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BigCommerce Developer Platform

MCP server that gives AI clients BigCommerce API reference data: REST and GraphQL endpoints, webhook events, OAuth scopes, error codes and code examples.

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  • Community
  • Runs locally
  • No credentials

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ecommerceguide summary

An MCP server that answers BigCommerce developer questions for AI clients: 171 REST v2 and v3 endpoints, 30 GraphQL operations across the Storefront, Admin and Account APIs, 42 webhook event scopes, 21 OAuth scopes, error codes and generated code examples. It also fetches 49 live doc routes from developer.bigcommerce.com. Installed from npm as @erplinker/bigcommerce-mcp, it runs locally over stdio with no API key, and its 12 tools are read-only lookups.

Why it stands out

A community npm package that needs no API key, since its 12 tools only read BigCommerce developer documentation.

What BigCommerce Developer Platform does

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  • Twelve read-only tools: search docs, endpoint detail, code examples
  • Covers 42 webhook event scopes and 21 OAuth scopes
  • fetch_live_doc pulls 49 topics from developer.bigcommerce.com
  • Local stdio server, no authentication or environment variables required
  • Install globally via npm, or run through npx
  • Setup documented for Cursor, Claude Desktop and Windsurf
  • Maintained by ackm04 (ERPLinker), TypeScript, MIT licence
  • README includes a master prompt for Cursor Rules for AI

How ecommerce teams could use it

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Illustrative scenarios written by ecommerceguide from the product's documented capabilities. They are not customer case studies.

  1. An agency building BigCommerce apps for client stores

    Engineers work in Cursor and need exact endpoint schemas and OAuth scope names

    Intended outcomeget_endpoint_detail and get_oauth_scopes return the documented parameters and scope strings for the call being written

  2. A brand running a headless BigCommerce storefront

    Developers draft GraphQL Storefront queries and cart or checkout code in Claude Desktop

    Intended outcomeget_graphql_info and get_code_example supply the documented operations and runnable examples in node, python, php or curl

  3. A team integrating BigCommerce with back-office systems

    Writing webhook handlers and bulk sync loops that must respect rate limits

    Intended outcomeget_webhook_events, get_rate_limit_info and get_error_codes return event scopes, payload structure and API error references

Who it suits

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Best for

Your developers use Cursor, Claude Desktop or Windsurf on BigCommerce work and want an MIT-licensed local docs server that needs no credentials.

Probably not for

You need the server to read or write store data, as all 12 tools are documentation lookups, or if you cannot run a local npm package over stdio.

Business size
Any stageThe package is free under MIT with no stated audience or usage bounds, so it fits any team doing BigCommerce development.

Technical details

From the vendor's own pages

From the server's repository, documentation and MCP directory listings.

What an agent can do
Store development
Transport
stdio (local)
Authentication
No credentialsConfig examples specify only the command with no API keys or environment variables; it fetches public developer docs.
Package
@erplinker/bigcommerce-mcp (npm)
Language
TypeScript
Licence
MIT
Repository last updated
11 Jul 2026

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Setup documented for

Install command
npm install -g @erplinker/bigcommerce-mcp

Command as listed on the repository README, not tested by ecommerceguide. Check the official documentation (opens in a new tab) for configuration and credentials before running it.

Works with

Ecommerce platforms and services

  • BigCommerce logoBigCommerce

Systems this server reads from or writes to.

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