Shopify Admin Collection Membership Audit

Purpose

Identifies products that are not in any collection ("orphans" — invisible in store navigation) and products that appear in an unusually high number of collections ("over-collected" — potential merchandising noise). Read-only — no mutations.

Prerequisites

• Authenticated Shopify CLI session: shopify store auth --store --scopes read_products
• API scopes: read_products

Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | store | string | yes | — | Store domain (e.g., mystore.myshopify.com) | | maxcollections | integer | no | 10 | Flag products in more than this many collections | | statusfilter | string | no | active | Product status to scan: active, draft, or all | | format | string | no | human | Output format: human or json |

Safety

> ℹ️ Read-only skill — no mutations are executed. Safe to run at any time.

Workflow Steps

1. OPERATION: products — query

Inputs: query: "status:", first: 250, select collections { edges { node { id } } }, pagination cursor Expected output: Products with their collection memberships; paginate until hasNextPage: false

1. For each product: count collections → flag if 0 (orphan) or > max_collections (over-collected)

1. OPERATION: collections — query (for collection names)

Inputs: first: 250, select id, title, productsCount Expected output: Collection metadata for enriching the report

GraphQL Operations

# products:query — validated against api_version 2025-01
query ProductCollectionMembership($query: String!, $after: String) {
  products(first: 250, after: $after, query: $query) {
    edges {
      node {
        id
        title
        handle
        status
        collections(first: 30) {
          edges {
            node {
              id
              title
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
    pageInfo {
      hasNextPage
      endCursor
    }
  }
}

# collections:query — validated against api_version 2025-01
query CollectionOverview($after: String) {
  collections(first: 250, after: $after) {
    edges {
      node {
        id
        title
        handle
        productsCount {
          count
        }
      }
    }
    pageInfo {
      hasNextPage
      endCursor
    }
  }
}

Session Tracking

Claude MUST emit the following output at each stage. This is mandatory.

On start, emit:

╔══════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║  SKILL: Collection Membership Audit          ║
║  Store:                        ║
║  Started:              ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════╝

After each step, emit:

[N/TOTAL]   
          → Params: 
          → Result: 

On completion, emit:

For format: human (default):

══════════════════════════════════════════════
COLLECTION MEMBERSHIP AUDIT
  Products scanned:      
  Orphan products (0 collections):     
  Over-collected (> ): 

  Orphan products (sample):
    "" — 
  Output: collection_audit_.csv
══════════════════════════════════════════════

For format: json, emit:

{
  "skill": "collection-membership-audit",
  "store": "",
  "products_scanned": 0,
  "orphan_count": 0,
  "over_collected_count": 0,
  "output_file": "collection_audit_.csv"
}

Output Format

CSV file collection_audit_.csv with columns: product_id, title, handle, status, collection_count, collections, issue

Error Handling

| Error | Cause | Recovery | |-------|-------|----------| | THROTTLED | API rate limit exceeded | Wait 2 seconds, retry up to 3 times | | No orphans found | All products are in collections | Exit with ✅ no orphans found |

Best Practices

• Orphan active products are invisible in store navigation — customers can only find them via direct URL or search. Prioritize fixing these.
• Automated collections (rule-based) may automatically pull products based on tags or conditions — an orphan in manual collections may still appear in automated ones. Check both.
• Use max_collections: 5 for stores with a tightly curated navigation; use higher thresholds for marketplace-style stores where cross-listing is intentional.
• Run after seasonal catalog refreshes to ensure all new products are assigned to the right collections.

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: 40RTY-ai
• Source: 40RTY-ai/shopify-admin-skills
• License: MIT
• Homepage: http://skills.40rty.ai

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.