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Shopify Dev MCP

Shopify's MCP server giving AI clients access to Shopify developer documentation and APIs including Admin GraphQL, Functions and Polaris web components.

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  • Official
  • Runs locally

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Shopify Dev MCP is Shopify's own MCP server, giving AI clients access to Shopify developer documentation and APIs, including the Admin GraphQL API, Functions and Polaris web components. It runs locally over stdio, installed from npm as @shopify/dev-mcp and started with npx -y @shopify/dev-mcp@latest. Developers working on Shopify apps, extensions and store code can have an MCP-capable assistant look up Shopify API and component references while writing code.

Why it stands out

Published by Shopify itself and run locally from the npm package @shopify/dev-mcp over stdio.

What Shopify Dev MCP does

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  • Published and maintained by Shopify as an official MCP server
  • Exposes Shopify developer documentation to MCP-capable AI clients
  • Covers Admin GraphQL API, Functions and Polaris web components
  • Runs locally over stdio, no hosted endpoint
  • Installed from npm: npx -y @shopify/dev-mcp@latest
  • Scoped to Shopify store development tasks

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. Agency building Shopify apps and extensions

    Engineers write Admin GraphQL queries and mutations with an MCP-capable coding assistant connected to the server

    Intended outcomeThe assistant retrieves Shopify's documentation and API references for the endpoints being used

  2. In-house developer team maintaining Shopify Functions

    Work on discount, delivery and payment customisation logic needs current Functions references

    Intended outcomeThe server supplies Shopify Functions documentation to the connected client during development

  3. Freelance Shopify developer working on admin interfaces

    Building admin UI with Polaris web components alongside a local MCP client

    Intended outcomeThe server returns Polaris web component documentation without leaving the coding session

Who it suits

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Best for

You write Shopify code with an MCP-capable assistant and can run a local npm package over stdio.

Probably not for

You need a hosted remote endpoint, authenticated store data access, or a merchant-facing tool rather than developer documentation.

Business size
Any stageA locally run developer utility for Shopify APIs, with no stated revenue or team bounds.
Verticals
Agencies and services

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)
Package
@shopify/dev-mcp (npm)

Connect Shopify Dev MCP

Third-party data
Install command
npx -y @shopify/dev-mcp@latest

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

Works with

Ecommerce platforms and services

Systems this server reads from or writes to.

Categories and use cases

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Sources

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