Cli Tools

Authentication

# Log in to your Partner account
shopify auth login

# Log out
shopify auth logout

# Check current auth status
shopify auth info

Theme CLI Commands

Initialize Theme

# Clone Skeleton theme as starting point
shopify theme init my-theme

# Clone from custom repository
shopify theme init my-theme --clone-url [email protected]:org/repo.git

Development Server

# Start dev server (auto-connects to store)
shopify theme dev

# Connect to specific store
shopify theme dev --store my-store.myshopify.com

# Specify theme to work on
shopify theme dev --theme THEME_ID

# Use specific port
shopify theme dev --port 9292

# Open in default browser
shopify theme dev --open

# Live reload options
shopify theme dev --live-reload hot-reload
shopify theme dev --live-reload full-page
shopify theme dev --live-reload off

Push & Pull

# Push local changes to Shopify
shopify theme push

# Push as new unpublished theme
shopify theme push --unpublished

# Push to specific theme
shopify theme push --theme THEME_ID

# Push only specific files
shopify theme push --only templates/*.json

# Push ignoring specific files
shopify theme push --ignore config/settings_data.json

# Pull theme from Shopify
shopify theme pull

# Pull specific theme
shopify theme pull --theme THEME_ID

# Pull only specific files
shopify theme pull --only sections/*.liquid

Theme Management

# List all themes
shopify theme list

# Publish a theme
shopify theme publish --theme THEME_ID

# Rename a theme
shopify theme rename --theme THEME_ID --name "New Name"

# Delete a theme
shopify theme delete --theme THEME_ID

# Package theme for upload
shopify theme package

# Open theme in browser
shopify theme open --theme THEME_ID

Theme Check (Linting)

# Run Theme Check on current directory
shopify theme check

# Check specific path
shopify theme check --path ./sections

# Auto-fix issues
shopify theme check --auto-correct

# Output as JSON
shopify theme check --output json

# Fail on warnings (useful for CI)
shopify theme check --fail-level warning

# Show offenses inline
shopify theme check --print-offenses

Theme Info & Console

# Show theme environment info
shopify theme info

# Start Liquid REPL console
shopify theme console

# Pull metafields for local development
shopify theme metafields pull

App CLI Commands

Create App

# Initialize new app
shopify app init

# Choose template interactively:
# - Remix (recommended)
# - Node
# - Ruby
# - PHP

Development

# Start dev server with tunnel
shopify app dev

# Reset app configuration
shopify app dev --reset

# Skip tunnel (use your own)
shopify app dev --no-tunnel

# Specify port
shopify app dev --port 3000

Generate Extensions

# Generate new extension
shopify app generate extension

# Extension types available:
# - Checkout UI
# - Admin UI
# - Theme App Extension
# - Post-purchase UI
# - Shopify Function
# - Web Pixel
# - Flow Action/Trigger
# - POS UI

Deployment

# Deploy app and extensions
shopify app deploy

# List app versions
shopify app versions list

# Release specific version
shopify app release --version VERSION_ID

App Info

# Show app info
shopify app info

# Show environment variables
shopify app env show

# Pull environment variables
shopify app env pull

Functions

# Run function locally
shopify app function run --path extensions/my-function

# Generate types for function
shopify app function typegen --path extensions/my-function

VS Code Extension

Installation

1. Open VS Code
2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X)
3. Search "Shopify Liquid"
4. Install the official extension

Or install from CLI:

code --install-extension Shopify.theme-check-vscode

Features

Configuration

// .vscode/settings.json
{
  "shopifyLiquid.formatterDevPreview": true,
  "shopifyLiquid.themeCheckNextDevPreview": true,
  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
  "[liquid]": {
    "editor.defaultFormatter": "Shopify.theme-check-vscode"
  },
  "files.associations": {
    "*.liquid": "liquid"
  }
}

Theme Check Configuration

.theme-check.yml

# Extends default configuration