Shopify MCP Server

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A production-ready Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes Shopify Admin GraphQL API to AI assistants like Claude Desktop. Provides 40 typed tools for managing products, customers, orders, inventory, metafields, and store operations through a structured interface.

Architecture Overview

The server translates MCP tool calls into Shopify Admin GraphQL operations. It supports:

• Static access tokens (legacy custom apps)
• OAuth client-credentials flow (Dev Dashboard apps)
• Optional Redis token caching
• Structured JSON logging
• Graceful shutdown and error handling

Request flow: MCP Client → Tool Registry → Zod Validation → Shopify GraphQL API → Formatted Response

Installation

Quick Start with npx

npx shopify-mcp \
  --clientId YOUR_CLIENT_ID \
  --clientSecret YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET \
  --domain your-store.myshopify.com

From Source

git clone https://github.com/Cesarjoquin/shopify-mcp.git
cd shopify-mcp
npm install
npm run build
npm start

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shopify": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "shopify-mcp",
        "--clientId", "<CLIENT_ID>",
        "--clientSecret", "<CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "--domain", "<store>.myshopify.com"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Configuration

Environment Variables

Create .env from .env.example:

# Store domain (required)
MYSHOPIFY_DOMAIN=your-store.myshopify.com

# Authentication Option A: Static token
SHOPIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN=shpat_xxxxxxxxxxxxx

# Authentication Option B: OAuth credentials
SHOPIFY_CLIENT_ID=shp_xxxxxxxxxxxxx
SHOPIFY_CLIENT_SECRET=shpcs_xxxxxxxxxxxxx

# Optional settings
SHOPIFY_API_VERSION=2026-01
LOG_LEVEL=info

# Redis token caching (optional)
REDIS_ENABLED=false
REDIS_URL=redis://127.0.0.1:6379
REDIS_KEY_PREFIX=shopify-mcp:
REDIS_MAX_RETRIES=10
REDIS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS=10000

CLI Flags (Override Environment)

shopify-mcp \
  --domain store.myshopify.com \
  --accessToken shpat_xxx \
  --apiVersion 2026-01

Required Shopify API Scopes

For full functionality, grant these scopes in your Shopify custom app:

• read_products, write_products
• read_customers, write_customers
• read_orders, write_orders
• read_inventory, write_inventory
• read_metaobjects, write_metaobjects

Key MCP Tools

Product Management

List Products:

// Tool: list_products
{
  "first": 10,
  "query": "status:active",
  "sortKey": "TITLE"
}

Create Product:

// Tool: create_product
{
  "title": "New Product",
  "descriptionHtml": "<p>Description</p>",
  "productType": "Apparel",
  "vendor": "My Brand",
  "tags": ["summer", "sale"],
  "variants": [
    {
      "price": "29.99",
      "sku": "PROD-001",
      "inventoryQuantities": {
        "availableQuantity": 100,
        "locationId": "gid://shopify/Location/123"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Update Product:

// Tool: update_product
{
  "id": "gid://shopify/Product/123",
  "title": "Updated Title",
  "status": "ACTIVE"
}

Customer Management

List Customers:

// Tool: list_customers
{
  "first": 25,
  "query": "email:*@example.com",
  "sortKey": "CREATED_AT",
  "reverse": true
}

Create Customer:

// Tool: create_customer
{
  "email": "customer@example.com",
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Doe",
  "phone": "+1234567890",
  "acceptsMarketing": true,
  "tags": ["vip", "wholesale"]
}

Order Management

List Orders:

// Tool: list_orders
{
  "first": 50,
  "query": "fulfillment_status:unfulfilled",
  "sortKey": "CREATED_AT"
}

Get Order Details:

// Tool: get_order
{
  "id": "gid://shopify/Order/123456"
}

Fulfill Order:

// Tool: fulfill_order
{
  "orderId": "gid://shopify/Order/123",
  "lineItems": [
    {
      "id": "gid://shopify/LineItem/456",
      "quantity": 2
    }
  ],
  "trackingInfo": {
    "company": "USPS",
    "number": "1Z999AA10123456784"
  }
}

Metafield Operations

Set Metafield:

// Tool: set_metafield
{
  "ownerId": "gid://shopify/Product/123",
  "namespace": "custom",
  "key": "instructions",
  "type": "single_line_text_field",
  "value": "Handle with care"
}

Get Metafields:

// Tool: get_metafields
{
  "ownerId": "gid://shopify/Product/123",
  "namespace": "custom"
}

Inventory Management

Set Inventory Quantity:

// Tool: set_inventory_quantity
{
  "inventoryItemId": "gid://shopify/InventoryItem/789",
  "locationId": "gid://shopify/Location/123",
  "availableQuantity": 50
}

Get Inventory Levels:

// Tool: get_inventory_levels
{
  "inventoryItemId": "gid://shopify/InventoryItem/789"
}

Store Discovery

Get Shop Info:

// Tool: get_shop_info
{}

List Locations:

// Tool: list_locations
{
  "first": 10
}

Common Patterns

Pagination

All list tools support cursor-based pagination:

// First request
{
  "first": 25,
  "query": "status:active"
}

// Response includes pageInfo.endCursor
// Next request:
{
  "first": 25,
  "after": "eyJsYXN0X2lkIjo...",
  "query": "status:active"
}

Shopify Search Syntax

Use Shopify's query syntax for filtering:

// Products by vendor and tag
"query": "vendor:Nike tag:running"

// Orders by status and date
"query": "fulfillment_status:unfulfilled created_at:>2026-01-01"

// Customers by email domain
"query": "email:*@company.com"

Global IDs

Shopify uses GraphQL global IDs:

// Format: gid://shopify/{ResourceType}/{numericId}
"id": "gid://shopify/Product/7891234567890"
"id": "gid://shopify/Customer/1234567890"
"id": "gid://shopify/Order/4567890123456"

Error Handling

Tools return userErrors arrays from Shopify mutations:

// Example error response
{
  "isError": true,
  "error": "Failed to create product: Title can't be blank"
}

Development Workflow

Build and Test

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Type checking
npm run typecheck

# Linting
npm run lint

# Run tests
npm test

# Full validation pipeline
npm run validate

# Build for production
npm run build

# Development mode (hot reload)
npm run dev

Adding Custom Tools

Tools use the createTool() factory pattern:

// src/tools/custom_tool.ts
import { z } from 'zod';
import { createTool } from '../lib/tool-factory.js';

const inputSchema = z.object({
  myParam: z.string().describe('Parameter description')
});

export const myCustomTool = createTool(
  'my_custom_tool',
  'Description of what this tool does',
  inputSchema,
  async (args, shopify) => {
    const query = `
      query MyQuery($param: String!) {
        # GraphQL query here
      }
    `;
    
    const result = await shopify.graphql(query, { param: args.myParam });
    return { success: true, data: result };
  }
);

GraphQL Schema Validation

# Validate GraphQL queries against Shopify schema
npm run validate:graphql

Troubleshooting

Authentication Failures

Error: Authentication credentials are required

Solution: Ensure you provide either:

• SHOPIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN (static token), OR
• Both SHOPIFY_CLIENT_ID and SHOPIFY_CLIENT_SECRET (OAuth)

MCP Connection Issues

Check Claude Desktop logs:

# macOS
tail -f ~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp*.log

# Windows
# Check %APPDATA%/Claude/logs/

Verify server starts:

SHOPIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN=shpat_xxx \
MYSHOPIFY_DOMAIN=store.myshopify.com \
npm start

Redis Connection Errors

Error: Redis connection timeout

Solutions:

1. Start Redis locally:

docker run -d -p 6379:6379 redis:7-alpine

2. Or disable Redis caching:

REDIS_ENABLED=false

GraphQL userErrors

Shopify returns field-level validation errors in mutation responses. These are surfaced as:

Failed to create product: field: error message

Check your input data matches Shopify's validation rules (required fields, format constraints, etc.).

API Version Compatibility

If tools fail with "Field not found" errors, check API version compatibility:

# Use a specific API version
SHOPIFY_API_VERSION=2025-01 npm start

Redis Token Caching

For OAuth client-credentials flow, tokens are cached in Redis:

// Token cache structure
{
  key: "shopify-mcp:token:store.myshopify.com",
  value: {
    access_token: "shpat_...",
    expires_at: 1234567890
  },
  ttl: 86400 // 24 hours
}

Auto-refresh: Tokens refresh automatically 5 minutes before expiry.

Manual cache clear:

redis-cli DEL "shopify-mcp:token:your-store.myshopify.com"

Production Deployment

Environment Variables Checklist

# Required
MYSHOPIFY_DOMAIN=store.myshopify.com
SHOPIFY_CLIENT_ID=shp_xxx
SHOPIFY_CLIENT_SECRET=shpcs_xxx

# Recommended
LOG_LEVEL=info
SHOPIFY_API_VERSION=2026-01
REDIS_ENABLED=true
REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379

Docker Deployment

FROM node:18-alpine
WORKDIR /app
COPY package*.json ./
RUN npm ci --production
COPY . .
RUN npm run build
CMD ["node", "dist/index.js"]

Health Monitoring

The server logs structured JSON to stderr. Monitor for:

• "level":"error" entries
• GraphQL API rate limit warnings
• Redis connection failures

Tool Categories Reference

All list tools support: first, after, query, sortKey, reverse parameters.