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      "slug": "shopify",
      "name": "Shopify API + MCP",
      "vendor": "Shopify",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.shopify.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "commerce",
      "summary": "Hosted commerce platform for online stores.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shopify",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shopify.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shopify.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shopify.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@shopify/shopify-api"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@shopify/admin-api-client"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@shopify/dev-mcp"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Admin API takes an access token in the X-Shopify-Access-Token header, issued to a custom app in the store or through OAuth for public apps, limited by access scopes such as read_products and write_orders. Storefront API uses a public or private storefront token. UCP MCP requests carry an agent profile, and Checkout MCP requests must be authenticated or signed. The Dev MCP server needs no auth.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Basic $39 a month or $29 billed yearly, Grow $105 or $79, Advanced $399 or $299, Plus from $2,300 a month on a 3-year term. Online card rates on Shopify Payments start at 2.9% + 30 cents on Basic, 2.7% on Grow and 2.5% on Advanced. Using a third-party payment provider adds 2% on Basic, 1% on Grow, 0.6% on Advanced and 0.2% on Plus. 3-day free trial, then a promotional $1 a month for 3 months. Development stores for building apps are free. US prices (https://www.shopify.com/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$39 / mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402. Agent checkout runs through UCP and Shopify checkout, paid with the buyer's normal payment methods.",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": 656603,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://shopify.dev/docs/api",
      "capabilities": [
        "commerce.products",
        "commerce.cart",
        "commerce.checkout",
        "commerce.orders",
        "commerce.headless"
      ],
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        "hosted",
        "closed-source",
        "mcp",
        "typescript",
        "webhooks",
        "enterprise"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-30",
      "graded": true,
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        "graded": true,
        "score": 75.2,
        "grade": "BB",
        "agentReady": true,
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        "categoryRank": 1,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 79,
          "maintenance": 85,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 73,
          "schema": 92,
          "security": 71,
          "transparency": 91
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Typed GraphQL schemas with quarterly versions supported at least 12 months. Closed platform. You can't self-host or change checkout internals.",
        "strengths": [
          "Typed GraphQL schemas with quarterly versions supported at least 12 months",
          "UCP on every store, 13 tools for catalogue, cart, checkout and orders, with idempotency keys on checkout",
          "Granular read and write access scopes per app",
          "security.txt with a HackerOne programme, and a published subprocessor list",
          "Free development stores for testing agent flows without real payments"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Closed platform. You can't self-host or change checkout internals",
          "Agent surface changes often. Storefront MCP tools moved to UCP, and AI Toolkit skills were consolidated on 25 September 2026",
          "Checkout calls need signing or authentication, more setup than a plain key",
          "No Shopify server in the official MCP registry",
          "Third-party payment providers cost 0.2 to 2 per cent extra per order"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Pin an API version in the URL and plan to move at least once a year. Old versions fall forward to the oldest supported one",
          "Read the throttle status in each response's cost extension and back off one second when throttled",
          "Send an agent profile in `meta` on every UCP call, and an idempotency key on every checkout write",
          "Check `userErrors` on every mutation. A 200 response can still carry a failed write",
          "Add @shopify/dev-mcp while writing code so the agent checks queries against the current schema"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 8,
        "avgRating": 3.6,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "BB",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 75.2
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          "maintenance": 85,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 73,
          "schema": 92,
          "security": 71,
          "transparency": 81
        },
        "provenanceScore": 100
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -X POST \"https://$SHOPIFY_STORE.myshopify.com/admin/api/2026-07/graphql.json\" \\\n  -H \"X-Shopify-Access-Token: $SHOPIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"query\":\"{ products(first: 5) { edges { node { id title } } } }\"}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport stdio shopify-dev-mcp -- npx -y @shopify/dev-mcp@latest",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "shopify-dev-mcp": {
              "args": [
                "-y",
                "@shopify/dev-mcp@latest"
              ],
              "command": "npx"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/commerce.products",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/shopify"
      },
      "area": "business",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Basic",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 39,
          "note": "$29 a month billed yearly"
        },
        {
          "item": "Grow",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 105,
          "note": "$79 a month billed yearly"
        },
        {
          "item": "Advanced",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 399,
          "note": "$299 a month billed yearly"
        },
        {
          "item": "Plus",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 2300,
          "note": "from, on a 3-year term"
        },
        {
          "item": "Online card rate on Basic",
          "unit": "pct",
          "usd": 2.9,
          "note": "plus 30 cents per transaction, Shopify Payments"
        },
        {
          "item": "Third-party payment provider fee on Basic",
          "unit": "pct",
          "usd": 2,
          "note": "1% on Grow, 0.6% on Advanced, 0.2% on Plus"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Shopify Inc.",
        "domain": "shopify.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2005-03-11",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms",
        "privacy": "https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://www.shopifystatus.com",
        "changelog": "https://shopify.dev/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "Store APIs run on each store's myshopify.com domain or the merchant's own domain",
          "security.txt has no Expires field"
        ],
        "score": 100
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shopify.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "shopify",
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://www.shopifystatus.com",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T23:28:02.470181782Z"
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@shopify/admin-api-client",
            "version": "2.0.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:39:49.657918771Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@shopify/dev-mcp",
            "version": "1.16.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:39:50.99364915Z"
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          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@shopify/shopify-api",
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        "npmWeekly": 705662,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://shopify.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "valid",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:47.103908082Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "shopify.com",
          "registered": "2005-03-11",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/shopify.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:03:35.145970721Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://shopify.dev/changelog",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:47.416985791Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:47.416985791Z",
            "fingerprint": "73665bd03f4d"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-rest",
            "kind": "deprecations",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:50.41621172Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:50.41621172Z",
            "fingerprint": "d77297d69086"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.shopify.com/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:17.53212234Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:28:20.684112508Z",
            "fingerprint": "168f4ee8a730"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:13.411129761Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "2f3988eba72d"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:15.54193963Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "e090fc8ba2c6"
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        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:28:02.470181782Z"
      }
    },
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      "slug": "snipcart",
      "name": "Snipcart API + MCP",
      "vendor": "Snipcart (Duda)",
      "vendorUrl": "https://snipcart.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "commerce",
      "summary": "Cart and checkout you add to any website with HTML attributes and a JavaScript widget.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/snipcart",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/snipcart.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/snipcart.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/snipcart.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://app.snipcart.com/api",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "HTTP Basic with a secret API key as username and an empty password. Keys are made in Test or Live mode and only see that mode's data. The MCP server takes the same key in a custom X-Snipcart-Api-Key header; no OAuth, so web clients that need OAuth or a bearer header (Claude.ai web, ChatGPT web) can't connect.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "2 per cent of sales plus your payment gateway's fees. Stores under $1,000 in monthly sales pay a flat $20 a month instead. Test mode is free with no card. A Custom plan is billed monthly at a set fee (https://snipcart.com/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "2% fee",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 in docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 38,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.snipcart.com/v3/",
      "capabilities": [
        "commerce.products",
        "commerce.orders",
        "commerce.checkout",
        "commerce.headless"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "mcp",
        "no-card",
        "webhooks",
        "closed-source"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-24",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 41.2,
        "grade": "E",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 419,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 10,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 25,
          "maintenance": 68,
          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 58,
          "schema": 37,
          "security": 20,
          "transparency": 65
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Hosted MCP server with 38 documented tools and a self-hostable Bun build. No server-side cart or checkout. Orders only come from the browser widget.",
        "strengths": [
          "Hosted MCP server with 38 documented tools and a self-hostable Bun build",
          "Free test mode with no card, and separate test and live keys",
          "Public pricing, 2 per cent of sales or $20 a month for small stores",
          "Release notes every two to four weeks, six since 13 July 2026",
          "Uptime history kept in a public GitHub repo"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No server-side cart or checkout. Orders only come from the browser widget",
          "One full-access key per mode, with no OAuth, scopes or read-only keys",
          "Refund and archive tools have no documented confirmation or annotations",
          "No OpenAPI, llms.txt, security.txt or disclosure contact",
          "The status page doesn't check the API path or the MCP endpoint"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Use the agent for back-office jobs (orders, refunds, discounts, stock, abandoned carts), not for placing orders",
          "Start with a test-mode key (ST_ prefix) before switching to live (SL_)",
          "Send the key in X-Snipcart-Api-Key. OAuth-only clients can't connect",
          "Stay under 100 MCP requests a minute and 10 in flight per key",
          "Ignore unknown response fields. Snipcart adds fields without a new version"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 1.5,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "E",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 41.2
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 25,
          "maintenance": 68,
          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 58,
          "schema": 37,
          "security": 20,
          "transparency": 39
        },
        "provenanceScore": 90
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -H \"Accept: application/json\" https://app.snipcart.com/api/orders -u \"$SNIPCART_SECRET_KEY:\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http snipcart https://ai.snipcart.com/mcp --header \"X-Snipcart-Api-Key: $SNIPCART_SECRET_KEY\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "snipcart": {
              "headers": {
                "X-Snipcart-Api-Key": "${SNIPCART_SECRET_KEY}"
              },
              "url": "https://ai.snipcart.com/mcp"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/commerce.products",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/snipcart"
      },
      "area": "business",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Transaction fee",
          "unit": "pct",
          "usd": 2,
          "note": "of sales, plus payment gateway fees"
        },
        {
          "item": "Small-store minimum",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 20,
          "note": "charged instead of 2 per cent when monthly sales are under $1,000"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Snipcart inc.",
        "domain": "snipcart.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2013-01-10",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://snipcart.com/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://snipcart.com/terms-of-service",
        "statusPage": "https://status.snipcart.com/",
        "changelog": "https://docs.snipcart.com/v3/release-notes",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "The privacy policy is a section of the terms page; there is no separate privacy URL.",
          "Snipcart inc. is a Canadian company owned by Duda since 2021."
        ],
        "score": 90
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/snipcart.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "snipcart",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://app.snipcart.com/api",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:54.485132898Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 404,
          "lastMs": 362,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 368,
          "p95ms24h": 473,
          "samples24h": 272,
          "samples30d": 1097,
          "days": [
            {
              "date": "2026-09-30",
              "probes": 35,
              "ok": 35
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 276,
              "ok": 276
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 267,
              "ok": 267
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.snipcart.com",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:29.435328167Z"
        },
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://snipcart.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:16:01.203251455Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "snipcart.com",
          "registered": "2013-01-10",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/snipcart.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:10:50.326878421Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://docs.snipcart.com/v3/release-notes",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:44:01.850353565Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "9f3bede5787c"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://snipcart.com/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:55.572018935Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "807106c17a22"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://snipcart.com/terms-of-service",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:57.591557507Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "2ee2028c28bd"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:54.485132898Z"
      }
    },
    "summary": "Shopify API + MCP has a score of 75.2 (BB) against Snipcart API + MCP's 41.2 (E). Both do commerce products. The largest gap is schema \u0026 documentation, 55 points."
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  "markdown": "Shopify API + MCP has a score of 75.2 (BB) against Snipcart API + MCP's 41.2 (E). Both do commerce products. The largest gap is schema \u0026 documentation, 55 points.\n\n- Shopify API + MCP: grade BB, 75.2/100, rank #40 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shopify.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shopify.json\n- Snipcart API + MCP: grade E, 41.2/100, rank #419 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/snipcart.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/snipcart.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Shopify API + MCP for reliability (+15), schema \u0026 documentation (+55), agent ergonomics (+54), security \u0026 auth (+51), payments \u0026 pricing (+5), maintenance \u0026 community (+17), transparency \u0026 trust (+26).\n\nPick Snipcart API + MCP for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Shopify API + MCP | Snipcart API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 73 | 58 | Shopify API + MCP +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 92 | 37 | Shopify API + MCP +55 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 79 | 25 | Shopify API + MCP +54 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 71 | 20 | Shopify API + MCP +51 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 35 | Shopify API + MCP +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 85 | 68 | Shopify API + MCP +17 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 91 | 65 | Shopify API + MCP +26 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **75.2 · BB** | **41.2 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Shopify API + MCP | Snipcart API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Shopify | Snipcart (Duda) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://app.snipcart.com/api` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | none |\n| Tools exposed | none | 38 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-24 |\n| Popularity | 657k npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 3.6/5 (8) | 1.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Shopify API + MCP.** Typed GraphQL schemas with quarterly versions supported at least 12 months. Closed platform. You can't self-host or change checkout internals.\n\n**Snipcart API + MCP.** Hosted MCP server with 38 documented tools and a self-hostable Bun build. No server-side cart or checkout. Orders only come from the browser widget.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Shopify API + MCP\n\n1. Pin an API version in the URL and plan to move at least once a year. Old versions fall forward to the oldest supported one\n2. Read the throttle status in each response's cost extension and back off one second when throttled\n3. Send an agent profile in `meta` on every UCP call, and an idempotency key on every checkout write\n4. Check `userErrors` on every mutation. A 200 response can still carry a failed write\n5. Add @shopify/dev-mcp while writing code so the agent checks queries against the current schema\n\n### Snipcart API + MCP\n\n1. Use the agent for back-office jobs (orders, refunds, discounts, stock, abandoned carts), not for placing orders\n2. Start with a test-mode key (ST_ prefix) before switching to live (SL_)\n3. Send the key in X-Snipcart-Api-Key. OAuth-only clients can't connect\n4. Stay under 100 MCP requests a minute and 10 in flight per key\n5. Ignore unknown response fields. Snipcart adds fields without a new version\n\n## Other comparisons with Shopify API + MCP or Snipcart API + MCP\n\n- [BigCommerce API + MCP vs Shopify API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-shopify.md)\n- [BigCommerce API + MCP vs Snipcart API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-snipcart.md)\n- [Commerce Layer API + MCP vs Shopify API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-shopify.md)\n- [Commerce Layer API + MCP vs Snipcart API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-snipcart.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Shopify API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-shopify.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Snipcart API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-snipcart.md)\n- [Medusa API + MCP vs Shopify API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/medusa-vs-shopify.md)\n- [Medusa API + MCP vs Snipcart API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/medusa-vs-snipcart.md)\n- [Saleor API + MCP vs Shopify API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/saleor-vs-shopify.md)\n- [Saleor API + MCP vs Snipcart API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/saleor-vs-snipcart.md)\n- [Shopify API + MCP vs Swell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopify-vs-swell.md)\n- [Shopify API + MCP vs Vendure](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopify-vs-vendure.md)\n- [Shopify API + MCP vs WooCommerce API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopify-vs-woocommerce.md)\n- [Snipcart API + MCP vs Swell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/snipcart-vs-swell.md)\n- [Snipcart API + MCP vs Vendure](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/snipcart-vs-vendure.md)\n- [Snipcart API + MCP vs WooCommerce API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/snipcart-vs-woocommerce.md)\n",
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