Can every Shopify store connect?

Only a store that already has a custom app made in its Shopify admin. Shopify no longer lets stores create those apps, and the apps made in its Dev Dashboard give tokens that last 24 hours, which are not supported yet.

Which changes wait for approval?

All of them: changing an order’s note or tags, adjusting stock, cancelling an order and refunding each wait for your approval by default. A cancelled order cannot be reopened, and cancelling does not refund a captured payment by itself: that is a separate refund.

Why do I only see recent orders?

Shopify shows an app the orders of the last 60 days unless it has the read_all_orders scope. Give the custom app that scope to reach older orders.

Does ChatGPT see the password or key for Shopify?

No. The key for Shopify is pasted into Flowplane once and kept sealed there. ChatGPT only gets a Flowplane sign-in for you, which you can revoke in the console.

Can ChatGPT change things in Shopify without asking?

Not by default: every change in Shopify waits for your approval in the browser. Your workspace’s rules decide, per tool.

Connect ChatGPT to Shopify

ChatGPT reaches Shopify through one Flowplane address. You add Shopify once in Flowplane, add that address to ChatGPT, and sign in. Look up orders, products, stock and customers of your Shopify store, and adjust stock, cancel or refund orders after you approve.

Connect Shopify →Set up your assistant

Tools: 8 read · 4 change
Sign-in: One shared key
Approval, by default: Changes wait for you
MCP server: Flowplane’s tools

1
Add Shopify in Flowplane
In the Flowplane console, add Shopify, type your store name (the part before .myshopify.com) and paste the custom app’s Admin API access token (shpat_…).
Shopify’s Admin API works here with the access token of a custom app made in your store’s admin, not a personal login. The app’s scopes decide what the assistant can read and change, and the token is pasted into Flowplane once for the store. Flowplane keeps it sealed; the assistant never sees it.
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2
Add Flowplane to ChatGPT
Your address is shown in the Flowplane console; it looks like
https://mcp.flowplane.eu/<your-label>
1. In ChatGPT on the web, open Plugins, choose + and Add custom MCP server.
2. Give it a name and, under Connection, paste https://mcp.flowplane.eu/<your-label>. Set authentication to OAuth.
3. Tick I understand and want to continue and choose Create as a plugin.
4. Install it, sign in to Flowplane and allow ChatGPT. In a chat, type @ and pick it.
Steps checked against the vendor’s documentation (OpenAI)
3
Ask ChatGPT
- “Which orders from the last week are paid but not yet shipped?”
- “How many of SKU TSHIRT-BLK-M do we have left, per location?”
- “Who are our customers tagged vip, and how much has each spent?”
- “Add the tag gift-wrap to order #1043.”
- “Refund the shipping on order #1038 to the customer.”

What it can do

What ChatGPT can do in Shopify

Shopify runs the online store of many small brands and retailers. Through Flowplane an AI assistant can find and open orders, products and customers, and see stock per location. It can change an order’s note and tags, adjust stock, cancel an order and refund a customer, and each of those changes waits for your approval by default.

On ChatGPT Pro the connection only reads: update order, adjust inventory, cancel order, refund order are not offered there.

Reads8

Search ordersFind orderssearch_orders
Get orderOne orderget_order
Search productsFind productssearch_products
Get productOne productget_product
Search inventoryStock levelssearch_inventory
List locationsStore locationslist_locations
Search customersFind customerssearch_customers
Get customerOne customerget_customer

Changesasks first4

Update orderChanges an order's note or tagsupdate_order
Adjust inventoryChanges stock of an itemadjust_inventory
Cancel orderCancels an ordercancel_order
Refund orderRefunds money to the customerrefund_order

FAQ

Questions

Can every Shopify store connect?: Only a store that already has a custom app made in its Shopify admin. Shopify no longer lets stores create those apps, and the apps made in its Dev Dashboard give tokens that last 24 hours, which are not supported yet.
Which changes wait for approval?: All of them: changing an order’s note or tags, adjusting stock, cancelling an order and refunding each wait for your approval by default. A cancelled order cannot be reopened, and cancelling does not refund a captured payment by itself: that is a separate refund.
Why do I only see recent orders?: Shopify shows an app the orders of the last 60 days unless it has the read_all_orders scope. Give the custom app that scope to reach older orders.
Does ChatGPT see the password or key for Shopify?: No. The key for Shopify is pasted into Flowplane once and kept sealed there. ChatGPT only gets a Flowplane sign-in for you, which you can revoke in the console.
Can ChatGPT change things in Shopify without asking?: Not by default: every change in Shopify waits for your approval in the browser. Your workspace’s rules decide, per tool.

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