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Do I need to act?

Find the situation you recognize. Each answer tells you when the change applies, when doing nothing is valid, and what result you can actually confirm.

Sell through AI

Publish products, check eligibility, and set up AI sales channels.

Do I need to act? Sell through AI

A vendor says llms.txt improves AI visibility. What should you ask?

What should I ask when a vendor says llms.txt improves AI visibility?

This applies when:
An audit or vendor says your missing or default llms.txt file is hurting AI visibility and offers app or theme work to fix it.
Nothing to do right now:
Take no app or theme action when the proposal only recreates Shopify's generated discovery files, cannot name a consuming system, or cannot show this store's server-log requests.
What to do:
Ask the vendor or theme developer to name the consuming system and show your store's server-log requests. Take no action when the offer only recreates Shopify's defaults or promises general AI shopping visibility.

Sources checked August 22, 2026

Do I need to act? Sell through AI

Before buying an AI visibility dashboard, check Shopify Admin

Do I need an AI visibility dashboard before checking Shopify Admin?

This applies when:
You receive an AI visibility dashboard pitch, or a Catalog query preview, recommendation, order, or channel status in Shopify Admin needs a decision.
Nothing to do right now:
Do not buy a separate AI-visibility dashboard before checking Sales channels > Agentic; if the page or relevant channel is unavailable for the store, record that boundary instead of treating missing data as poor performance.
What to do:
Ask the person with Shopify Admin access to open Sales channels > Agentic and separately record the raw Catalog query preview, recommendations, and Shopify-reported orders, sales, and conversions before evaluating another dashboard.

Sources checked August 22, 2026

Do I need to act? Sell through AI

Do you need a separate ChatGPT feed for Shopify?

Do I need a separate ChatGPT product feed for Shopify?

This applies when:
A vendor or developer says your Shopify store needs a separate OpenAI feed or ChatGPT checkout integration.
Nothing to do right now:
Do not approve a separate OpenAI feed or checkout build when Shopify Catalog is the store's active ChatGPT route; Shopify already sends eligible product data and keeps checkout on the merchant site.
What to do:
Ask the person making the proposal to state whether the store uses Shopify Catalog or a registered OpenAI file-upload integration. For Shopify's native path, decline the extra build and check Sales channels > Agentic.

Sources checked August 22, 2026

Do I need to act? Sell through AI

OpenAI changed its feed docs. Does Shopify need a rebuild?

OpenAI changed its feed documentation. Does my Shopify store need a rebuild?

This applies when:
A developer or feed vendor points to OpenAI's Draft schema and asks you to approve a feed rebuild or new variant fields.
Nothing to do right now:
Do not approve an OpenAI feed rebuild when the store uses Shopify's native Catalog route, or approve Draft fields for a production file-upload integration; use the current supported contract for the named route.
What to do:
Ask the current catalog or feed owner to name the production route and provide its exact specification. Use Stable for a registered OpenAI upload; take no feed-build action for Shopify's native Catalog route.

Sources checked August 22, 2026

Use AI in your store

Use assistants to inspect and update store data within clear boundaries.

Automation and permissions

Test automations, control access, and know when a person still needs to check.