# Shopify Store Catalog & Price Intelligence MCP Server (`mutualistic_housing/shopify-store-catalog-mcp`) Actor

Extract normalized products, variants, SKUs, real-time stock availability, discount percentages, collections, and predictive search results from any public Shopify storefront via Batch JSON API or Standby MCP Server.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/mutualistic_housing/shopify-store-catalog-mcp.md
- **Developed by:** [Mutualistic Labs](https://apify.com/mutualistic_housing) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, E-commerce, MCP servers
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## MCP Server for AI Agents: Shopify Store Catalog & Search API

An always-on **Model Context Protocol (MCP) server** and batch Actor that reads any **public Shopify store**: product catalogs with
**variant-level price, SKU and availability**, collections, single product details and the store's own **predictive search**.
Descriptions are returned as clean Markdown. Built for AI agents (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, OpenAI Agents, LangChain),
price and assortment monitoring, competitor research, dropshipping research and catalog enrichment.

No proxies, no browser, no logins, no cookies: only the public storefront JSON endpoints (`/products.json`,
`/collections/{handle}/products.json`, `/products/{handle}.json`, `/collections.json`, `/search/suggest.json`) are called.

### Features

- Products of one or many stores (up to 10), optionally limited to one collection, with filters for availability, price range, vendor,
  product type, tag and keyword.
- Variant-level data: `variants` with SKU, price, compare-at price, availability, options, grams and tax flags; aggregated
  `price_min`, `price_max`, `compare_at_price_min`, `compare_at_price_max` and `discount_pct_max`.
- Collections with product counts and URLs.
- Predictive search per store, optionally enriched with the full product record.
- Works with preset stores, `*.myshopify.com` subdomains and custom store domains (https only).
- Deterministic de-duplication (`uid`), hard `max_items` and `max_total_charge_usd` caps.

### What you get

| `record_type` | Mode | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| `product` | `products`, `search`, `product_detail` | One product (metadata, variants, SKUs, price range, discount, availability, images, Markdown description) |
| `collection` | `collections`, `search` | One collection (title, handle, description, product count, URL) |

### Endpoints

- `GET /` and `GET /health`: readiness probe, returns `{"status":"ok","actor":"shopify-store-catalog-mcp",...}`.
- `POST /mcp`: MCP JSON-RPC 2.0 (`initialize`, `ping`, `tools/list`, `tools/call`).

Standby URL: `https://mutualistic-housing--shopify-store-catalog-mcp.apify.actor/mcp` (authenticate with your Apify API token).

### Input

| Field | Type | Default |
|---|---|---|
| `mode` | `products`, `search`, `collections`, `product_detail` | `products` |
| `stores` | string\[] (preset keys, myshopify subdomains, `*.myshopify.com` URLs or custom https domains, 1 to 10) | `["allbirds"]` |
| `collection_handle` | string, only for mode `products` | none |
| `query` | string, max 200 chars (required for `search`; optional keyword filter in `products` and `collections`) | none |
| `product_urls` | string\[] of product URLs or `store/handle` pairs (mode `product_detail`, 1 to 50) | none |
| `available_only` | boolean | `false` |
| `min_price`, `max_price` | number or null, major currency units | none |
| `vendor`, `product_type`, `tag` | string, max 100 chars | none |
| `include_description` | boolean | `true` |
| `include_full_details` | boolean (mode `search`: fetch the full product record for every match) | `true` |
| `max_items` | integer 1 to 500 | `25` |
| `max_total_charge_usd` | number or null | no cap |

An empty `{}` input runs: the 25 first products of `allbirds` with descriptions. camelCase aliases (`collectionHandle`, `productUrls`,
`availableOnly`, `minPrice`, `maxPrice`, `productType`, `includeDescription`, `includeFullDetails`, `maxItems`, `maxTotalChargeUsd`) are
accepted. Invalid input is rejected with `INVALID_INPUT_ZERO_CHARGE` before any network call or charge.

#### Batch input examples

Available products under 120 from two stores:

```json
{"mode": "products", "stores": ["allbirds", "tentree"], "available_only": true, "max_price": 120, "max_items": 25}
```

One collection, filtered by tag:

```json
{"mode": "products", "stores": ["kith"], "collection_handle": "mens-footwear", "tag": "new", "include_description": false}
```

Search a store and enrich every match with variants and SKUs:

```json
{"mode": "search", "stores": ["allbirds"], "query": "shoe", "include_full_details": true, "max_items": 20}
```

List collections:

```json
{"mode": "collections", "stores": ["https://www.brooklinen.com"], "max_items": 50}
```

Product details by URL or `store/handle`:

```json
{"mode": "product_detail", "product_urls": ["https://www.allbirds.com/products/mens-tree-runners", "tentree/some-handle"]}
```

### MCP tools

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shopify": {
      "url": "https://mutualistic-housing--shopify-store-catalog-mcp.apify.actor/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>" }
    }
  }
}
```

- **`get_store_products`**: `stores`, `collection_handle`, `query`, `available_only`, `min_price`, `max_price`, `vendor`, `product_type`, `tag`, `include_description` (default `false` in MCP), `max_items` (default 10).
- **`search_store_catalog`**: `stores`, `query` (required), `available_only`, `min_price`, `max_price`, `include_description`, `max_items`.
- **`get_store_collections`**: `stores`, `query`, `max_items`.
- **`get_product_details`**: `product_urls` (URLs or `store/handle` pairs), `include_description` (default `true`).
- **`list_preset_stores`**: no arguments; lists the preset stores (free).

Example calls:

```bash
curl -X POST "https://mutualistic-housing--shopify-store-catalog-mcp.apify.actor/mcp" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_store_products","arguments":{"stores":["allbirds"],"available_only":true,"max_price":120,"max_items":5}}}'
```

```json
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_store_catalog","arguments":{"stores":["tentree"],"query":"shirt","max_items":10}}}
```

```json
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":3,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_store_collections","arguments":{"stores":["kith"],"max_items":20}}}
```

```json
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":4,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_product_details","arguments":{"product_urls":["https://www.allbirds.com/products/mens-tree-runners"]}}}
```

```json
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":5,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"list_preset_stores","arguments":{}}}
```

### Output fields

`product`:

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `record_type`, `uid` | `product`; deterministic SHA-256 identifier |
| `store_domain`, `store_base_url` | Store host and base URL |
| `product_id`, `handle`, `title`, `vendor`, `product_type`, `tags` | Product identity and classification |
| `published_at`, `created_at`, `updated_at` | Timestamps |
| `product_url`, `featured_image`, `images` | Page URL (https only) and image URLs |
| `available`, `variants_count` | `true` when any variant is in stock; number of variants |
| `price_min`, `price_max` | Variant price range in major currency units |
| `compare_at_price_min`, `compare_at_price_max`, `discount_pct_max` | Compare-at range and largest discount percentage |
| `currency` | Currency code when the store payload exposes one, otherwise `null` |
| `skus`, `options`, `variants` | Distinct SKUs; option names/values; normalized variants |
| `description_text` | Description as Markdown (up to 50000 characters) |
| `collection_handle`, `source` | Collection listed from; `products_json`, `product_json` or `search_suggest` |

Each entry of `variants` has `variant_id`, `title`, `sku`, `price`, `compare_at_price`, `available`, `option1`, `option2`, `option3`,
`grams`, `requires_shipping` and `taxable`.

`collection`:

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `record_type`, `uid` | `collection`; deterministic SHA-256 identifier |
| `store_domain`, `store_base_url` | Store host and base URL |
| `collection_id`, `handle`, `title` | Collection identity |
| `description_text`, `products_count` | Description as Markdown; number of products |
| `published_at`, `updated_at`, `featured_image`, `collection_url` | Timestamps, image and page URL |

Example `product` (shortened):

```json
{
  "record_type": "product", "store_domain": "www.allbirds.com", "store_base_url": "https://www.allbirds.com",
  "product_id": 7654321098, "handle": "mens-tree-runners", "title": "Men's Tree Runners", "vendor": "Allbirds",
  "product_type": "Shoes", "tags": ["mens", "runner"], "product_url": "https://www.allbirds.com/products/mens-tree-runners",
  "available": true, "variants_count": 2, "price_min": 98.0, "price_max": 98.0, "compare_at_price_min": 120.0,
  "compare_at_price_max": 120.0, "discount_pct_max": 18.33, "currency": null, "skus": ["TR3MBL090"],
  "variants": [{"variant_id": 1, "title": "9", "sku": "TR3MBL090", "price": 98.0, "compare_at_price": 120.0, "available": true}],
  "featured_image": "https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/example.jpg", "source": "products_json", "uid": "<sha256>"
}
```

### Preset stores

Use the key in `stores`; any `*.myshopify.com` subdomain or custom store domain works too (https only).

| Key | Store | Category |
|---|---|---|
| `allbirds` | Allbirds (`www.allbirds.com`) | footwear, apparel |
| `tentree` | tentree (`www.tentree.com`) | sustainable apparel |
| `kith` | Kith (`kith.com`) | streetwear |
| `cotopaxi` | Cotopaxi (`www.cotopaxi.com`) | outdoor gear |
| `brooklinen` | Brooklinen (`www.brooklinen.com`) | home, bedding |
| `deathwishcoffee` | Death Wish Coffee (`www.deathwishcoffee.com`) | coffee |
| `intelligentsia` | Intelligentsia Coffee (`www.intelligentsia.com`) | coffee |

### Security and limits

- **https only**: bare names become `https://name.myshopify.com`; `http://`, `file:` and other schemes are rejected. Reserved names such
  as `localhost`, `admin` or `www` are never accepted as stores.
- **SSRF protections**: credentials in URLs, non-443 ports, `..` path traversal, queries and fragments on store URLs are rejected; IP
  literals, `localhost`, `.local` and `.internal` names are blocked; DNS results (and the connected peer address, checked before any
  body is read) that are loopback, private, link-local, CGNAT, NAT64, 6to4, Teredo, multicast or unspecified are refused. Redirects
  (for example from a myshopify subdomain to a custom domain) must be https and are re-checked per host.
- **Bounds**: at most 500 items per run, 10 stores per call, 50 product URLs in mode `product_detail`, a 120 s global batch deadline, a
  45 s deadline per MCP tool call, a 15 s per-request timeout (connect, TLS, headers and body) and a 4 MiB response size cap.
- **MCP server**: request bodies above 64 KiB return `413`, `POST /mcp` requires `Content-Type: application/json` (`415` otherwise)
  and at most 8 concurrent tool calls run (`503` when busy).
- **Untrusted content**: `description_text` is untrusted third-party Markdown written by store owners. Link destinations are
  percent-encoded and only https and mailto links are emitted, but plain text is passed through verbatim. Sanitize it before rendering
  it in a browser or UI.
- Stores with a password page or disabled JSON endpoints return an error entry for that store; rate limits (`429`) and 5xx responses
  are retried with back-off; per-store and per-product failures are reported in `errors` and never abort other stores.

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$0.001 per result-item** (`result-item`: one de-duplicated product or collection, as a dataset item or an MCP tool
result row); the `actor-start` event is free and `list_preset_stores` is free. `max_items` and `max_total_charge_usd` are hard
caps enforced in code, so a run never charges more than you configure. Invalid input and empty results are never charged.

### Related MCP Servers by Mutualistic Labs

| Actor | Covers | Store | Standby MCP URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-ATS Career Jobs Search MCP | Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable | https://apify.com/mutualistic_housing/multi-ats-career-jobs-mcp | https://mutualistic-housing--multi-ats-career-jobs-mcp.apify.actor/mcp |
| Google Ads Transparency & Ad Spy MCP | SearchCreatives, SearchSuggestions, `content.js` ad-copy & video metadata | https://apify.com/mutualistic_housing/google-ads-transparency-mcp | https://mutualistic-housing--google-ads-transparency-mcp.apify.actor/mcp |
| Multi-Engine Keyword & Autocomplete MCP | Google, YouTube, Amazon, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave + `google:suggestrelevance` & search intent | https://apify.com/mutualistic_housing/keyword-autocomplete-mcp | https://mutualistic-housing--keyword-autocomplete-mcp.apify.actor/mcp |
| Discourse Forum Search & Threads MCP | community.openai.com, discuss.huggingface.co, meta.discourse.org + any public Discourse | https://apify.com/mutualistic_housing/discourse-forum-mcp | https://mutualistic-housing--discourse-forum-mcp.apify.actor/mcp |
| Google Trends Realtime & Entities MCP | i0OFE realtime trends, trending/rss news, Knowledge Graph autocomplete entities | https://apify.com/mutualistic_housing/google-trends-realtime-mcp | https://mutualistic-housing--google-trends-realtime-mcp.apify.actor/mcp |
| Substack Newsletter, Posts & Podcast MCP | Publication search, archives & within-newsletter search, full post Markdown, podcast audio URLs | https://apify.com/mutualistic_housing/substack-newsletter-mcp | https://mutualistic-housing--substack-newsletter-mcp.apify.actor/mcp |
| Shopify Store Catalog & Search MCP | Products, variants/SKU/price/availability, collections, predictive search on any public Shopify store | https://apify.com/mutualistic_housing/shopify-store-catalog-mcp | https://mutualistic-housing--shopify-store-catalog-mcp.apify.actor/mcp |

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

products = catalog of each store (optionally one collection, with filters); search = predictive search inside each store (needs query); collections = list collections; product_detail = full details of explicit product URLs.

## `stores` (type: `array`):

Preset keys (allbirds, tentree, kith, cotopaxi, brooklinen, deathwishcoffee, intelligentsia), myshopify subdomains, \*.myshopify.com URLs or custom store domains (https only). 1 to 10 stores. Empty means allbirds.

## `collection_handle` (type: `string`):

Mode products: only list products of this collection, e.g. mens-sneakers. Ignored by the other modes.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Required for mode search (up to 200 characters). In modes products and collections it is an optional keyword filter. Ignored by mode product_detail.

## `product_urls` (type: `array`):

Mode product_detail: product page URLs such as https://www.allbirds.com/products/mens-tree-runners, or store/handle pairs such as allbirds/mens-tree-runners (1 to 50).

## `available_only` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only products with at least one variant in stock.

## `min_price` (type: `number`):

Keep products having a variant priced at or above this value (major currency units, e.g. 25.50).

## `max_price` (type: `number`):

Keep products having a variant priced at or below this value (major currency units, e.g. 120).

## `vendor` (type: `string`):

Keep products of this vendor (case-insensitive exact match, up to 100 characters).

## `product_type` (type: `string`):

Keep products of this product type (case-insensitive exact match, up to 100 characters).

## `tag` (type: `string`):

Keep products carrying this tag (case-insensitive, up to 100 characters).

## `include_description` (type: `boolean`):

Return the product or collection description as Markdown in description_text.

## `include_full_details` (type: `boolean`):

Mode search: enrich every matched product with its full product record (variants, SKUs, images) via one extra request per product.

## `max_items` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of result items to return (and be charged for), 1 to 500.

## `max_total_charge_usd` (type: `number`):

Hard spending cap for this run; results are truncated so the charge never exceeds it.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "products",
  "stores": [
    "allbirds"
  ],
  "available_only": false,
  "include_description": true,
  "include_full_details": true,
  "max_items": 25
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `items` (type: `string`):

Dataset items: product and collection records.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "stores": [
        "allbirds"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("mutualistic_housing/shopify-store-catalog-mcp").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "stores": ["allbirds"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("mutualistic_housing/shopify-store-catalog-mcp").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "stores": [
    "allbirds"
  ]
}' |
apify call mutualistic_housing/shopify-store-catalog-mcp --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,mutualistic_housing/shopify-store-catalog-mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/bLiooSd1pQRqymf3N/builds/tJrVew8xcAxMXayfP/openapi.json