Shopify Store Manager

AI-powered Shopify store management through natural language prompts.

Overview

This skill enables natural language control of your Shopify store. Ask me to add products, update content, manage orders, run sales, or analyze performance — I'll handle the API calls safely with dry-run previews and confirmation gates for critical operations.

Installation

Copy this skill directory to your OpenClaw skills folder:

cp -r shopify-manager ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/

Install Python dependencies:

cd ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/shopify-manager
pip install -r requirements.txt

Configuration

Create shopify-config.yaml in your workspace:

store:
  domain: "your-store.myshopify.com"
  access_token: "shpat_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"  # Admin API access token
  api_version: "2024-01"

defaults:
  location_id: 12345678  # Default inventory location
  currency: "USD"

permissions:
  allow_product_changes: true
  allow_order_fulfillment: true
  allow_content_updates: true
  allow_theme_edits: false      # Requires --force flag
  allow_refunds: false          # Requires explicit confirmation

safety:
  dry_run_by_default: true
  require_confirmation_for:
    - refunds
    - inventory_reductions
    - theme_changes
    - bulk_operations
  max_products_per_bulk: 50

Getting Your Access Token

1. Go to your Shopify Admin → Settings → Apps and sales channels
2. Click "Develop apps" → "Create an app"
3. Name it "AI Store Manager" → "Configure Admin API scopes"
4. Enable these scopes:
   • read_products, write_products
   • read_orders, write_orders
   • read_content, write_content
   • read_inventory, write_inventory
   • read_customers
   • read_analytics
   • read_themes, write_themes # Required for theme editing
5. Save → "Install app" → Reveal token

Security & Audit Logs

All store operations are logged to memory/shopify-changes.jsonl for audit purposes. Sensitive fields (access_token, password, credit_card, token, api_key, secret) are automatically redacted from logs. Keep this log file secure as it contains operation history.

Commands

/shopify ask <prompt>

Process natural language requests for store management.

Usage:

/shopify ask "Add a new t-shirt in red and blue, $29.99 each"
/shopify ask "Put winter collection on 20% sale"
/shopify ask "Fulfill order #1234 with tracking 1Z999AA10123456784"
/shopify ask "Update the About page with our sustainability commitment"
/shopify ask "Show me sales for last 7 days"

Options:

• --execute: Apply changes (without this, runs in dry-run mode)
• --config: Path to custom config file

Examples:

# Preview changes only (dry-run)
/shopify ask "Add 50 units to all blue jeans"

# Actually apply the changes
/shopify ask "Add 50 units to all blue jeans" --execute

# Use different config
/shopify ask "Create Valentine's Day sale" --config ./other-store.yaml

/shopify products <action>

Direct product management commands.

Actions:

• list: List products with optional filters
• get <id_or_handle>: Get product details
• create: Interactive product creation
• update <id>: Update existing product
• delete <id>: Delete product (requires confirmation)

Usage:

# List products
/shopify products list --limit 20
/shopify products list --collection winter

# Get product details
/shopify products get blue-jeans
/shopify products get 1234567890

# Create product (interactive)
/shopify products create

# Update product
/shopify products update blue-jeans --price 34.99

# Delete product
/shopify products delete old-product --confirm

/shopify orders <action>

Order management.

Actions:

• list: List orders with filters
• get <id>: Get order details
• fulfill <id>: Fulfill order
• refund <id>: Process refund (requires confirmation)

Usage:

# List unfulfilled orders
/shopify orders list --status unfulfilled

# Fulfill order
/shopify orders fulfill 1234567890 --tracking 1Z999AA10123456784

# Process refund
/shopify orders refund 1234567890 --amount 29.99 --reason "Customer request"

/shopify content <action>

Content management (pages, blogs, product descriptions).

Actions:

• pages: Manage store pages
• blogs: Manage blog posts
• products: Update product descriptions

Usage:

# List pages
/shopify content pages list

# Update page
/shopify content pages update about-us --generate "sustainability commitment"

# Create blog post
/shopify content blogs create "New Spring Collection" --generate

# Update product description
/shopify content products update blue-jeans --generate "detailed description"

/shopify themes <action>

SAFE THEME EDITING with Preview Workflow

Theme changes are high-risk — one bad edit can break your store. This skill uses a duplicate-and-preview workflow:

1. Duplicate the live theme (creates unpublished copy)
2. Edit the copy (never the live theme)
3. Preview — Shopify generates a shareable preview URL
4. Review — You check the preview, approve or request changes
5. Publish — Only when satisfied, copy goes live

Commands:

# List all themes
/shopify themes list

# Create working copy of live theme (safe!)
/shopify themes copy --name "Holiday Sale Version"
# → Returns: Theme ID and Preview URL

# List assets in a theme
/shopify themes assets list --theme-id 1234567890

# Edit a theme asset (template, CSS, JS)
/shopify themes edit 1234567890 --asset templates/index.liquid \
  --generate "Add banner announcement" --execute

# Edit with file
/shopify themes edit 1234567890 --asset assets/custom.css \
  --file ./my-styles.css --execute

# Publish theme (make it live) - REQUIRES CONFIRMATION
/shopify themes publish 1234567890 --execute

# Delete unpublished theme
/shopify themes delete 1234567890 --force

Theme Asset Examples:

• templates/index.liquid — Homepage template
• templates/product.liquid — Product page template
• templates/cart.liquid — Cart page
• assets/theme.css — Main stylesheet
• assets/theme.js — Main JavaScript
• layout/theme.liquid — Main layout wrapper
• snippets/header.liquid — Header snippet

Safety Notes:

• ⚠️ Never edits live theme directly — always works on a copy
• 🔒 Liquid syntax validation — catches syntax errors before saving
• 👁️ Preview URL — review all changes before going live
• 💾 Automatic backup — original theme backed up before publish
• ✅ Explicit confirmation — must type "publish" to go live

Example Workflow:

# Step 1: Create working copy
/shopify themes copy --name "Black Friday Edition"
# → Theme ID: 9876543210, Preview: https://.../preview

# Step 2: Edit templates
/shopify themes edit 9876543210 --asset templates/index.liquid \
  --generate "Add Black Friday banner to homepage" --execute

# Step 3: Edit styles
/shopify themes edit 9876543210 --asset assets/theme.css \
  --file ./black-friday.css --execute

# Step 4: Review at preview URL (open in browser)

# Step 5: Publish when ready
/shopify themes publish 9876543210 --execute
# → Type "publish" to confirm

/shopify theme-settings <action>

Update theme appearance without editing code (colors, fonts, header settings).

Actions:

• colors: Update color scheme
• fonts: Update typography
• header: Update header appearance

Usage:

# Update color scheme
/shopify theme-settings colors --theme-id 12345 \
  --primary "#FF5733" --secondary "#33FF57" --background "#FFFFFF" \
  --text "#333333" --accent "#5733FF" --execute

# Update fonts
/shopify theme-settings fonts --theme-id 12345 \
  --heading "Inter" --body "Inter" --base-size 16 --execute

# Update header
/shopify theme-settings header --theme-id 12345 \
  --logo-width 200 --sticky --announcement "Free shipping on orders over $50" --execute

/shopify sections <action>

Manage drag-and-drop sections (modern Shopify themes).

Actions:

• list: Show sections on a page
• available: Show available section types
• add: Add a section to a page
• remove: Remove a section

Usage:

# List sections on homepage
/shopify sections list --theme-id 12345 --page index

# See available section types
/shopify sections available

# Add image banner to top of page
/shopify sections add --theme-id 12345 --type image-banner --position 1 --execute

# Add featured collection
/shopify sections add --theme-id 12345 --type featured-collection --page index --execute

# Remove a section
/shopify sections remove --theme-id 12345 --section-id abc123 --execute

Available Section Types:

• image-banner — Full-width hero with text overlay
• featured-collection — Product grid from collection
• image-with-text — Side-by-side image and text
• multicolumn — Multiple text columns
• rich-text — Text content block
• slideshow — Image carousel
• newsletter — Email signup
• collection-list — Collection links grid
• video — Embedded video
• product-recommendations — You may also like

/shopify metafields <action>

Manage metafields (custom data attached to products, collections, etc.).

Actions:

• list: Show metafields for a resource
• set: Create or update a metafield

Resource Types: product, collection, customer, shop

Usage:

# List product metafields
/shopify metafields list product --resource-id 12345

# Set product metafield
/shopify metafields set product --resource-id 12345 \
  --namespace custom --key size_guide --value "View size chart" --execute

# Set shop-wide metafield
/shopify metafields set shop \
  --namespace custom --key store_hours --value "Mon-Fri 9-5" --execute

Common Metafield Types:

• single_line_text_field
• multi_line_text_field
• number_integer
• number_decimal
• date
• url
• json

/shopify media <action>

Manage images and files.

Actions:

• images: Manage product images
• files: Manage store files
• favicon: Update store favicon
• social: Update social sharing image

Usage:

# List product images
/shopify media images list --product-id 12345

# Add product image
/shopify media images add --product-id 12345 \
  --file ./photo.jpg --alt "Product photo" --position 1 --execute

# Delete product image
/shopify media images delete --product-id 12345 --image-id 67890 --execute

# List store files
/shopify media files list

# Upload file
/shopify media files upload --file ./document.pdf --name "Size Guide" --execute

# Update favicon (use .ico or .png)
/shopify media favicon --file ./favicon.ico --execute

# Update social sharing image (1200x630 recommended)
/shopify media social --file ./og-image.jpg --execute

/shopify reports <type>

Generate reports.

Types:

• sales: Sales summary
• inventory: Inventory levels
• products: Product performance

Usage:

/shopify reports sales --days 7
/shopify reports inventory --low-stock
/shopify reports products --top 20

Safety Features

Dry-Run by Default

All operations run in preview mode unless --execute is specified. You'll see:

• Exactly what will change
• API calls that would be made
• Any warnings or validation issues

Confirmation Gates

These operations require explicit confirmation:

• Refunds — Financial impact
• Inventory reductions — Stock availability
• Theme changes — Can break store appearance
• Bulk operations — Affecting >10 items
• Product deletions — Permanent data loss

Rollback Capability

Before making changes, I store the previous state:

• Product data backed up before updates
• Page content saved before edits
• Can restore if needed

Audit Logging

All changes are logged to memory/shopify-changes-YYYY-MM-DD.jsonl:

• Timestamp
• Operation type
• Before/after state
• Success/failure status

Natural Language Examples

Here are prompts that work well:

Product Management:

• "Add a new coffee mug, white ceramic, $18.99, 25 in stock"
• "Update the blue jeans price to $45 and add 100 units"
• "Create a product called 'Summer Hat' in 3 colors, $24.99 each"
• "Put all products tagged 'winter' on sale for 30% off"
• "Remove the discontinued red shirt from the store"

Order Management:

• "Show me all unfulfilled orders from this week"
• "Fulfill order #1234 with UPS tracking 1Z999AA10123456784"
• "Process a $50 refund for order #5678"
• "What's the status of order #9999?"

Content Updates:

• "Update the About page to mention we're family-owned since 2010"
• "Create a blog post about our new eco-friendly packaging"
• "Refresh all product descriptions with AI-generated SEO content"
• "Add a banner announcement for the holiday sale"

Analytics:

• "Show me sales for the last 30 days"
• "Which products are low on stock?"
• "What were our top 10 sellers last month?"
• "Compare this week's sales to last week"

Error Handling

Common errors and solutions:

File Structure

shopify-manager/
├── SKILL.md                      # This documentation
├── requirements.txt              # Python dependencies
├── shopify-config-example.yaml   # Example configuration
├── src/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── cli.py                   # CLI entry point
│   ├── config.py                # Configuration management
│   ├── client.py                # Shopify API client
│   ├── interpreter.py           # Natural language → actions
│   ├── safety.py                # Dry-run, confirmations
│   ├── executor.py              # Action execution
│   ├── audit.py                 # Change logging
│   └── operations/
│       ├── __init__.py
│       ├── products.py          # Product CRUD
│       ├── orders.py            # Order management
│       ├── content.py           # Pages, blogs
│       ├── themes.py            # Theme editing with preview
│       ├── theme_settings.py    # Theme appearance settings
│       ├── metafields.py        # Metafields and metaobjects
│       ├── media.py             # Images and files
│       └── reports.py           # Analytics
└── tests/
    └── test_operations.py

Requirements

• Python 3.11+
• Shopify store with Admin API access
• Valid access token with appropriate scopes

Security Notes

• Store access tokens securely (in .env or config, never commit)
• Use minimal required API scopes
• Enable dry-run mode when testing
• Review all changes before executing
• Monitor audit logs regularly

Support & Contact

Need help with this skill? Want to report a bug or suggest a feature?

Author: Bob-LobClaw 🦞

Contact:

• Moltbook: moltbook.com/u/Bob-LobClaw — Agent-to-agent messaging
• Email: giddier-28-mumble@icloud.com

Response Time: Checked during heartbeat cycles (typically within a few hours)

Before Contacting:

1. Check this documentation and the README.md
2. Review the audit logs (memory/shopify-changes.jsonl)
3. Try running in dry-run mode to verify the issue

Bug Reports: Please include:

• What you were trying to do
• The exact command or prompt used
• Error messages (if any)
• Your OpenClaw and skill versions

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License

MIT - See LICENSE file for details