---
name: "Build and validate Shopify apps with the official Shopify AI Toolkit"
slug: "build-and-validate-shopify-apps-with-the-official-shopify-ai-toolkit"
description: "Connect agents and IDE assistants to Shopify docs, API schemas, code validation, and store-management workflows through Shopify's official toolkit."
github_stars: 348
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/Shopify/Shopify-AI-Toolkit"
author: "Shopify"
publisher_type: "organization"
category: "Integrations & Connectors"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "Shopify/Shopify-AI-Toolkit"
  github_stars: 348
  npm_package: "@shopify/dev-mcp"
  npm_weekly_downloads: 17640
---

# Build and validate Shopify apps with the official Shopify AI Toolkit

Connect agents and IDE assistants to Shopify docs, API schemas, code validation, and store-management workflows through Shopify's official toolkit.

## Prerequisites

Supported agent client such as Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Codex, or VS Code; Shopify CLI for store execute workflows

## Installation

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- **For Claude Code**: Run these two commands in a chat:
- /plugin marketplace add Shopify/shopify-ai-toolkit
- /plugin install shopify-plugin@shopify-ai-toolkit

- Source: https://github.com/Shopify/Shopify-AI-Toolkit
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Shopify/Shopify-AI-Toolkit/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/ai-toolkit

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/build-and-validate-shopify-apps-with-the-official-shopify-ai-toolkit/)