Shopify MCP for Gemini: setup in two minutes

1. Open the Gemini settings file

   Gemini CLI keeps MCP servers in its settings JSON. Use ~/.gemini/settings.json to have Sprites available everywhere, or .gemini/settings.json inside a project to scope it there.

   Gemini CLI

   ~/.gemini›settings.json

2. Add Sprites under mcpServers

   Use httpUrl, not url or command — that is the key Gemini CLI reads for a streamable HTTP endpoint. A url entry is treated as SSE and a command entry as a local process, and neither is what this is.

   ~/.gemini/settings.json

   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "sprites": {
         "httpUrl": "https://mcp.sprites.ai/mcp"
       }
     }
   }

3. Sign in

   Gemini CLI supports OAuth 2.0 for remote servers and discovers the authorization server from the endpoint itself. Restart the CLI, and the first call opens a browser for the Sprites consent screen; the token is stored in ~/.gemini/mcp-oauth-tokens.json.

   Spriteswants access on behalf of Gemini

   • Read your connected ad accounts and site data
   • Draft campaigns, creatives and pages for your approval
   • Apply only the changes you approve

   AllowCancel

4. Check it landed

   Type /mcp in the CLI to list every server and the tools it exposes, or run gemini mcp list from a shell to see connection status without opening a session.

   Terminal

   gemini mcp list

Shopify publishes its own connector in Claude’s directory, approved from your Shopify admin. It creates and updates products, collections and inventory, creates percentage-off discount codes, and reads orders, customers and analytics. It cannot edit a live theme, change store settings, issue refunds or cancel orders, and batch status changes stop at 50 items. Separately, every store exposes a public Storefront MCP endpoint for shoppers’ agents.

If you want to update products, stock and discount codes from a chat, Shopify’s own connector does exactly that. Use Sprites when the job is search and content: SEO fields across the whole catalogue, collection pages and blog posts written to rank, and product copy in the store’s voice — with nothing touching prices or inventory, and every change approved first.

• With Sprites, which of our products are missing SEO titles or meta descriptions?
• Ask Sprites to list every product in the summer collection with price and inventory.
• Use Sprites to create a collection page for "gifts under $50" and draft it in Shopify.
• Have Sprites rewrite the product descriptions in the summer collection.
• With Sprites, build Meta creative from our three best-selling SKUs.

Run `gemini mcp list`, or type /mcp inside the CLI — Sprites should show as connected with its tools listed.