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Connect Shopify to ChatGPT

  • Did the sale make money?

Ask ChatGPT about your Shopify sales, discounts and repeat customers without exporting a single report. Lemonado connects them in about 3 minutes, no API keys needed.

MCPhttps://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp

Why connect Shopify to ChatGPT?

Most store owners download a Shopify export and paste it into ChatGPT. With Lemonado, ChatGPT reads orders, products and customers live, so the answer uses today's numbers and can include what you spent on Meta and Google Ads to get those orders.

  • All your Shopify data

    Orders, line items and refunds, ready to ask about.

  • Always today's numbers

    Customers, first and repeat orders, synced from Shopify automatically, so answers use today's numbers.

  • Connect all your tools

    Questions like "What's our real ROAS?" use Shopify and Meta Ads, Klaviyo at once.

How to connect Shopify to ChatGPT

Before you start

  • A Shopify account you can sign in to
  • A ChatGPT account
  • A Lemonado account (the free trial works)
  1. 1

    Connect Shopify in Lemonado

    In Lemonado, open Connectors, find Shopify and sign in. Sign in with a staff account that can see orders and reports, then pick the store.

  2. 2

    Turn on external access

    In the company's settings, open External tools, turn the connection on, choose which sources it can reach and copy the server URL.

    text
    https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp
  3. 3

    Open ChatGPT plugins

    Go to chatgpt.com/plugins. Select + and choose Add custom MCP server.

  4. 4

    Add Lemonado

    Name it Lemonado, add a short description, and paste the server URL under Connection. Set authentication to OAuth.

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    https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp
  5. 5

    Create the plugin

    Review the acknowledgement and select Create as a plugin. Check the tools ChatGPT discovers, then install it.

  6. 6

    Ask ChatGPT about Shopify

    Start a new chat, type @ and pick Lemonado. Sign in to Lemonado when ChatGPT asks. Try "@Lemonado How did our autumn sale do? Compare orders, AOV and new customers with the two weeks before, and include Meta spend." Or ask: "How was yesterday?" or "Can you write the monthly update?"

Good to know

  • Your ChatGPT account and workspace settings decide whether you can add custom MCP servers. Workspace admins can turn it off.
  • Older guides point to Settings → Apps → Developer mode. OpenAI has replaced that flow with Plugins.

What can ChatGPT do with Shopify?

ChatGPT reads your Shopify numbers when you pick @Lemonado, and writes the update, the summary or the next step for you.

ChatGPT logoChatGPT

@Lemonado How did our autumn sale do? Compare orders, AOV and new customers with the two weeks before, and include Meta spend.

Orders rose 64% and new customers 48%, but AOV fell from $121 to $97. Meta spend doubled, so cost per new customer went from $38 to $44.

Source: Shopify + Meta Ads

Reading this as an AI agent?

Everything an agent needs to set this up, in plain text. Paste this page's link into ChatGPT and ask it to connect you, or copy the block.

For agents · markdown
# Connect Shopify to ChatGPT (Lemonado MCP)

- Server URL: https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp
- Transport: Streamable HTTP
- Auth: OAuth; the user signs in to Lemonado in the browser. No API keys.
- In Lemonado: connect the Shopify store. Sign in with a staff account that can see orders and reports, then pick the store.
- In ChatGPT: Plugins → + → Add custom MCP server

```text
https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp
```

One-click install: https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_69455664de448191bc42a9f6584d34e5

First question to try: "@Lemonado How did our autumn sale do? Compare orders, AOV and new customers with the two weeks before, and include Meta spend."

More: https://lemonado.io/integrations/shopify · https://lemonado.io/llms.txt
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Install Lemonado in ChatGPT, connect Shopify in Lemonado, and pick Lemonado with @ in a chat. ChatGPT then answers from your live orders, products and customers. Nothing is exported, and the store stays untouched.

Not for store data. Shopify's own MCP servers do other jobs: Dev MCP helps developers search Shopify's docs and APIs, and Storefront MCP lets shopping assistants browse a store's public products and cart. Neither gives Claude or ChatGPT your orders, revenue and customers. Lemonado gives ChatGPT your orders and customers, next to your ad spend.

Check that Lemonado is installed at chatgpt.com/plugins, then pick it with @ in a new chat. Workspace admins can turn custom plugins off. In Lemonado, check that Shopify is connected and External tools is on for the company. If orders look short, check you connected the right store and that your staff account can view orders. Shopify only shares what that account can see.

Yes, if both are connected in Lemonado. One connection reaches every source you allow, so you can ask things like "Put Meta and Google Ads spend next to Shopify revenue by week for the last quarter."

MCP is included in Lemonado's paid plans and in the free trial, so you can try it before you pay.

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