Shopify Flow: manage automations through AI Toolkit
Shopify developer change
MerchantDiff detected this entry in Shopify's official developer changelog on October 28, 2026.
This Shopify update is categorized as API, New.
What changed
You can now use an external agent to manage your Shopify Flow workflows through AI Toolkit. This release is for managing your own store's workflows via AI toolkit; third-party apps are prevented from using the underlying APIs directly. What you can do: Through AI Toolkit, you can ask your agent to manage automations in your shop: Create, update, and delete workflows. Activate and deactivate workflows. Get a single or list of workflows.
Who is affected
Shopify app developers using the API or platform feature named in this update should review the official change.
What action may be needed
Review whether the new capability is relevant to your app. If you plan to use it, test the affected API or workflow before adopting it in production.
Use the official Shopify entry below as the source of truth for technical implementation details, affected APIs, migration instructions and deadlines.
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