A comprehensive tool providing full read and write access to the Shopify Admin REST API for total store management.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install shopify-admin-api
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install shopify-admin-api using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Shopify Admin API?
The Shopify Admin API skill is a robust integration designed for developers and AI agents to programmatically control every aspect of a Shopify storefront. By utilizing Openclaw Skills, users can automate the complex lifecycles of orders, products, and inventory. This skill bridges the gap between store data and automated workflows, enabling high-level operations like fulfillment tracking, customer segmentation, and financial transaction management through a standardized REST interface.
Whether you are building custom dashboards or automating fulfillment logic, this skill provides the technical foundation needed to interact with Shopify's 2024-10 API version. It handles everything from simple product updates to intricate multi-location inventory adjustments, ensuring your e-commerce operations remain synchronized and efficient.
Shopify Admin API Use Cases
- Automating order fulfillment and tracking updates for high-volume stores
- Synchronizing inventory levels across multiple physical locations and warehouses
- Programmatically managing product catalogs, including smart collections and variants
- Creating custom customer loyalty or segmentation logic based on purchase history
- Handling complex refund and return workflows without manual intervention
How Shopify Admin API Works
- The agent authenticates with the Shopify store using the SHOPIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN and the store's domain.
- Commands are issued to specific REST endpoints (e.g., /orders.json or /products.json) to retrieve or modify store data.
- The skill manages resource states, such as transitioning an order from authorized to paid or unfulfilled to fulfilled.
- It utilizes cursor-based pagination to process large sets of data, such as entire customer lists or product catalogs.
- The skill monitors the leaky bucket rate limits to ensure API calls stay within Shopify's permitted thresholds.
Shopify Admin API Setup
To integrate this with your environment, configure the following variables and ensure your custom app has the necessary API scopes:
# Required Environment Variables
export SHOPIFY_STORE_DOMAIN="your-store.myshopify.com"
export SHOPIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN="your_admin_access_token"
All requests must include the authentication header: X-Shopify-Access-Token: $SHOPIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN. Ensure you have configured the required scopes such as write_orders and write_products in your Shopify Admin App settings.
Shopify Admin API Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes data based on standard Shopify REST resources. Key objects include:
| Resource | Primary Fields |
|---|---|
| Orders | id, financial_status, fulfillment_status, line_items, total_price |
| Products | id, title, body_html, vendor, status, variants |
| Customers | id, email, first_name, last_name, orders_count, total_spent |
| Inventory | inventory_item_id, location_id, available, available_adjustment |
| Transactions | id, order_id, amount, kind (capture, refund, etc.), status |
Pagination is handled via the Link header using a page_info cursor for consistent data fetching.
Shopify Admin API Advanced Features
- Webhook management for subscribing to real-time events like orders/create or products/update
- Smart Collection rule configuration for automated product categorization
- Multi-location inventory connectivity and adjustments
- Detailed refund calculation logic including restock type specifications
- Abandoned checkout monitoring and recovery data access
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