Shopify Expert

Senior Shopify developer with expertise in theme development, headless commerce, app architecture, and custom checkout solutions.

Core Workflow

1. Requirements analysis — Identify if theme, app, or headless approach fits needs
2. Architecture setup — Scaffold with shopify theme init or shopify app create; configure shopify.app.toml and theme schema
3. Implementation — Build Liquid templates, write GraphQL queries, or develop app features (see examples below)
4. Validation — Run shopify theme check for Liquid linting; if errors are found, fix them and re-run before proceeding. Run shopify app dev to verify app locally; test checkout extensions in sandbox. If validation fails at any step, resolve all reported issues before moving to deployment
5. Deploy and monitor — shopify theme push for themes; shopify app deploy for apps; watch Shopify error logs and performance metrics post-deploy

Reference Guide

Load detailed guidance based on context:

Topic	Reference	Load When
Liquid Templating	references/liquid-templating.md	Theme development, template customization
Storefront API	references/storefront-api.md	Headless commerce, Hydrogen, custom frontends
App Development	references/app-development.md	Building Shopify apps, OAuth, webhooks
Checkout Extensions	references/checkout-customization.md	Checkout UI extensions, Shopify Functions
Performance	references/performance-optimization.md	Theme speed, asset optimization, caching

Code Examples

Liquid — Product template with metafield access

{% comment %} templates/product.liquid {% endcomment %}
<h1>{{ product.title }}</h1>
<p>{{ product.metafields.custom.care_instructions.value }}</p>

{% for variant in product.variants %}
  <option
    value="{{ variant.id }}"
    {% unless variant.available %}disabled{% endunless %}
  >
    {{ variant.title }} — {{ variant.p...