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Shopify MCP

Connect AI agents to your Shopify store for product, order, and cart operations

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Last code update: March 31, 2025License: ISCChecked September 28, 2026

No code pushed in over six months.

How to Install Shopify MCP

$npx -y @shopify/dev-mcp@latest

Requires Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, or another MCP-compatible client.

Setup by client

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shopify-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@shopify/dev-mcp@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shopify-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@shopify/dev-mcp@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

{
  "servers": {
    "shopify-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@shopify/dev-mcp@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code (terminal)

claude mcp add shopify-mcp -- npx -y @shopify/dev-mcp@latest

Add any API keys or environment variables the server's README lists.

About Shopify MCP

The official Shopify Dev MCP server connects AI agents like Claude directly to your Shopify store via the Shopify Admin GraphQL API. It exposes tools for product search and catalog queries, cart operations (create, add/remove items, apply discounts), order management, and customer account data. As of 2026 it is auto-enabled for Shopify Plus merchants and is the primary way to build conversational commerce agents on Shopify. For payments handled outside Shopify, the Stripe MCP setup covers customers, charges and subscriptions.

Shopify MCP is a APIs & Data MCP server designed for engineers and ops teams. It enables connecting AI assistants to third-party APIs and data feeds by wrapping HTTP endpoints with auth and schema as MCP tools. Key capabilities include auth helpers for common providers, pagination and rate-limit handling, endpoint allow-lists, and structured tool calls that work cleanly inside an LLM context. It integrates with Salesforce, HubSpot, Mixpanel, Stripe, and most REST/GraphQL APIs, and is best suited for engineers and ops teams who need internal admin apis.

Key Features

  • shopify
  • ecommerce
  • commerce
  • cart
  • products

Pricing

Free: from Free (requires Shopify store)

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Fills the long tail when no purpose-built server exists
  • Reuses your existing API surface
  • Composable with other MCP servers

Cons

  • Quality depends on upstream API design
  • Rate limits and quotas need tracking
  • Auth refresh logic can be fiddly

Best For

  • Internal admin APIs
  • CRM and analytics queries
  • Glue between specialised MCP servers
  • Replacing one-off webhook scripts

Our Take on Shopify MCP

The essential MCP for anyone building AI-powered commerce agents: gives Claude full read/write access to products, carts, and customer data on Shopify.

Frequently Asked Questions

Tags

#APIs & Data#shopify#ecommerce#commerce#cart#products#orders