shopify-onboarding-merchant
shopify onboarding merchant
What it does
- Start a Shopify store, try Shopify, or sell online for the first time
- Build a store from a business or brand idea
- Ask what Shopify can help them do next as a merchant
- Developers building apps or themes — route to shopify-onboarding-dev
- Explicit CLI troubleshooting or named-store command-execution workflows — route to shopify-use-shopify-cli
- Theme-editing in code or extension development — route to shopify-liquid or shopify-onboarding-dev
- If the merchant gave a clear store or brand name, use it. Wrap the name in single quotes so nothing in it is interpreted by the shell:
Requirements & configuration
- If the shopify command is unavailable when you need it, briefly install or upgrade Shopify CLI and then continue:
- If neither works, the merchant likely needs Node.js. Direct them to https://nodejs.org and walk them through the install before retrying npm.
Configuration: BASE64_OF_USER_PROMPTYOUR_SESSION_IDYOUR_TOOL_USE_IDOPT_OUT_INSTRUMENTATION
Derived from the skill's own SKILL.md documentation · extracted 2026-07-23
shopify-onboarding-merchant FAQ
What does the shopify-onboarding-merchant skill do?
Set up and connect a Shopify store from your AI assistant. Use when the user wants to start selling online, open a first Shopify store, try Shopify before they have an account, or get merchant-facing next steps after a preview store is created, including how to keep it, save it, or make it real. This is for store owners — not developers. Preview-store creation for brand-new merchants belongs here via `shopify store create preview`; explicit CLI troubleshooting and named-store command execution belong in **`use-shopify-cli`**. Start a Shopify store, try Shopify, or sell online for the first time Build a store from a business or brand idea
What does shopify-onboarding-merchant require?
If the shopify command is unavailable when you need it, briefly install or upgrade Shopify CLI and then continue: If neither works, the merchant likely needs Node.js. Direct them to https://nodejs.org and walk them through the install before retrying npm. Configuration keys: BASE64_OF_USER_PROMPT, YOUR_SESSION_ID, YOUR_TOOL_USE_ID, OPT_OUT_INSTRUMENTATION.
How do I install shopify-onboarding-merchant?
Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/shopify/shopify-ai-toolkit --skill shopify-onboarding-merchant --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/shopify/shopify-ai-toolkit.
Maintain shopify-onboarding-merchant?
Let people know it's listed here — add the badge (live metrics, light/dark aware) or a plain link to your README or docs.
[](https://getagentictools.com/skills/shopify-shopify-ai-toolkit-shopify-onboarding-merchant?ref=badge) npx agentictools info skills/shopify-shopify-ai-toolkit-shopify-onboarding-merchant The second line is the CLI lookup for this page — handy in READMEs and docs.
