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Overview

The Shopify integration allows Sight AI to publish articles directly to your Shopify store’s blog. This is perfect for e-commerce content marketing and SEO.

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Requirements

  • Shopify store — Any Shopify plan with blog functionality
  • Blog created — At least one blog in your Shopify store
  • Admin access — Access to the Shopify Dev Dashboard for your store’s organization

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Setup Instructions

Shopify offers two ways to give an integration access to your store. Pick the one that matches how your app was created.
Since January 2026 every new custom app is created in the Shopify Dev Dashboard and authenticates with a Client ID and Client Secret. Sight AI exchanges these for a short-lived access token and refreshes it automatically, so there is nothing to rotate by hand.

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Step 1: Create the app

  1. Go to dev.shopify.com/dashboard and sign in with the account that owns your store
  2. Click Create app
  3. Name it “Sight AI” and create it

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Step 2: Grant blog permissions

  1. In the app, open Access (Admin API access scopes)
  2. Enable these scopes:
    • read_content — To list your blogs
    • write_content — To create and update blog posts
  3. Click Release to publish this version of the app

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Step 3: Install the app on your store

  1. Click Install app (top right of the app’s Overview page)
  2. Choose the store you want to connect
  3. Approve the permissions
The Installs list should now show your store.

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Step 4: Copy the credentials

  1. Open the app’s Settings page
  2. Copy the Client ID
  3. Reveal and copy the Secret (it starts with shpss_)

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Step 5: Connect in Sight AI

  1. Go to Integrations in Sight AI and click Shopify
  2. Choose Client ID + Client Secret
  3. Enter your store URL (e.g. your-store.myshopify.com), the Client ID, and the Secret
  4. Click Validate & continue, pick the blog to publish to, set the author, and complete setup
Client credentials only work when the app and the store belong to the same Shopify organization, and the app must be installed on the store. If validation fails, confirm the store appears under Installs in the Dev Dashboard.

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Connecting Multiple Stores

Sight AI publishes to one CMS per workspace (site). To connect several Shopify stores, create a workspace for each store in Sight AI, then repeat the setup above inside each workspace with that store’s own app credentials. One Dev Dashboard app can be installed on several stores in the same organization, but each install still needs its own connection in Sight AI.

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Configuration Options

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Select Blog

Choose which Shopify blog to publish to. If you have multiple blogs (e.g., “News”, “Guides”), select the appropriate one for your content.

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Publish Status

  • Publish immediately — Articles go live the moment they sync
  • Save as draft — Articles are saved hidden so you can review before publishing

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Author

Set a default author name for published articles.

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Publishing Articles

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Manual Sync

  1. Open the article in Sight AI
  2. Click “Sync to Shopify”
  3. Confirm and publish

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Autopilot Publishing

When Autopilot is enabled, articles automatically publish to your selected Shopify blog.

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What Gets Synced

  • Title — Blog post title
  • Content — Full HTML content
  • Featured Image — Main post image
  • In-Body Images — Images within content
  • Summary/Excerpt — Post excerpt
  • Author — Post author name
  • SEO title and description — Written to the post’s SEO metafields

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Active CMS

Sight AI supports only one active CMS integration per site at a time. When you connect Shopify and set it as your active CMS, articles are published to your Shopify blog instead of any previously active CMS. You can switch to a different CMS at any time from the Integrations hub — your Shopify configuration and previously published posts are preserved.

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Troubleshooting

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”Shopify rejected the Client ID or Client Secret”

  • Confirm you copied both values from the app’s Settings page in the Dev Dashboard (not from the store admin)
  • Make sure the app is installed on this store: it should appear under Installs
  • The app and the store must belong to the same Shopify organization

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”The app is missing the write_content scope”

  • In the Dev Dashboard open Access, enable read_content and write_content, click Release, then approve the new permissions on the store
  • Reconnect in Sight AI afterwards so a fresh token is issued

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Connection Failed (access token)

  • Verify your store URL format (store-name.myshopify.com)
  • Check that the token starts with shpat_ and the app has read_content and write_content
  • Ensure the custom app is installed
  • Try regenerating the token by reinstalling the app

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Articles Not Appearing

  • Check the publish status (may be set to draft)
  • Verify the correct blog is selected
  • Look in Online Store > Blog posts in Shopify admin

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Images Not Showing

  • Check that your Shopify plan supports file uploads
  • Verify image file sizes are within limits
  • Try re-syncing the article

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Disconnecting

To disconnect Shopify:
  1. Go to Integrations
  2. Click Shopify
  3. Click “Disconnect”
Previously published blog posts remain on your Shopify store. You can also uninstall the app from the Dev Dashboard, which revokes Sight AI’s access immediately.

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Next Steps