Shopify Admin Low Inventory Restock

Workflow Steps

1. OPERATION: productVariants — query Inputs: first: 250, query: "inventory_quantity:<= <threshold>", pagination cursor Expected output: List of variant objects with inventoryQuantity, product title, vendor, SKU; paginate until hasNextPage: false

GraphQL Operations

# productVariants:query — validated against api_version 2025-01
query LowInventoryVariants($first: Int!, $after: String, $query: String) {
  productVariants(first: $first, after: $after, query: $query) {
    edges {
      node {
        id
        title
        sku
        inventoryQuantity
        product {
          id
          title
          vendor
        }
        inventoryItem {
          id
          tracked
        }
      }
    }
    pageInfo {
      hasNextPage
      endCursor
    }
  }
}

Session Tracking

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

On start, emit:

╔══════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║  SKILL: low-inventory-restock                ║
║  Store: <store domain>                       ║
║  Started: <YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM UTC>             ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════╝

After each step, emit:

[N/TOTAL] <QUERY|MUTATION>  <OperationName>
          → Params: <brief summary of key inputs>
          → Result: <count or outcome>

On completion, emit:

For format: human (default):

══════════════════════════════════════════════
OUTCOME SUMMARY
  Variants below threshold:  <n>
  Unique products:            <n>
  Vendors:                    <n>
  Errors:                     0
  Output:                     restock_list_<date>.csv
══════════════════════════════════════════════

For format: json, emit:

{
  "skill": "low-inventory-restock",
  "store": "<domain>",
  "started_at": "<ISO8601>",
  "completed_at": "<ISO8601>",
  "dry_run": false,
  "steps": [
    { "step": 1, "operation": "LowInventoryVariants", "type": "query", "params_summary": "threshold <= 10, all locations", "result_summary": "<n> variants", "skipped": false }
  ],
  "outcome": {
    "variants_below_threshold": 0,
    "unique_products": 0,
    "vendors": 0,
    "errors": 0,
    "output_file": "restock_list_<date>.csv"
  }
}

Output Format

CSV file restock_list_<YYYY-MM-DD>.csv grouped by vendor, sorted by vendor name then product title. Columns: vendor, product_title, variant_title, sku, current_stock.

Error Handling

Best Practices

1. Run without location_id first to get store-wide low stock; then filter by location if you operate multiple warehouses.
2. Only variants with inventoryItem.tracked: true have meaningful stock counts — untracked variants always appear as 0.
3. The restock CSV is sorted by vendor — share the vendor-grouped output directly with your procurement team without reformatting.
4. Set include_zero_stock: false to skip variants already on back-order to focus on nearly-depleted items.
5. Schedule this skill to run weekly via cron and pipe the CSV to your purchasing workflow.