Let AI check your shop’s sales (Shopify, WooCommerce)
Let AI tell you your sales, best sellers and latest orders without digging through your store admin.
What you need
A Shopify store you own, or a staff account with the right permissions
Claude or ChatGPT in a desktop browser (first-time setup must be on a computer)
WooCommerce stores: there is no beginner-friendly way yet; see the last way
1Easiest: the connector already in your AI app
Shopify makes official connectors for Claude and ChatGPT itself. You install it from the AI app, then approve it in your Shopify admin, with no extra Shopify fee. By default it can only read, and AI can never refund, cancel orders or mark them as paid, even if you grant write access · Shopify itself warns not to create an APItoken to connect AI yourself; use the official connector.
ChatGPTNeither Shopify’s nor OpenAI’s help pages list ChatGPT plans · No extra Shopify fee
On a computer, open ChatGPT, go to “Settings > Plugins” and find Shopify
Select “Install plugin” or “Connect”. You’re taken to your Shopify admin to approve the access it asks for; read every item before confirming
In a chat, type @Shopify followed by one question at a time
Type @Shopify, or ChatGPT may just explain how to do something instead of doing it · You can pin Shopify to the sidebar to see a summary of your store’s recent performance
The connector in way 1 is already Shopify’s own. If Shopify or WooCommerce also lists an MCP in the registry we check, it shows up here; we compare the maker’s verified domain, not just the name.
There is no MCP made by the service itself in the registry we check yet (data as of Nov 11, 2026). Use way 1 for now.
3Last resort: an MCP from someone else
WooCommerce stores: WooCommerce’s official MCP is a developer preview for now. It needs an extra plugin and an application password, and has no sales report tool yet. If you’re not comfortable setting it up, wait · The ones below are made by other makers; your store and customer data pass through them. Read the “Basic checks” first.
“Show my total sales for the last 30 days, broken down by product”
“Which products have fewer than 10 left in stock?”
“Summarise the orders that haven’t shipped yet”
Stuck? Try this
Shopify isn’t in the connector list
Set it up in a desktop browser · In Gemini, the Shopify connector is US only
AI explains how instead of doing it
In ChatGPT, start your request with @Shopify
AI says it can’t change the store
By default it can only read. To let it edit, approve write access in your Shopify admin · Refunds, cancellations and marking orders as paid can never be done by AI; do them yourself in the admin
Sales answers are incomplete
Ask one short, specific question at a time, then follow up
I want to reduce the access I gave
You can’t lower it directly; uninstall the connector in your Shopify admin and connect again
Keep your data safe
Start with read-only access, read every permission before confirming, and read each request before you let AI change products or discounts.
Don’t create store API keys for connectors you don’t know. Shopify itself warns against it; use the official connector.
Customer details (names, addresses, phone numbers) are personal data. Ask only for what you need and don’t copy them elsewhere.