Shopify — Printing Press CLI

Prerequisites: Install the CLI

This skill drives the

shopify-pp-cli

binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first:

Install via the Printing Press installer:

bash

npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press install shopify --cli-only

Verify:
```
shopify-pp-cli --version
```
Ensure
```
$GOPATH/bin
```
(or
```
$HOME/go/bin
```
) is on
```
$PATH
```
.

If the

npx

install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.23+):

bash

go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/commerce/shopify/cmd/shopify-pp-cli@latest

--version

reports "command not found" after install, the install step did not put the binary on

$PATH

. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.

When Not to Use This CLI

Do not use resource commands for requests that require creating, updating, deleting, publishing, commenting, upvoting, inviting, ordering, sending messages, booking, purchasing, or changing remote state. The exception is

bulk-operations run-query

, which intentionally starts a Shopify bulk export job when the user explicitly asks for it.

Command Reference

customers — Shopify customers with lifetime order count, lifetime spend, and contact fields.

```
shopify-pp-cli customers get
```
— Get one Shopify customer by GraphQL ID.
```
shopify-pp-cli customers list
```
— List customers from the Shopify Admin GraphQL API.

fulfillment-orders — Shopify fulfillment orders for lag, routing, and fulfillment-state analysis.

```
shopify-pp-cli fulfillment-orders get
```
— Get one Shopify fulfillment order by GraphQL ID.
```
shopify-pp-cli fulfillment-orders list
```
— List fulfillment orders from the Shopify Admin GraphQL API.

inventory-items — Shopify inventory items with tracked status and available quantities by location.

```
shopify-pp-cli inventory-items get
```
— Get one Shopify inventory item by GraphQL ID.
```
shopify-pp-cli inventory-items list
```
— List inventory items from the Shopify Admin GraphQL API.

orders — Shopify orders with money totals, financial state, and fulfillment state.

```
shopify-pp-cli orders get
```
— Get one Shopify order by GraphQL ID.
```
shopify-pp-cli orders list
```
— List orders from the Shopify Admin GraphQL API.

products — Shopify products with product status, catalog metadata, and a compact variant inventory projection.

```
shopify-pp-cli products get
```
— Get one Shopify product by GraphQL ID.
```
shopify-pp-cli products list
```
— List products from the Shopify Admin GraphQL API.

Hand-written commands

```
shopify-pp-cli bulk-operations current
```
— Show the current or most recent Shopify bulk operation.
```
shopify-pp-cli bulk-operations run-query --query-file <path>
```
— Start a Shopify bulk GraphQL export job from a query file.

Freshness Contract

This printed CLI owns bounded freshness only for registered store-backed read command paths. In

--data-source auto

mode, those paths check

sync_state

and may run a bounded refresh before reading local data.

--data-source local

never refreshes.

--data-source live

reads the API and does not mutate the local store. Set

SHOPIFY_NO_AUTO_REFRESH=1

to skip the freshness hook without changing source selection.

Covered paths:

```
shopify-pp-cli customers
```
```
shopify-pp-cli customers get
```
```
shopify-pp-cli customers list
```
```
shopify-pp-cli fulfillment-orders
```
```
shopify-pp-cli fulfillment-orders get
```
```
shopify-pp-cli fulfillment-orders list
```
```
shopify-pp-cli inventory-items
```
```
shopify-pp-cli inventory-items get
```
```
shopify-pp-cli inventory-items list
```
```
shopify-pp-cli orders
```
```
shopify-pp-cli orders get
```
```
shopify-pp-cli orders list
```
```
shopify-pp-cli products
```
```
shopify-pp-cli products get
```
```
shopify-pp-cli products list
```

When JSON output uses the generated provenance envelope, freshness metadata appears at

meta.freshness

. Treat it as current-cache freshness for the covered command path, not a guarantee of complete historical backfill or API-specific enrichment.

Finding the right command

When you know what you want to do but not which command does it, ask the CLI directly:

bash

shopify-pp-cli which "<capability in your own words>"

which

resolves a natural-language capability query to the best matching command from this CLI's curated feature index. Exit code

means at least one match; exit code

means no confident match — fall back to

--help

or use a narrower query.

Auth Setup

Set the store host, Admin API version, and access token via environment variables:

bash

export SHOPIFY_SHOP="<your-store>.myshopify.com"
export SHOPIFY_API_VERSION="2026-04"
export SHOPIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN="<your-key>"

Or persist it in

~/.config/shopify-pp-cli/config.toml

Run

shopify-pp-cli doctor

to verify setup.

Agent Mode

Add

--agent

to any command. Expands to:

--json --compact --no-input --no-color --yes

Pipeable — JSON on stdout, errors on stderr
Filterable —
```
--select
```
keeps a subset of fields. Dotted paths descend into nested structures; arrays traverse element-wise. Critical for keeping context small on verbose APIs:
bash
```
shopify-pp-cli customers list --agent --select id,name,status
```
Previewable —
```
--dry-run
```
shows the request without sending
Offline-friendly — sync/search commands can use the local SQLite store when available
Non-interactive — never prompts, every input is a flag
Read-mostly — resource commands are read-only;
```
bulk-operations run-query
```
mutates remote state by starting an export job and should only be used on explicit request

Response envelope

Commands that read from the local store or the API wrap output in a provenance envelope:

json

{
  "meta": {"source": "live" | "local", "synced_at": "...", "reason": "..."},
  "results": <data>
}

Parse

.results

for data and

.meta.source

to know whether it's live or local. A human-readable

N results (live)

summary is printed to stderr only when stdout is a terminal — piped/agent consumers get pure JSON on stdout.

Agent Feedback

When you (or the agent) notice something off about this CLI, record it:

shopify-pp-cli feedback "the --since flag is inclusive but docs say exclusive"
shopify-pp-cli feedback --stdin < notes.txt
shopify-pp-cli feedback list --json --limit 10

Entries are stored locally at

~/.shopify-pp-cli/feedback.jsonl

. They are never POSTed unless

SHOPIFY_FEEDBACK_ENDPOINT

is set AND either

--send

is passed or

SHOPIFY_FEEDBACK_AUTO_SEND=true

. Default behavior is local-only.

Write what surprised you, not a bug report. Short, specific, one line: that is the part that compounds.

Output Delivery

Every command accepts

--deliver <sink>

. The output goes to the named sink in addition to (or instead of) stdout, so agents can route command results without hand-piping. Three sinks are supported:

Sink	Effect
`stdout`	Default; write to stdout only
`file:<path>`	Atomically write output to `<path>` (tmp + rename)
`webhook:<url>`	POST the output body to the URL ( `application/json` or `application/x-ndjson` when `--compact` )

Unknown schemes are refused with a structured error naming the supported set. Webhook failures return non-zero and log the URL + HTTP status on stderr.

Named Profiles

A profile is a saved set of flag values, reused across invocations. Use it when a scheduled agent calls the same command every run with the same configuration - HeyGen's "Beacon" pattern.

shopify-pp-cli profile save briefing --json
shopify-pp-cli --profile briefing customers list
shopify-pp-cli profile list --json
shopify-pp-cli profile show briefing
shopify-pp-cli profile delete briefing --yes

Explicit flags always win over profile values; profile values win over defaults.

agent-context

lists all available profiles under

available_profiles

so introspecting agents discover them at runtime.

Exit Codes

Code	Meaning
0	Success
2	Usage error (wrong arguments)
3	Resource not found
4	Authentication required
5	API error (upstream issue)
7	Rate limited (wait and retry)
10	Config error

Argument Parsing

Parse

$ARGUMENTS

Empty,
help
, or
--help
→ show
```
shopify-pp-cli --help
```
output
Starts with
install
→ ends with
```
mcp
```
→ MCP installation; otherwise → see Prerequisites above
Anything else → Direct Use (execute as CLI command with
```
--agent
```
)

MCP Server Installation

Install the MCP server:

bash

go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/commerce/shopify/cmd/shopify-pp-mcp@latest

bash

claude mcp add shopify-pp-mcp -- shopify-pp-mcp

Verify:
```
claude mcp list
```

Direct Use

Check if installed:
```
which shopify-pp-cli
```
If not found, offer to install (see Prerequisites at the top of this skill).
Match the user query to the best command from the Unique Capabilities and Command Reference above.

Execute with the

--agent

flag:

bash

shopify-pp-cli <command> [subcommand] [args] --agent

If ambiguous, drill into subcommand help:
```
shopify-pp-cli <command> --help
```
.

pp-shopify

NPX Install

Tags

SKILL.md Content

Shopify — Printing Press CLI

Prerequisites: Install the CLI

When Not to Use This CLI

Command Reference

Freshness Contract

Finding the right command

Auth Setup

Agent Mode

Response envelope

Agent Feedback

Output Delivery

Named Profiles

Exit Codes

Argument Parsing

MCP Server Installation

Direct Use