Stockroom can connect to your AI assistant - Claude, ChatGPT, or any app that supports MCP connectors. Once connected, you can ask about your stock, purchase orders and suppliers in plain language ("what's below reorder point at the warehouse?"), and have your assistant draft a purchase order for your review. AI features are free during Early Access.
Get your MCP link
In Stockroom, go to Settings > MCP & AI features.
Click the Claude or ChatGPT tile - your MCP link is copied and the assistant opens ready to connect.
Connect Claude
Click the Claude tile in Stockroom - Claude opens with the connector prefilled. Confirm adding it there.
A browser tab then opens Stockroom inside your Shopify admin.
Review what the assistant will be able to do, then click Approve connection. Return to Claude to finish.
Connect ChatGPT
Click the ChatGPT tile in Stockroom - it copies your MCP link and opens ChatGPT's connector screen. Custom connectors there need developer mode enabled first (ChatGPT Settings > Connectors > Advanced). Paste the link, then approve in Stockroom the same way.
Other apps (VS Code, Cursor, and more)
On the same Stockroom settings page, open Other apps (VS Code, Cursor, and more) and click the snippet to copy it. Paste it into the app's MCP settings file - usually a file named mcp.json. Most MCP-capable apps accept this format as-is.
What your assistant can do
The connection is deliberately narrow, and you see the exact list on the approval screen:
Read your products, inventory levels, suppliers, purchase orders and reorder suggestions.
Create draft purchase orders for your review - it can never place an order, email a supplier, or change inventory. Every draft waits in Stockroom exactly like one you created yourself.
Example prompts
Your assistant combines the reads above to answer real questions - swap in your own products and suppliers:
"What's below its reorder point right now?"
"How much of [product] is on hand at each location?"
"Which purchase orders are still open, and what's outstanding on them?"
"What do I currently have on order from [supplier]?"
"What should I reorder this week, and why?"
"Draft a purchase order for everything running low from [supplier] - I'll review it in Stockroom."
Managing connections
Connected assistants are listed on Settings > MCP & AI features, each with when it connected, when it was last used, and a call count. Click Revoke to disconnect one - access ends immediately. Recent activity below the list shows which tools were called and whether each call succeeded.
Good to know
A connection belongs to one store. If you run several stores, connect each one separately with its own link.
The conversation happens in your assistant, under your own account there - Stockroom only answers the specific requests it makes, and logs which tools were called, never the contents.
Approving requires being signed in to the store's Shopify admin, so only staff with admin access can connect an assistant.
AI features are free during Early Access.