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Shopify Dev MCP

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Shopify Dev MCP server. Search Shopify Admin and Storefront API documentation, retrieve schema, and inspect platform behaviour from inside agents. 30 GitHub stars and 2 commits on main in the last 30 days.

30·5 tools·Released NOV 2025·MIT
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Shopify Dev MCP server. Search Admin and Storefront API documentation, retrieve schemas, and inspect platform behaviour from inside agents. 30 stars and 2 commits on main in the last 30 days. Tier 2.

Reviewed by M. Nouriel · MAY 2026

INSTALL THIS SERVER

{ "mcpServers": { "shopify-dev": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "shopify-dev-mcp" ] } } }
PrereqNPM: `shopify-dev-mcp`. No authentication required for the documentation surface. Path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS).
{ "mcpServers": { "shopify-dev": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "shopify-dev-mcp" ] } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "shopify-dev": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "shopify-dev-mcp" ] } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "shopify-dev": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "shopify-dev-mcp" ] } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "shopify-dev": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "shopify-dev-mcp" ] } } }

5 TOOLS AVAILABLE

search_admin_docs
Search the Shopify Admin API documentation
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search_storefront_docs
Search the Shopify Storefront API documentation
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get_admin_schema
Retrieve the Shopify Admin GraphQL schema
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OUR ASSESSMENT

Strengths
  • Shopify official maintenance.
  • MIT license, 30 GitHub stars.
  • 2 commits on main in the last 30 days.
  • No authentication required for the documentation surface.
  • Schema retrieval covers both Admin and Storefront APIs.
Weaknesses
  • Documentation scope; cannot read store data or trigger order actions.
  • 30 stars indicates limited adoption versus community Shopify MCPs.
  • Tier 2 designation reflects scope and adoption, not Shopify platform maturity.
Security Notes

No authentication needed. Documentation lookups carry no PII or store-data risk. For store-data access, pair with a community Shopify Admin MCP and apply standard API-key scoping.

Best For

Developers building Shopify apps who want their agent to look up API references during code generation; merchants asking agents to design custom checkout flows; integration teams adopting agentic Shopify development.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Language
typescript
Transport
stdio
Clients
Claude DesktopClaude CodeCursorVS CodeWindsurf
License
MIT
npm
shopify-dev-mcp
Last Release
shopify-dev-mcp (npm latest)MAY 6, 2026
First Released
NOV 1, 2025

ADOPTION METRICS

// GitHub Stars
30

// Reading this30 stars on Shopify/dev-mcp-gemini-cli. 2 commits on main in the last 30 days. Documentation-scope only.

// Popularity Rank
#6
Globally · #6 in API Integration

// Reading thisPairs with Postman, Apollo GraphQL, Stripe, Resend, Adyen MCPs in api category. Shopify Dev covers e-commerce platform docs.

SOURCES & VERIFICATION

We don't take any single directory's word for it. Before scoring, we cross-reference 5 public MCP sources, install the server ourselves against the clients we cover, and record when we last re-verified.

01
Discovered
Manual submission
First indexed MAY 6, 2026
02
Cross-referenced
5 directories
PulseMCP, MCP.so, Glama, Smithery, Official MCP Registry
03
Verified against
Claude Desktop, Cursor
Installed and tested across clients
04
Last re-checked
MAY 6, 2026
Weekly re-verification
// How other directories see it

The same server, 5 different lenses. We reconcile these signals into our editorial score, which is why our number sometimes diverges from a directory-aggregate star count.

SourceTheir ratingTheir star countTheir downloadsLast synced
AutomationSwitch This page3.9editorial30MAY 6, 2026
PulseMCP— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 6, 2026
MCP.so— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 6, 2026
Glama— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 6, 2026
Smithery— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 6, 2026
Official MCP Registry— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 6, 2026

// Counts are directory-reported; we don't adjust them. Discrepancies usually come from different snapshot times or star-caching.

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