Shopify allows any AI assistant to shop within its catalog of one billion products

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    "excerpt": "Shopify enabled a unique connection on Tuesday, called Shop MCP, which allows any compatible artificial intelligence assistant to search for products and complete purchases within its catalog of over one billion items. Until now, that capability was limited to specific agreements such as the one the company signed in September with Meta so that its Muse assistant could shop on behalf of users. With this new tool, any developer can connect their agent without needing that type of commercial alliance. ADVERTISEMENT According to the changelog published by Shopify, the connection provides access to 17 tools grouped into two main functions: product search within the catalog and complete cart and checkout management. The search does not require an API key, while checkout is handled through Shop Pay, the one-click payment system the company already offered in its Shop app. Existing integrations with the catalog API, Shopify stated, continue to work unchanged. Before this launch, an artificial intelligence agent could find a product in Shopify's catalog, but it had to send the buyer to the store's website to complete payment, which led to drop-offs in the process. ADVERTISEMENT With Shop MCP, the same agent can build the cart and, if the buyer is already logged into their Shop account, complete the checkout using saved addresses and cards without leaving the conversation. The final...",
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