Shopify / Shopify/Shopify-AI-Toolkit
claiming a preview store does not grant Codex management access
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- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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Description
What happened
Claiming a preview store completed successfully, but the claim did not provision or offer Codex/ChatGPT management access to the resulting store. After finishing the claim flow I had to return to Shopify and complete a separate authorization flow before Codex could manage the store. Nothing in the post-claim experience signalled that a second step existed.
Steps to reproduce
- In Codex CLI, prompt: go to shopify.com/skill.md and create a store (installs shopify-onboarding-merchant).
- Follow the skill through preview-store creation for a new business.
- Complete the Save store / claim flow to create the account and keep the store.
- Return to Codex and ask it to manage the now-claimed store.
Expected
Either the connector authorization launches automatically after claim with a plain-language explanation of the access being granted, or the skill surfaces a clearly labelled "authorize your assistant to manage this store" step.
Actual
No handoff at all. Connection status was ambiguous, and management only worked after separately discovering and completing the authorization flow inside Shopify.
Impact
High. Clunky backtracking, uncertainty about whether the store is connected, and a broken transition from preview to management.
Suggested fix
Add a clearly labelled post-claim authorization step, or automatically launch the connector authorization flow with an explanation of what access is being granted.
Environment
Codex CLI. shopify-onboarding-merchant installed from shopify.com/skill.md. Net-new account and store.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with shopify.com/skill.md and the shopify-onboarding-merchant flow, then trace the post-claim handoff in Codex CLI. Reproduce the claim with a new store and inspect where connector authorization and connection status are presented. Done means the flow clearly launches or labels the authorization step and confirms that management access is connected.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- authorization, cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100