# Shopify Admin Product Lifecycle Manager

> Bulk transition products through DRAFT → ACTIVE → ARCHIVED status for seasonal launches and sunsetting.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-40rty-ai-shopify-admin-skills-shopify-admin-product-lifecycle-manager`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [40RTY-ai](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/40rty-ai)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [40RTY-ai](https://github.com/40RTY-ai)
- **Source:** https://github.com/40RTY-ai/shopify-admin-skills/tree/main/skills/merchandising/shopify-admin-product-lifecycle-manager
- **Website:** http://skills.40rty.ai

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-40rty-ai-shopify-admin-skills-shopify-admin-product-lifecycle-manager
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

## Purpose
Queries products matching a tag, vendor, collection, or status filter and bulk-transitions them to a target status (DRAFT, ACTIVE, or ARCHIVED). Used for seasonal launches (DRAFT → ACTIVE), end-of-season sunsetting (ACTIVE → ARCHIVED), and pre-launch staging (creating as DRAFT, activating on a date).

## Prerequisites
- Authenticated Shopify CLI session: `shopify store auth --store  --scopes read_products,write_products`
- API scopes: `read_products`, `write_products`

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------|
| store | string | yes | — | Store domain (e.g., mystore.myshopify.com) |
| filter | string | yes | — | Product filter query (e.g., `tag:summer-2026`, `vendor:Nike`, `status:draft`) |
| target_status | string | yes | — | Target status: `ACTIVE`, `DRAFT`, or `ARCHIVED` |
| dry_run | bool | no | true | Preview products without executing mutations |
| format | string | no | human | Output format: `human` or `json` |

## Safety

> ⚠️ ARCHIVED products are hidden from all sales channels and cannot be purchased. ACTIVE products are immediately visible to customers. Run with `dry_run: true` to review the product list before committing — especially for ARCHIVED transitions which are hard to reverse in bulk.

## Workflow Steps

1. **OPERATION:** `products` — query
   **Inputs:** `query: `, `first: 250`, pagination cursor
   **Expected output:** Products with `id`, `title`, `status`, `tags`; paginate until `hasNextPage: false`

2. Filter to products NOT already in `target_status` — skip those already correct

3. **OPERATION:** `productUpdate` — mutation
   **Inputs:** `id: `, `status: `
   **Expected output:** `product { id, title, status }`, `userErrors`

## GraphQL Operations

```graphql
# products:query — validated against api_version 2025-01
query ProductsByFilter($query: String!, $after: String) {
  products(first: 250, after: $after, query: $query) {
    edges {
      node {
        id
        title
        status
        vendor
        tags
        publishedAt
      }
    }
    pageInfo {
      hasNextPage
      endCursor
    }
  }
}
```

```graphql
# productUpdate:mutation — validated against api_version 2025-01
mutation ProductUpdateStatus($input: ProductInput!) {
  productUpdate(input: $input) {
    product {
      id
      title
      status
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}
```

## Session Tracking

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

**On start**, emit:
```
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║  SKILL: Product Lifecycle Manager            ║
║  Store:                        ║
║  Started:              ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════╝
```

**After each step**, emit:
```
[N/TOTAL]   
          → Params: 
          → Result: 
```

If `dry_run: true`, prefix every mutation step with `[DRY RUN]` and do not execute it.

**On completion**, emit:

For `format: human` (default):
```
══════════════════════════════════════════════
OUTCOME SUMMARY
  Products matched:    
  Already at target:    (skipped)
  Status updated:      
  Errors:              
  Output:              lifecycle_update_.csv
══════════════════════════════════════════════
```

For `format: json`, emit:
```json
{
  "skill": "product-lifecycle-manager",
  "store": "",
  "started_at": "",
  "completed_at": "",
  "dry_run": true,
  "filter": "",
  "target_status": "ACTIVE",
  "outcome": {
    "matched": 0,
    "skipped_already_correct": 0,
    "updated": 0,
    "errors": 0,
    "output_file": "lifecycle_update_.csv"
  }
}
```

## Output Format
CSV file `lifecycle_update_.csv` with columns:
`product_id`, `title`, `previous_status`, `new_status`, `vendor`, `tags`

## Error Handling
| Error | Cause | Recovery |
|-------|-------|----------|
| `THROTTLED` | API rate limit exceeded | Wait 2 seconds, retry up to 3 times |
| `userErrors` on productUpdate | Product locked or invalid state | Log error, skip product, continue |
| No products match filter | Filter too narrow | Exit with 0 matches, suggest broadening filter |

## Best Practices
- Use tags to mark seasonal batches before running (e.g., tag products with `launch:2026-05` before activating them) so the filter is precise.
- ARCHIVED status removes products from all channels including the storefront, POS, and buy buttons — confirm this is the intent before running at scale.
- For large catalogs (500+ products), rate limiting will slow execution — the skill retries automatically but large batches may take several minutes.
- Pair with `product-data-completeness-score` before activating DRAFT products to ensure they have all required fields.

## 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](https://github.com/40RTY-ai)
- **Source:** [40RTY-ai/shopify-admin-skills](https://github.com/40RTY-ai/shopify-admin-skills)
- **License:** MIT
- **Homepage:** http://skills.40rty.ai

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

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-40rty-ai-shopify-admin-skills-shopify-admin-product-lifecycle-manager
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/40rty-ai
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