# shopify-onboarding-dev

Walks a developer from nothing to a working Shopify setup: installs the CLI, wires up the AI toolkit, then asks what you want to build.

- skill · `type=skill` · Codex, ChatGPT · 1 install · ★ 7596
- Author: Shopify · official OpenAI repository
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/shopify/skills/shopify-onboarding-dev/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/shopify-onboarding-dev

## What it does

The skill kicks in when you ask your agent to start building on Shopify — an app, a theme, a dev store, a partner account. It silently detects the client from system context (Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI) and only asks when it genuinely can't tell.

Next it runs `shopify version`. If the CLI is missing, it installs it through npm, pnpm, yarn or bun: `npm install -g @shopify/cli@latest`. On macOS without a Node package manager there's a Homebrew route. Then it installs the AI toolkit for the detected client and asks what you want to build, handing the request to a more specific skill such as `shopify-admin` or `shopify-liquid`.

When an install fails, the skill reports the exact error and stops. It won't rewrite or assemble install commands on its own. Unrecognized clients aren't supported at all. This one is for developers: questions about products, orders or customers in a live store are out of scope.

## Install

### Codex (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill shopify-onboarding-dev -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/shopify-onboarding-dev/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Claude Code

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill shopify-onboarding-dev -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/shopify-onboarding-dev/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/shopify-onboarding-dev/

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/shopify-onboarding-dev/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openai/plugins shopify-onboarding-dev
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/shopify-onboarding-dev/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openai/plugins --path plugins/shopify/skills/shopify-onboarding-dev
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/shopify-onboarding-dev/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/shopify/skills/shopify-onboarding-dev/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- get Shopify CLI installed and verified
- hook the AI toolkit into your editor
- create a dev store and a partner account
- scaffold an app or a theme
- move from onboarding to Admin API or Liquid work

## Example prompts
- I want to start building on Shopify — what do I need to install?
- Help me scaffold a Shopify app from scratch
- Set up my environment for Shopify theme development

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