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What is a Shopify MCP server?

It’s an MCP server that exposes data and functionality from Shopify via tools. Your agents can use these tools to do anything from updating inventory to creating sales orders.

How can I use the Shopify MCP server?

Here are just a few use cases:

• Inventory management automation: Your agent can monitor stock levels and automatically update inventory when suppliers confirm shipments
  

• Order fulfillment orchestration: Your agent can process incoming orders and coordinate the entire fulfillment workflow: verifying payment, checking inventory, creating shipping labels, notifying warehouses, and updating customers with tracking details
  

• Product catalog enrichment: Your agent can enhance new product listings by researching competitor pricing, generating SEO-optimized descriptions, and suggesting relevant tags and collections based on market analysis
  

• Customer experience automation: Your agent can handle return requests end-to-end by verifying eligibility, generating return labels, processing refunds or store credit in Shopify, and logging interactions in your customer service platform

What are popular tools for Shopify’s MCP server?

Here are just a few popular tools across data types:

Orders

• <code class="blog_inline-code">list_orders</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">get_order</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">cancel_order</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">mark_order_paid</code>

Products

• <code class="blog_inline-code">update_product</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">update_product_variant</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">delete_product</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">create_product_variants_bulk</code>

Customers

• <code class="blog_inline-code">list_customers</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">get_customer</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">create_customer</code>
• <code class="blog_inline-code">delete_customer</code>

What makes Merge Agent Handler’s Shopify MCP server better than alternative Shopify MCP servers?

Here are just a few reasons:

• Enterprise-grade security and DLP: Tool inputs and outputs are scanned for sensitive data, with configurable rules to block, redact, or mask data before it reaches third-party systems
  

• Authentication and credential management: Agent Handler handles user authorization flows and credential storage so agents never manage secrets directly
  

• Real-time observability and audit trails: Every tool call is logged, with fully searchable logs to audit, debug, and optimize agent behavior
  

• Evaluation Suite: Tools can be tested and validated against expected outcomes before production deployment
  

Can I set custom security rules for Shopify tool calls in Merge Agent Handler?

You can apply seemingly endless rules that align with your security policies and that of your customers. Here are just a few examples:

• Customer payment information: Block any tool calls that would expose full credit card numbers or payment method details from Shopify orders
  

• Customer PII: Redact email addresses and phone numbers when agents retrieve customer data, showing only masked versions (e.g., j***@example.com, (555)*** -1234)
  

• Shipping addresses: Prevent agents from accessing full street addresses for high-value orders or VIP customers, limiting visibility to city and state only

• Discount codes: Block agents from creating or retrieving admin-level discount codes that could be exploited if leaked to customers

• Financial data: Mask revenue totals and profit margins when agents query order or product analytics to prevent sensitive business metrics from appearing in logs
  

• Wholesale pricing: Restrict agents from accessing or modifying wholesale price lists and vendor cost data to protect competitive pricing strategies

How can I start using Merge Agent Handler’s Shopify MCP server?

You can take the following steps:

1. Create your Agent Handler account by signing up for free.

2. Create a new Tool Pack by navigating to "Tool Packs" in the dashboard sidebar and clicking "Create New Tool Pack." Give it a descriptive name (e.g., "Shopify Store Operations").

3. Add the Shopify connector by selecting Shopify from the list of available connectors and adding it to your Tool Pack.

4. Configure authentication type by choosing between individual authentication (each user provides their own Shopify credentials) or shared authentication (organization-level credentials for all users).

5. Select specific tools you want to make available to your agent, or enable all tools by default (such as managing orders, products, customers, and inventory).

6. Register a User identity by navigating to "Registered Users" in the sidebar and creating a new registered user. This represents the identity that will perform actions through your agent.

7. Save your Tool Pack once you've configured all settings.

8. Connect the Tool Pack to your agent using the MCP entry URL provided in your Tool Pack settings. Your agent will now have access to the Shopify tools you've configured.