Write or explain **Admin GraphQL** queries and mutations for apps and integrations that extend the Shopify admin. Use when the user wants to **understand, design, or generate** the operation itself—even before deciding how to run it. Do **not** choose `admin` first for **app or extension config vali

Run a pre-submission compliance check against your Shopify app's codebase. Reviews App Store requirements and surfaces likely issues before you submit for official review.

MUST be used first when prompts mention Metafields or Metaobjects. Use Metafields and Metaobjects to model and store custom data for your app. Metafields extend built-in Shopify data types like products or customers, Metaobjects are custom data types that can be used to store bespoke data structures

The Customer Account API allows customers to access their own data including orders, payment methods, and addresses.

Search Shopify developer documentation across all APIs. Use only when no API-specific skill applies.

Shopify Functions allow developers to customize the backend logic that powers parts of Shopify. Available APIs: Discount, Cart and Checkout Validation, Cart Transform, Pickup Point Delivery Option Generator, Delivery Customization, Fulfillment Constraints, Local Pickup Delivery Option Generator, Ord

Hydrogen storefront implementation cookbooks. Some of the available recipes are: B2B Commerce, Bundles, Combined Listings, Custom Cart Method, Dynamic Content with Metaobjects, Express Server, Google Tag Manager Integration, Infinite Scroll, Legacy Customer Account Flow, Markets, Partytown + Google

Liquid is an open-source templating language created by Shopify. It is the backbone of Shopify themes and is used to load dynamic content on storefronts. Keywords: liquid, theme, shopify-theme, liquid-component, liquid-block, liquid-section, liquid-snippet, liquid-schemas, shopify-theme-schemas

Get started building on Shopify. Use when a developer asks to build an app, build a theme, create a dev store, set up a partner account, scaffold a project, or get started developing for Shopify. NOT for merchants managing stores.

Set up and connect a Shopify store from your AI assistant. Use when the user wants to start selling online, open a first Shopify store, try Shopify before they have an account, or get merchant-facing next steps after a preview store is created, including how to keep it, save it, or make it real. Thi

The Partner API lets you programmatically access data about your Partner Dashboard, including your apps, themes, and affiliate referrals.

The Payments Apps API enables payment providers to integrate their payment solutions with Shopify's checkout.

Add custom actions and blocks from your app at contextually relevant spots throughout the Shopify Admin. Admin UI Extensions also supports scaffolding new adminextensions using Shopify CLI commands.

Build your app's primary user interface embedded in the Shopify admin. If the prompt just mentions `Polaris` and you can't tell based off of the context what API they meant, assume they meant this API.

Build custom functionality that merchants can install at defined points in the checkout flow, including product information, shipping, payment, order summary, and Shop Pay. Checkout UI Extensions also supports scaffolding new checkout extensions using Shopify CLI commands.

Build custom functionality that merchants can install at defined points on the Order index, Order status, and Profile pages in customer accounts. Customer Account UI Extensions also supports scaffolding new customer account extensions using Shopify CLI commands.

Build retail point-of-sale applications using Shopify's POS UI components. These components provide a consistent and familiar interface for POS applications. POS UI Extensions also supports scaffolding new POS extensions using Shopify CLI commands. Keywords: POS, Retail, smart grid

Answer a merchant's **analytics and reporting** questions with **ShopifyQL** — Shopify's query language for aggregated store metrics that the Admin GraphQL API cannot compute. Choose this (not `admin`) whenever the ask is for **numbers, totals, trends, or breakdowns** rather than fetching or mutatin

Use for custom storefronts requiring direct GraphQL queries/mutations for data fetching and cart operations. Choose this when you need full control over data fetching and rendering your own UI. NOT for Web Components - if the prompt mentions HTML tags like <shopify-store>, <shopify-cart>, use storef

Choose when the user needs **Shopify CLI** to run or fix something now: validate app or extension config on disk (`shopify.app.toml`, `shopify.app.<name>.toml`, `shopify.extension.toml`); run or troubleshoot store workflows (`shopify store auth`, `shopify store execute`); or perform explicit store-s

Use when the user wants to use the UCP CLI to find, compare, buy, or track products from online merchants, or to set up and troubleshoot the local UCP profile required for merchant-scoped operations. Covers global catalog search (\"find me X under $Y\"), named-merchant transactions (\"buy this from