Honest assessments of AI tools, Shopify Magic, Sidekick, AI-powered search and personalization, and emerging ecommerce technology.
Shopify Sidekick can now scaffold custom apps on Grow, Advanced, Plus, and Enterprise plans. Here's what it builds well, what it doesn't, and how it compares to Shopify CLI and Claude Code.
The 10 most useful Claude Code subagents for Shopify merchants — Liquid linter, theme speed auditor, metafields designer, app submission reviewer, and more. Install, customize, and stop writing the same prompt twice.
A curated library of ten Claude Code slash commands built for Shopify developers and merchants, with full command files, usage examples, team-sharing tips, and security guardrails.
Shopify Magic is already sitting inside your admin, waiting to write product descriptions, email subject lines, Flow automations, and more — for free. Here's every place it lives and how to use it without blowing past the limits.
A copy-paste library of 18 Shopify Sidekick prompts for inventory forecasting — reorder timing, seasonal demand, dead stock, contribution margin, supplier lead times, and vendor diversification — with example outputs and tweaks.
An honest look at what Shopify Sidekick actually can't do in 2026 — plan-tier gaps, external system blind spots, creative limitations, and when to reach for a specialized app instead.
A practical walkthrough of using Shopify Sidekick for inventory: daily check-ins, reorder alerts, dead-stock flags, seasonal prep, stockout diagnosis, and where Sidekick stops and Pulse or the Inventory API should take over.
A complete 2026 walkthrough of Shopify Sidekick Pulse: how to enable proactive AI insights, interpret recommendations, and combine Pulse with Skills and prompts to grow your store.
A merchant-focused comparison of Llama 3.1, Mistral, Qwen, and DeepSeek-V3 for product descriptions, customer service, and ad copy — with honest cost math on Ollama, Replicate, Together AI, and self-hosted GPUs versus just paying OpenAI.