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Shopify Storefront MCP
Shopify's per-store MCP endpoint at https://{shop}/api/mcp for catalog search, cart management and shop policy questions; catalog and cart tools have been removed in favour of UCP.
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ecommerceguide summary
Shopify Storefront MCP is a hosted endpoint at https://{shop}/api/mcp, published by Shopify, that AI clients call over streamable HTTP. Its catalogue and cart tools (search_catalog, get_product_details, get_cart and update_cart) have been removed, and Shopify points developers to the Universal Commerce Protocol at /api/ucp/mcp instead. The search_shop_policies_and_faqs tool stays on the endpoint, so an agent can still answer shop policy and FAQ questions. The public endpoint requires no authentication.
Why it stands out
Published by Shopify as a per-store hosted endpoint, with its catalogue and cart tools redirected to UCP.
What Shopify Storefront MCP does
ecommerceguide editorial- Hosted per-store endpoint at https://{shop}/api/mcp, maintained by Shopify
- Streamable HTTP transport, no authentication on the public storefront tools
- search_shop_policies_and_faqs remains available for policy and FAQ answers
- Catalogue and cart tools removed in favour of UCP
- Docs map each removed tool to its /api/ucp/mcp replacement
- Checkout requests must be authenticated or signed via Checkout MCP
- The shop-chat-agent sample app and its tutorial are deprecated
How ecommerce teams could use it
ecommerceguide editorialIllustrative scenarios written by ecommerceguide from the product's documented capabilities. They are not customer case studies.
Shopify store running an AI chat assistant on its site
Shoppers ask about shipping, returns and other published store policies
Intended outcomeThe assistant calls search_shop_policies_and_faqs on the store's /api/mcp endpoint and answers from the shop's policy and FAQ content.
Developer of a third-party AI assistant that connects to Shopify stores
An existing integration still calls the removed catalogue and cart tools
Intended outcomeShopify's tool map points each call to its replacement on /api/ucp/mcp, while policy and FAQ requests stay on /api/mcp.
Who it suits
ecommerceguide editorialBest for
You build an AI assistant for a single Shopify store and need the shop policies and FAQs tool on the store's own hosted endpoint.
Probably not for
You need catalogue search, cart or checkout tools, which were removed from this endpoint and now sit on Shopify's UCP endpoints.
- Business size
- Any stageEvery Shopify store exposes the same hosted endpoint, and Shopify states no size or revenue requirement.
Technical details
From the vendor's own pagesFrom the server's repository, documentation and MCP directory listings.
- What an agent can do
- Manage products, Agentic shopping, Customer service
- Transport
- HTTP (remote)
- Authentication
- No credentialsStorefront catalog and policy tools are exposed on the public store endpoint; checkout requests must be authenticated or signed.
- Endpoint
- https://{shop}/api/mcp
Connect Shopify Storefront MCP
Third-party dataSetup steps are in the official documentation (opens in a new tab). We only show an install command when a source lists one.
Works with
Often used alongside
ecommerceguide editorialAgentZenaNot a Chatbot. Your Complete AI Customer Support Agent.Why togetherAgentZena answers Shopify chat and email questions on orders and shipping, while this endpoint exposes shop policies and FAQs to agents.
Richpanel: AI Customer SupportCut Costs, Reduce Tickets & Delight Your Customers With the AI-First Self-Service Platform.Why togetherRichpanel handles tickets, order tracking and returns for the store, while the endpoint serves policy and FAQ lookups to an AI client.
Categories and use cases
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Sources
ecommerceguide profiles are built from public product information and written for ecommerce teams. We do not test products, and paying never changes where a listing ranks.
- Documentationshopify.dev (opens in a new tab)
- Documentationshopify.dev (opens in a new tab)
- MCP endpoint{shop} (opens in a new tab)
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