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Installs in 30 seconds from the Shopify App Store

Your Shopify store, updated just by asking

Type what you want. Claude edits your theme, creates pages, rewrites products, manages your blog and navigation — and publishes changes directly to your store.

Install Free on Shopify Watch 2-min demo
Works with any Shopify theme 30-day free trial From $4.90/mo

Works with free Claude accounts too

Works great with older Sonnet models too (less token use)

See what people actually use ShopMCP for →

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Claude
with ShopMCP
⚡ ShopMCP connected
Me
Add a Summer Sale banner to the header. Red background, white text, "20% off everything — ends Sunday"
shopify_get_asset → sections/header.liquid
shopify_patch_asset → inserting banner
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Done ✓ The banner is live on your store. It shows above the nav on all pages. Want me to add a close button?
Published to your live theme · 3 seconds

Sound familiar?

The problems ShopMCP solves

These are the things Shopify store owners get stuck on every week.

Latest updates

Continuous development

New tools and bug fixes — here's what's new.

Problem 01

"I need a developer for every small theme change"

Days of waiting and an invoice for a one-line edit. With ShopMCP, describe the change to Claude — it's live in seconds.

Problem 02

"I want a landing page ready before tomorrow's sale"

Building from scratch in the editor takes hours. Tell Claude what the page should say — it creates, styles, and publishes it.

Problem 03

"Rewriting 300 product descriptions will take me weeks"

One by one in Shopify admin is the old way. Bulk-rewrite at scale with a single prompt. Import from CSV too.

Problem 04

"My navigation is outdated and I don't know how to edit it"

Shopify's menu editor is clunky and limited. Tell Claude what to add, remove, or reorder — it updates the menu directly.

Problem 05

"My blog is empty — I never have time to write"

Content creation falls to the bottom of the list. Claude writes and publishes blog articles directly into your Shopify blog.

Problem 06

"CSV imports always break on variants and special characters"

Shopify's CSV format is unforgiving. Describe what you want to import — Claude handles the format and publishes the products.

Aug 2026 New

Set product cost per item

New installs can now set cost per item (purchase price) on any variant — so Claude can track your margins alongside selling price.

Jul 2026 New

Add collection metafields

Example: Add FAQ section on collection page for customers and SEO? Just add FAQ metafield and show its content on collection pages.

Jul 2026 New

Email campaigns from Claude

List subscribers, create and send Shopify Email campaigns directly from a Claude conversation — no switching tabs.

Jul 2026 New

Bulk price & inventory updates

Update prices or stock across many products at once — by tag, type, vendor, or collection. Previews before applying.

Jul 2026 New

Collections, metafields & categories

Create smart collections with rules, read and write product metafields, and set taxonomy categories — all from Claude.

Jun 2026 Fix

Image generation now returns CDN URL directly

Fixed polling loop — images upload and return a usable Shopify CDN URL in the same conversation.

Jun 2026 New

AI image generation

Ask Claude to generate hero images, banners, or product visuals — uploaded straight to your Shopify file library.

See all updates in your settings →

Who uses ShopMCP

Built for merchants. Loved by agencies.

Store owner

Make changes yourself, without a developer

You know what you want. You've been waiting on someone else to do it. With ShopMCP, you describe it to Claude and it's done — no queue, no invoice, no tutorial.

  • Update your theme without touching code
  • Launch promotions the day you plan them
  • Rewrite product descriptions at scale
  • Keep your blog and navigation fresh
Agency & freelancer

Deliver faster across every client store

Connect Claude to any client's store with one install. Make changes, create pages, and update content in seconds — not the hours it used to take.

  • Onboard a new Shopify store in minutes
  • Batch-update content across multiple clients
  • Build custom page templates without boilerplate
  • Bill for outcomes, not for time in the Shopify admin

Setup

Three steps, then Claude does the rest

1

Install the app

Add ShopMCP to your Shopify store from the app store. Takes 30 seconds.

2

Connect to Claude

Copy your MCP URL from ShopMCP settings and add it as a connector in Claude Desktop.

3

Just ask

"Create a summer sale landing page" — and it's live in your store in seconds.

Real usage · last 30 days

What people actually use ShopMCP for

Live data from all connected stores — updated hourly. Click any row to see real prompts.

🔧 Patch theme file
9962

People use this for

  • Correct the header navigation breakpoint - the true wrap threshold accounting for the 3-column grid squeeze is 1152px, not 728px
  • Point a template image to the store's own CDN copy
  • Update one treatment price on a services landing page
  • Change the header navigation breakpoint from 990px to 728px, the point where the menu items start wrapping to two lines
  • Rename brand references in a product template from one name to another
🛍️ Get product
9725

People use this for

  • Check current tags to identify and fix corrupted tag data
  • Extract structured sections from product description into metafields
  • Get product details for catalog export
  • Collect product details for catalog export
  • Extract structured description sections into metafields
🛍️ Update product
9044

People use this for

  • Archive confirmed duplicate products to clean up catalog
  • Optimize product title and description
  • Flag product for fitment review
  • Set duplicate zero-price product to draft
  • Correct vendor field to the real manufacturer brand named in the title
📄 Read theme file
8212

People use this for

  • Check for grey hex colors to replace with black
  • Check whether template file exists
  • Check whether section file exists
  • Read custom section to port it to new theme
  • Read the custom product template to extract its marketing content
🔖 Product metafields
5825

People use this for

  • Audit product content metafields
  • Write SEO and conversion optimized collapsible spec content for next AI-Enhanced Laptops product
  • Write SEO-optimized spec and collapsible content metafields for a mechanical keyboard product
  • Update SEO title and meta description for a product
  • Check if hose inner material metafield is already set
🛍️ Search products
5480

People use this for

  • Find product ID by SKU to update its description
  • Find product ID by handle to add industry tag
  • Find product by handle to add industry tag
  • Resolve product ID
  • Enumerate full catalog
💰 Update variant / price
3182

People use this for

  • Add 100 EUR to compare-at price
  • Apply an agreed price change to a product variant
  • Set SKU and price on newly created product variant during bulk import
  • Apply an agreed price to a variant
  • Set SKU and price on newly created product variant
✏️ Edit theme file
1182

People use this for

  • Add the Instagram section to the product template above the reviews block
  • Remove variant selector from product template so bundle app handles options
  • Replace footer section with a custom branded footer
  • Simplify product buybox to a single add to cart button
  • Replace the default footer with the branded footer section
🛍️ Create product
1163

People use this for

  • Bulk import Polaris Sportsman accessory products from dealer price file
  • Create pilot accessory product from price file
  • Bulk import Polaris Sportsman ATV accessory/parts product from dealer price file
  • Bulk import Polaris Sportsman accessory/parts products from dealer price file
  • Bulk import Polaris Sportsman accessory products for a dealer store
🆕 Create theme file
1156

People use this for

  • Install a missing product template into the theme
  • Create a product template with collapsible accordion sections replacing the long description block
  • Install a missing collection template into the theme
  • Create custom product template in new theme as part of migration
  • Create the FAQ accordion section
🔍 Setup check
1080

People use this for

  • List themes to find the active one
  • Upgrade new product descriptions to a saved design model
  • List themes in the store
  • Check connection before rewriting a batch of draft product listings
  • Check connection before upgrading product descriptions
⚙️ shopify_upload_image_from_url
1024

People use this for

  • Migrate WordPress article image to Shopify Files
  • Re-host manufacturer product image for a dealer accessory content batch
  • Re-host a product image under a clean filename
  • Re-host Respo trailer product image on Shopify CDN
  • Upload a product photo for a new cigar cutter listing
🎨 List themes
832

People use this for

  • List themes to find the active one
  • List themes in the store
  • List themes to find the live theme ID
  • List all themes in the store
  • List themes to find the live one
📂 List theme files
762

People use this for

  • Find quote or testimonial section types available in the theme to use for a gradient quote section
  • Find product card template to add an add-to-cart button
  • List theme files to understand the theme structure before editing
  • List all theme files to verify which templates and sections exist
  • List all section and template files to find blocky and promo sections
📦 List collections
700

People use this for

  • Gather rule condition to build umbrella collection
  • Get collection ID to add description text
  • Verify umbrella collection product counts are correct
  • Get collection ID to convert to smart tag-based collection
  • Audit tag coverage across industry collections
✍️ Update article
688

People use this for

  • Update review date in article structured data
  • Append structured data schema to existing blog article
  • Replace stuffed article tags with a small set of clean, real tags
  • Update article body with Shopify CDN image URLs
  • Update article with interspersed images and author bio
📦 Create collection
615

People use this for

  • Create smart brand collection for car brake hoses
  • Create smart brand sub-collection for motorcycle brake hoses
  • Create accessory subcategory collection for RANGER mega-menu redesign
  • Create accessory subcategory collection for RZR mega-menu redesign
  • Create accessory subcategory collection for GENERAL mega-menu redesign
📃 Get page
615

People use this for

  • Read page body to scan for old brand references
  • Read page content to audit wording
  • Audit image placeholders in a guide page's HTML
  • Get page content to translate to Greek
  • User asked to audit store pages for Google Merchant Center policy violations
⚙️ shopify_attach_product_image
594

People use this for

  • Rebuild product image gallery with accurate alt text for SEO and accessibility
  • Add all images from the patchwork pants source product to the OOTD bundle listing
  • Add all images from the jeans source product to the OOTD bundle listing
  • Add all images from the sweater source product to the OOTD bundle listing
  • Add all images from the cardigan source product to the OOTD bundle listing
➕ Append to theme file
485

People use this for

  • Add styling to the new product page section
  • Add the add-ons, services band and related products to the page section
  • Add the article row markup and scrolling
  • Add the article row settings schema
  • Add the article row styles
📝 Update page
458

People use this for

  • Translate and enrich the contact page while keeping the theme form
  • Ensure the landing page keeps its custom template on the working theme
  • Set the founding date to month and year only
  • Ensure the review page shows without store header and footer
  • Expand a thin About page with proper brand and trust content
🗂️ Update navigation
449

People use this for

  • Remove the redundant Kaikki tarvikkeet ja työkalut item from the dropdown
  • Translate the main navigation menu to Spanish
  • Remove the redundant Kaikki letkut and Kaikki paineilmatuotteet items from the mega menu dropdowns
  • Remove the redundant Kaikki liittimet item from the Liittimet dropdown
  • Remove the thin blog section from main navigation
🏪 Get store info
441

People use this for

  • Confirm which store is connected
  • Confirm store details after connection check
  • Identify connected store
  • Identify which store this connector points to
  • Identify which store this connector points to for a returns investigation
⚡ Bulk price update
399

People use this for

  • Apply sample sale price
  • Apply sample sale price and compare-at price to all size variants of a product
  • Convert product prices to yen for the Japanese market
  • Apply agreed prices to a batch of products
  • Apply an agreed price to a product
🗂️ List navigation
363

People use this for

  • Check whether policy pages are reachable from navigation
  • Review navigation structure for an audit
  • Check navigation menu structure
  • Check the current navigation structure
  • Audit navigation structure
⚡ Bulk product update
338

People use this for

  • Set product type and region tags on all products from one producer
  • Add country and region tags to all products from one producer
  • Add a category tag to products of a given type
  • Add a flagship producer's products to a curated rotating showcase
  • Add a first growth Bordeaux producer to the curated rotating showcase
⏳ Check bulk job status
310

People use this for

  • Check bulk price update progress
  • Check progress of bulk inventory update job
  • Check progress of vendor bulk update job
  • Check progress of bulk tag cleanup job on product catalog
  • Check bulk inventory update progress
📃 List pages
307

People use this for

  • List existing pages before creating policy pages
  • List all policy and info pages to audit for GMC compliance
  • List all pages to audit policy content
  • Find an existing page handle to render a debug template on
  • Check which content pages exist
⚙️ shopify_count_products
289

People use this for

  • Count products by type for full store breakdown
  • Get per-product-type active count to plan efficient enumeration
  • Count products by type to verify import totals
  • Count products for a specific vape brand series before bulk collection update
  • Count products by type to enumerate full catalog for SEO update
📦 Update collection
286

People use this for

  • Add SEO description to a producer collection
  • Add intro description text to collection page
  • Add SEO description to a grape variety collection
  • Add an SEO description to a top collection
  • Translate collection title to Greek
📝 Create page
285

People use this for

  • Create draft brand landing pages using new page templates
  • Create a dedicated workshop page for local search
  • Create a pathway landing page using a custom template
  • Create a privacy policy page for the store footer
  • Create shipping policy page in store language
🖼️ Generate AI image
241

People use this for

  • Generate placeholder product image for a wall art canvas listing
  • Generate an individual trust icon for a homepage trust banner
  • Generate a matching trust icon for the footer trust strip
  • Generate product image for horizontal orientation product
  • Generate product image for new bohemian art product
🏷️ Set product category
224

People use this for

  • Set taxonomy category
  • Assign standard taxonomy category to a product
  • Set taxonomy category for a padel racket
  • Probe taxonomy category names to find the fitness and nutrition node
  • Probe taxonomy subcategories under fitness and nutrition
📰 List articles
173

People use this for

  • Review blog article content and structure for SEO audit
  • List blog articles to find unpublished drafts
  • List existing articles to plan internal links for a content cluster
  • Audit blog article inventory
  • List blog articles to check titles for visible defects
✍️ Create article
170

People use this for

  • Create blog article migrated from WordPress
  • Publish a sport-specific first aid article on the blog
  • Translate a French blog article into English for the Shopify blog
  • Publish a styling-guide blog post to populate the empty Journal with keyword-relevant content
  • Publish a new SEO-optimized blog post about kitchen organization to the store's News blog
⚙️ shopify_create_metafield_definition
165

People use this for

  • Create spec metafield definitions for monitor products
  • Create structured content fields for a product detail page
  • Create metafield definitions for cabin listing data
  • Create product metafield definitions for B-Ware store catalog management
  • Create metafield definition for the at-a-glance benefit strip label, separate from the detailed row title
⚙️ shopify_collection_metafields
150

People use this for

  • Check current SEO title and description tags on a collection
  • Audit SEO title and description metafields on a collection
  • Add a search-engine title and description to a category
  • Check SEO fields on a collection
  • Shorten an SEO title tag that exceeds the recommended length
🗑️ Delete product
128

People use this for

  • Delete broken duplicate import listings with no SKU or image
  • Delete draft product scraped from Etsy that misrepresents the store's actual candle line
  • Remove duplicate product just created after discovering a processed version already exists
  • Remove demo products to leave a single-product store
  • Permanently delete a duplicate product line superseded by another line
🗑️ Delete collection
103

People use this for

  • Delete a redundant deodorant collection now that a redirect to the keeper collection is in place
  • Delete empty manual collection to recreate as smart collection
  • Delete a redundant moisturizer collection now that a redirect to the keeper collection is in place
  • Delete a redundant sun balm collection now that a redirect to the keeper collection is in place
  • Delete an empty collection with 0 products that is hurting SEO with thin content
⚙️ shopify_get_collection
98

People use this for

  • Read brand collection description to draft a brand page
  • Read collection description for a content inventory
  • Re-check collection membership after a smart collection rule change to see if indexing caught up
  • Read full details of a collection
  • Check collection SEO fields for store-wide screening
⚙️ shopify_get_store_taxonomy
83

People use this for

  • Get tag counts scoped to one product type
  • List all vendors, product types and tags to check for leftover brand traces
  • List all vendors, product types and tags to review naming consistency
  • List all unique product types, tags and vendors to inventory the catalogue
  • List all vendors and product types to plan a complete sharded catalog export
⚙️ shopify_update_product_option
81

People use this for

  • Translate a German color value to English
  • Translate a German option name to English
  • Update bundle length combo to match 4 bundle set
  • Fix trailing whitespace in product option name for consistency
  • Convert the last remaining bundle length value to a same-length combo
📰 List / create blog
80

People use this for

  • Find the blog ID to update outdated articles
  • List blogs to find where guide articles should be posted
  • List blogs to verify internal link handles
  • List blogs to verify internal link handles before publishing an article
  • List blogs to verify internal link handles in a draft article
📊 Top sellers report
79

People use this for

  • Show best-selling products for dashboard metrics
  • Review best-selling products to assess overall business health
  • Rank best-selling products over the last 90 days
  • Rank best-selling products over the last 90 days to seed a demand dashboard
  • Pull best sellers for the last 30 days for a business review scoreboard
🗑️ Delete theme file
77

People use this for

  • Remove an unused generated image file from the theme
  • Remove Chinese locale files so the storefront cannot auto-translate to Chinese for any visitor
  • Remove temporary debug template after verification
  • Delete confirmed-unreferenced leftover image asset
  • Clean up the temporary theme asset file that couldn't be used
📋 Copy theme file
54

People use this for

  • Copy homepage section file needed to render the new homepage layout
  • Copy the updated product row section to the live theme
  • Copy the updated quick view script to the live theme
  • Copy the updated shared cart helper to the live theme
  • Copy the verified multi-package shipping notice change from the copy theme to the live published theme
🎟️ Discount codes
42

People use this for

  • Deactivate an unused, non-expiring discount code as part of cleanup
  • Deactivate the approximate 20 percent discount to replace with exact pricing codes
  • Deactivate the discount code since membership perks should be members-only, not a public code
  • Deactivate the internal test discount code after the test order was placed
  • Deactivate the open-ended discount before replacing it with a dated one
⚡ Bulk stock update
39

People use this for

  • Set all HEL Performance products to 999 stock to fix sold-out display
  • Set all Mittaletku products to 999 stock to fix sold-out display
  • Preview bulk inventory set to 100 for a vendor's product line
  • Set inventory to 100 for a vendor's Wall Art product line
  • Set starting stock quantity on all products of one vendor before publishing
📦 Update stock
36

People use this for

  • Set inventory quantity for a new single card product
  • Set inventory quantity for a product variant at a specific location
  • Set inventory quantity for restocked product
  • Set stock quantity on a product variant
  • Fixer le stock à 10 unités pour rendre le produit commandable
⚙️ shopmcp_search_community
34

People use this for

  • Find how to set a file_reference metafield to an uploaded file without a direct GID lookup tool
  • Find help connecting an OpenRouter API key for image generation
  • Find out why a product with real inventory shows as sold out on the storefront
  • Troubleshoot why a CSV product import isn't showing imported products
  • Find how to create a product with multiple size variants
📖 Get writing guide
33

People use this for

  • Optimize product listings for SEO and conversion
  • Prüfen, ob der SEO-Leitfaden einen Weg zu automatisierten URL-Weiterleitungen beschreibt
  • Read SEO guide before auditing collections and products
  • Rebuild a landing page to match the store's brand guide with icons and lifestyle imagery
  • Fetch the SEO writing guide before optimizing product pages
🗑️ Delete page
31

People use this for

  • Delete an archived legacy returns page superseded by a redirect
  • Replace a policy page whose content contains unverifiable claims
  • Replace a page to remove a production claim no longer supported by product pages
  • Replace a page to remove a dangling reference to removed product wording
  • Remove outdated About Us page before republishing corrected version
⚙️ search_community
24

People use this for

  • New product returns 404 on storefront despite ACTIVE status
  • Map product specs into metafields for a monitor collection with SEO focus
  • Map product specs into SEO metafields for a collection of monitors
  • Add a badge overlay on specific product images in a Horizon theme
  • Add a tag to product without losing existing tags
⚡ Bulk price by collection
11

People use this for

  • Preview collection membership without changing prices
  • Preview clearing crossed-out prices while leaving prices unchanged
  • Preview all products in the high refresh rate monitors collection
  • Clear crossed-out prices while leaving prices unchanged
⚙️ post_to_community
10

People use this for

  • Save a tip about reading theme files before patching to avoid content mismatch errors
  • Post a tip about ShopMCP tool approval error and fix for new users
  • Post SEO tip about blocking internal search pages in robots.txt to the Shopify SEO category
  • Report a reproducible bug in the product category assignment tool
  • Report a reproducible bug in the variant SKU update tool
⚙️ shopify_upload_image
10

People use this for

  • Upload product image to attach to fragrance product
  • Upload marketing ad image to Shopify Files
  • Upload an image to use as a product image
  • Upload an ad image to Shopify Files
  • Upload a tiger icon image to use as a divider graphic in a scrolling marquee section
🗑️ Delete article
8

People use this for

  • Permanently delete a PCOS blog article at the user's request due to health-claim compliance concerns
  • Remove a temporary test article
  • Delete duplicate vase guide article from incorrect blog
  • Delete duplicate floor plants article from incorrect blog
  • Delete the duplicate anti-aging article after merging its topic into the master article

Counts reflect successful tool calls across all ShopMCP stores.

From real stores

Things people have actually done with ShopMCP

A fashion brand updated their whole product catalog in one conversation — new descriptions, images uploaded with clean names, and the store menu updated to match. No files touched manually.

Product catalog

A merchant built a full product page for a new item — layout, images pulled from a supplier link, gallery — and had it live on their store without writing a single line of code.

New product page

A store owner added a Summer Sale banner to their header — red background, white text, custom message — and it went live in about 3 seconds. Claude confirmed it was showing on all pages and offered to add a close button.

Theme changes

An agency kept the same change in sync across a test store and the live store — two stores updated in two commands, no copy-pasting.

Agencies

A merchant set up a smart collection with its own custom layout and SEO description. Claude found the collection, updated the rules, and adjusted the page design — all in one chat.

Collections

See it in action

Watch it happen — live on a real store

More how-to videos on our YouTube channel

Why ShopMCP

Why not just hire a developer?

Small Shopify changes shouldn't take days, cost hundreds, or require a ticket queue.

Without ShopMCP

  • Wait days (or weeks) for a developer slot
  • Pay hourly to change a heading or a colour
  • Learn Liquid templating just to edit a section
  • Switch between Shopify admin, page builders, and 4 other tools
  • Rewrite product descriptions one by one

With ShopMCP

  • Changes published in the same conversation
  • One flat monthly price, unlimited changes
  • Describe it in plain language — Claude writes the code
  • One assistant, your whole store
  • Bulk-rewrite at scale with a single prompt

What about Shopify’s official MCP?

Shopify has official MCP tools, but they serve different purposes. The Storefront MCP lets shoppers browse and buy — it doesn’t let you manage your store. The Dev MCP connects to Shopify’s documentation for developers writing code. To actually edit your store via MCP you need a community-built Admin API server, which requires installing Node.js, configuring JSON files manually, and managing a raw API token. ShopMCP installs in 30 seconds from the Shopify App Store, requires nothing on your computer, and is built specifically for store management.

Built by a Shopify expert

Not a generic AI tool — built from real store work

ShopMCP was built by someone who runs Shopify stores and agencies — not just a developer who thought it sounded like a good idea.

Max Anderseen — Founder, Shopify Expert

Max Anderseen

Founder Shopify Expert Google Ads Expert AI Developer

I built ShopMCP because I was tired of the same friction every Shopify project brings — small changes stuck in developer queues, CSV imports that need babysitting, and content updates that never happen because nobody has time. ShopMCP is what I use myself, every day, on real client stores.

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Pricing

One plan. Everything included.

30-day free trial. No credit card required. (Cancel anytime: Just uninstall SHOPMCP app from your Shopify store. Subscription is cancelled.)

Basic

$ 4.90 /mo

30-day free trial

  • Theme & design editing
  • Page & blog creation
  • Navigation editing
  • Products, collections & inventory
  • Bulk price & inventory updates
  • Email campaigns via Shopify Email
  • Email support
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Works with

Claude.ai Tested ✓
Claude Desktop Tested ✓
ChatGPT & others Should work

Works on the free Claude plan — free users get one custom connector slot. Pro unlocks more.

What merchants say

5.0 on Shopify App Store

"ShopMCP has been an excellent addition to my Shopify store. It works exactly as expected and has made managing my store much faster and more efficient. Instead of spending time searching through settings or completing repetitive tasks manually, I can get things done quickly."

C

shop.cmpgroup.net

Canada  ·  July 2026

"A real time-saver that has helped me work more productively while focusing on growing my business instead of getting bogged down in the technical details. If you use Shopify and want a simpler, more efficient way to manage your store, I highly recommend ShopMCP."

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Prime Athletic Systems

United States  ·  July 2026

"Exactly what I was looking for to connect Claude to my Shopify store."

C

Claralotta

Germany  ·  July 2026

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MCP Suite

More tools, same conversation

ShopMCP is part of a growing suite of MCP connectors — give Claude access to your whole business.

ShopMCP — Store editing MailFella — Email campaigns BrowseMCP — Web research

FAQ

Common questions

No. ShopMCP connects Claude to your Shopify store so you can make changes by describing them in plain language. If you can write a message, you can edit your store.

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the standard that lets Claude connect to external tools and services. ShopMCP works with both Claude.ai (just a browser tab — no install needed) and Claude Desktop. The easiest way to start is Claude.ai: add your ShopMCP connector URL in Settings → Connectors and you're ready. Setup takes about two minutes and we walk you through it in the documentation.

ShopMCP works with any Claude plan, including the free tier — you can get a lot done without paying for Claude at all. For model choice, Claude Sonnet (the default mid-range model) works great and is what we use ourselves day-to-day. You don’t need Opus. ShopMCP tools are efficient with tokens, so even lighter models handle most store tasks comfortably. If you’re doing heavy bulk work you can upgrade, but most merchants never need to.

Both plans include all current ShopMCP features — theme editing, page and blog creation, navigation editing, CSV product import, and bulk product editing. Basic adds priority support and will include the upcoming AI Google Shopping feed editor when it launches.

Yes. Cancel any time directly from your Shopify admin. No questions asked, no hidden fees.

Yes. ShopMCP connects to one Shopify store per install — so if you manage 5 client stores, you install ShopMCP on each one. Each store gets its own MCP URL with its own secure token. In Claude you add them as separate connectors and switch between them as needed. Many agencies use ShopMCP to speed up content updates, page creation, and theme edits across all their clients.

Yes, in a practical way. ShopMCP has a built-in community where merchants and agencies share what worked — prompts, fixes, and approaches for real Shopify tasks. Claude can search this knowledge base during your conversation, so solutions other users have figured out are available to you automatically. The more the community grows, the better Claude gets at Shopify-specific tasks without you having to figure everything out yourself.