MCP server
Shopify Dev MCP server
Shopify's Dev MCP server helps developers build for Shopify: it searches Shopify docs and API schemas and validates GraphQL, components and themes.
- Official server
- Ecommerce
At a glance
- Maintained by
- Shopify
- Tools exposed
- 6 listed below
- Reviewed
- September 24, 2026
Why it matters
What it does and why it matters
Shopify's Dev MCP server is a tool for people who build on Shopify: app developers, theme developers and agencies. It lets a coding assistant learn a Shopify API, search the documentation, and validate GraphQL queries, UI components and theme code against Shopify's real schemas.
That matters because Shopify's APIs are large and change often. Validation catches code that would fail before it ever reaches a store.
It is important to be clear about what it does not do: it does not read or change store data such as orders, products or customers. It reads documentation and schemas and checks code, so the risk to a live store is low. For working with store data, an app built on the Admin API with the right permissions is the route.
We use tools like this when building custom Shopify features for clients, because they cut the time spent debugging API calls. See ecommerce websites.
Use cases
Best business use cases
App development
Theme work
Docs answers
GraphQL checks
UI components
Tools
Available tools
Tool names as published by the maintainer at review time. Versions change, so check the repository for the current list.
Read and write: Read only for store data. It reads docs and schemas and validates code; it does not change a store.
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learn_shopify_apiLoads an overview of a Shopify API and starts a conversation ID that later tools need.
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search_docs_chunksSearches shopify.dev and returns matching documentation and code examples.
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validate_graphql_codeblocksChecks GraphQL code against the Shopify API schema.
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validate_component_codeblocksChecks UI extension component code.
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validate_themeValidates Liquid theme files.
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validate_theme_codeblocksValidates Liquid theme code snippets.
Workflows
Example workflows
Build a product sync feature
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A developer describes the feature.
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The assistant learns the relevant Shopify API.
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It writes the GraphQL query.
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It validates the query against the schema.
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The developer tests on a development store.
Fix a theme before launch
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Run theme validation.
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The assistant lists errors.
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It explains each one with the docs.
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It suggests fixes.
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The developer applies and re-validates.
Prompts
Example prompts
“Write a GraphQL query to fetch products with low inventory and validate it.”
“Validate this theme and explain any errors.”
“How do metafields work in the current Admin API?”
Setup
Installation and configuration
Examples for Claude Desktop and Claude Code. Replace the placeholder values with your own keys, and store secrets outside version control.
Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"shopify-dev-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@shopify/dev-mcp@latest"
]
}
}
}Claude Code: terminal
claude mcp add --transport stdio shopify-dev-mcp -- npx -y @shopify/dev-mcp@latest- Local server: npx -y @shopify/dev-mcp@latest.
- Needs: None. Runs locally and does not require authentication..
Security
Security considerations
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No store data
It does not access store data, so risk to live stores is low.
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Test on dev stores
Test generated code on a development store.
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Review code
Review generated code before deploying.
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Keep app keys separate
Do not paste store API keys into prompts.
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Servers that pair well with it
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Keep exploring
Solutions and services that use it
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Solutions
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Industries
View all industries- Ecommerce Online stores, product data cleanup, support assistants, price monitoring and order automation for online retailers.
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AI models
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Glossary terms
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- Headless CMS A headless CMS is a content management system that stores and edits content but delivers it through an API, leaving the design to a separate frontend.
- Large language model A large language model, or LLM, is an AI model trained on vast amounts of text that can understand and generate language, and often images and code.
- Model Context Protocol The Model Context Protocol, or MCP, is an open standard for connecting AI assistants to external tools and data in a consistent way.
FAQ
Questions people ask us
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No. It works with documentation, schemas and code validation, not store data.
Developers and agencies building Shopify apps and themes.
Yes. It is maintained by Shopify.