up to 25 pages / 250 rows.

string

Shopify search-query syntax, e.g. status:active, vendor:Acme, sku:ABC-1, financial_status:paid, email:a@b.com, country:DK.

Read tools (40)

All read tools are readOnly: true.

Shop & policies

Tool	Description	Key inputs	Returns
`get_shop`	Connected store profile	none	name, email, domains, currency, timezone, weight unit, plan
`get_shop_policies`	Store legal policies	none	refund / privacy / TOS / shipping policy (type, title, url, body)

Products & variants

Tool	Description	Key inputs	Returns
`list_products`	List/search products	`limit?`, `query?`	id, title, handle, status, vendor, type, tags, totalInventory + pageInfo
`get_product`	One product in detail	`id`	+ descriptionHtml, options, first 10 images, up to 50 variants
`get_product_by_handle`	Look up product by URL handle	`handle`	single product node (or null)
`list_product_variants`	List/search variants	`limit?`, `query?`	id, title, sku, price, compareAtPrice, inventoryQuantity, product
`get_product_variant`	One variant in detail	`id`	price, sku, barcode, options, inventoryQuantity, inventoryItem
`list_product_media`	A product’s media	`id`, `limit?`	media nodes (type, alt, image url/width/height) + pageInfo

Collections

Tool	Description	Key inputs	Returns
`list_collections`	List smart + manual collections	`limit?`, `query?`	id, title, handle, updatedAt, sortOrder
`get_collection`	One collection + rule set	`id`	+ descriptionHtml, ruleSet (smart-collection rules)
`get_collection_products`	Products in a collection	`id`, `limit?`	product nodes + pageInfo

Publications (sales channels)

Tool	Description	Key inputs	Returns
`list_publications`	Sales-channel publications	`limit?`	id, name (use ids for publish/unpublish)
`get_product_publications`	Which channels a product is on	`id` (product)	per-publication isPublished + publishDate

Inventory

Tool	Description	Key inputs	Returns
`list_locations`	Inventory locations	`limit?`	id, name, isActive, address
`get_location`	One location in detail	`id`	name, isActive, shipsInventory, fulfillsOnlineOrders, address
`get_inventory_item`	Inventory item (SKU/cost)	`id` (inventory item)	sku, tracked, requiresShipping, unitCost, variant
`get_inventory_levels`	Stock per location for an item	`id` (inventory item), `limit?`	per-location available / on_hand / committed / incoming
`get_variant_inventory`	Variant stock across locations	`id` (variant)	inventoryQuantity + per-location available/on_hand
`list_inventory_transfers`	Stock transfers between locations	`limit?`	id, name, status, dateCreated · ⚠ version-sensitive
`get_inventory_transfer`	One inventory transfer	`id`	name, status, origin, destination · ⚠ version-sensitive
`get_inventory_shipment`	One inventory shipment	`id`	id, name, status · ⚠ version-sensitive

Orders & fulfillment

Tool	Description	Key inputs	Returns
`list_orders`	List orders, newest first	`limit?`, `query?`	name, dates, financial/fulfillment status, total, customer
`get_order`	One order in detail	`id`	totals, customer, shipping address, up to 50 line items
`list_order_transactions`	Payment transactions on an order	`id` (order)	kind, status, gateway, processedAt, amount
`list_order_fulfillments`	An order’s fulfillments	`id` (order)	status, createdAt, trackingInfo (company, number, url)
`list_fulfillment_orders`	Fulfillment orders (assignable, incl. 3PL)	`id` (order), `limit?`	status, requestStatus, assignedLocation + pageInfo
`get_fulfillment_order`	One fulfillment order	`id`	status, requestStatus, assignedLocation, line items

Draft orders

Tool	Description	Key inputs	Returns
`list_draft_orders`	List draft orders	`limit?`, `query?`	name, status, total, customer
`get_draft_order`	One draft order in detail	`id`	status, invoiceUrl, total, customer, line items

Customers & B2B companies

Customer and order records can carry personal data (name, email, phone, address). Accessing real-merchant PII requires Shopify’s Protected Customer Data approval for the app; the platform is read-through and never persists it.

Tool	Description	Key inputs	Returns
`list_customers`	List/search customers	`limit?`, `query?`	displayName, email, phone, numberOfOrders, amountSpent, defaultAddress
`get_customer`	One customer in detail	`id`	contact, addresses, spend, tags
`list_companies`	List B2B companies	`limit?`, `query?`	id, name, dates
`get_company`	One B2B company	`id`	mainContact, contacts (≤20), locations (≤20)

Discounts

Tool	Description	Key inputs	Returns
`list_discounts`	Automatic + code discounts (+ price rules)	`limit?`, `query?`	discount union (title, status, dates by type)
`get_discount`	One discount in detail	`id` (discount node)	discount union detail
`list_code_discounts`	Code discounts + their codes	`limit?`, `query?`	title, status, codes (first 5)

Checkouts, shipping & analytics

Tool	Description	Key inputs	Returns
`list_abandoned_checkouts`	Abandoned checkouts	`limit?`, `query?`	abandonedCheckoutUrl, createdAt, total, customer
`list_delivery_profiles`	Shipping (delivery) profiles	`limit?`	id, name, default
`run_analytics_query`	ShopifyQL analytics	`query` (ShopifyQL string)	tableData (columns + rowData) or parseErrors · ⚠ version-sensitive
`graphql_query`	Read-only Admin GraphQL escape hatch	`query` (must be a query), `variables?`	raw `data`; rejects mutation/subscription documents

Write tools (10 guardrailed)

Write tools mutate your store. New products are created DRAFT and never go live until you publish/activate. Any action that makes something live, changes a price, changes inventory, deletes, or archives requires confirm: true. Without it the tool returns a WritePreview and calls no API.

create_product

Create a product. Created DRAFT by default.

string

required

string

default:"DRAFT"

ACTIVE (live) or ARCHIVED requires confirm: true; DRAFT is free.

string

string[]

boolean

Requires confirmation: only when status is ACTIVE or ARCHIVED.

update_product

Update a product’s fields.

string

required

string

string[]

string

boolean

Requires confirmation: only when status → ACTIVE or ARCHIVED.

set_product_status

Set a product’s status.

string

required

string

required

ACTIVE, DRAFT, or ARCHIVED.

boolean

Requires confirmation: ACTIVE (live) and ARCHIVED; DRAFT is free.

create_product_variant

Add variants to an existing product.

string

required

object[]

required

Each: optionValues, price?, compareAtPrice?, sku?, barcode?, taxable?, inventoryPolicy?.

boolean

Requires confirmation: no (adding a variant is not a live/price/destructive action).

update_product_variant

Update existing variants (each entry needs an id).

string

required

object[]

required

Each must include id; may set price, compareAtPrice, sku, barcode, etc.

boolean

Requires confirmation: yes if a price changes (price/compareAtPrice); otherwise free.

delete_product_variant

Delete variants from a product.

string

required

string[]

required

boolean

required

Must be true to apply.

Requires confirmation: always (destructive).

publish_product

Publish a product to one or more sales channels (makes it live).

string

required

string[]

required

Publication ids from list_publications.

boolean

required

Must be true to apply.

Requires confirmation: always (makes the product live).

unpublish_product

Remove a product from one or more sales channels.

string

required

string[]

required

boolean

required

Must be true to apply.

Requires confirmation: always.

set_inventory_quantity

Set an absolute stock quantity at a location.

string

required

string

required

integer

required

string

default:"available"

available or on_hand.

string

default:"correction"

boolean

required

Must be true to apply.

Requires confirmation: always (inventory change).

adjust_inventory_quantity

Adjust stock by a relative delta at a location.

string

required

string

required

integer

required

Positive or negative.

string

default:"available"

string

default:"correction"

boolean

required

Must be true to apply.

Requires confirmation: always (inventory change).

Code examples

{
  "name": "shopify__list_orders",
  "arguments": { "query": "financial_status:paid", "limit": 10 }
}

{
  "name": "shopify__create_product",
  "arguments": {
    "title": "Sommer-T-shirt",
    "descriptionHtml": "<p>Let bomuld</p>",
    "status": "DRAFT"
  }
}

{
  "name": "shopify__publish_product",
  "arguments": {
    "productId": "123",
    "publicationIds": ["gid://shopify/Publication/456"]
  }
}

{
  "name": "shopify__publish_product",
  "arguments": {
    "productId": "123",
    "publicationIds": ["gid://shopify/Publication/456"],
    "confirm": true
  }
}

Shopify rate limits are cost-based (a leaky bucket). A throttled call returns HTTP 200 with a THROTTLED error; the client retries a bounded number of times, waiting for the bucket to refill. Per-request timeout is 20s. Some tools (list_inventory_transfers, get_inventory_transfer, get_inventory_shipment, run_analytics_query) are best-effort against the 2026-04 schema and may need a field tweak; the graphql_query escape hatch covers any gap. See Errors & limits.

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API reference: Shopify

Write safety: guardrail model

WritePreview shape

Shared parameters

Ids

Money

Read tools (40)

Shop & policies

Products & variants

Collections

Publications (sales channels)

Inventory

Orders & fulfillment

Draft orders

Customers & B2B companies

Discounts

Checkouts, shipping & analytics

Write tools (10 guardrailed)

create_product

update_product

set_product_status

create_product_variant

update_product_variant

delete_product_variant

publish_product

unpublish_product

set_inventory_quantity

adjust_inventory_quantity

Code examples

​Write safety: guardrail model

​WritePreview shape

​Shared parameters

​Ids

​Money

​Pagination

​Read tools (40)

​Shop & policies

​Products & variants

​Collections

​Publications (sales channels)

​Inventory

​Orders & fulfillment

​Draft orders

​Customers & B2B companies

​Discounts

​Checkouts, shipping & analytics

​Write tools (10 guardrailed)

​create_product

​update_product

​set_product_status

​create_product_variant

​update_product_variant

​delete_product_variant

​publish_product

​unpublish_product

​set_inventory_quantity

​adjust_inventory_quantity

​Code examples

Write safety: guardrail model

WritePreview shape

Shared parameters

Ids

Money

Pagination

Read tools (40)

Shop & policies

Products & variants

Collections

Publications (sales channels)

Inventory

Orders & fulfillment

Draft orders

Customers & B2B companies

Discounts

Checkouts, shipping & analytics

Write tools (10 guardrailed)

create_product

update_product

set_product_status

create_product_variant

update_product_variant

delete_product_variant

publish_product

unpublish_product

set_inventory_quantity

adjust_inventory_quantity

Code examples