Guides

What AI shopping agents actually read, and what they do when it is missing. Written from the checks the scanner runs against real stores.

agents.md vs llms.txt: what belongs in each, and why one without the other fails

Updated September 10, 2026

llms.txt is the facts an assistant can quote; agents.md is how to work with your store. What to put in each, why root placement breaks on Shopify, and how to check both actually resolve.

How to make your Shopify store readable for ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity

Updated September 10, 2026

A seven-step checklist for AI readability on Shopify: crawler access, structured data, product completeness, alt text, policies, llms.txt and answerability — with checks and fixes for each.

llms.txt for Shopify: the complete guide

Updated September 10, 2026

What llms.txt is, what belongs in it for a Shopify store, how it differs from robots.txt and sitemap.xml, and three realistic ways to add one — with a complete example file.

What a UCP manifest is, and when publishing one is the wrong move

Updated August 19, 2026

The /.well-known/ucp file declares live commerce endpoints and signing keys to AI shopping agents. What it must contain, how to serve it from Shopify, and why an empty stub is worse than a 404.

Structured data for AI shopping agents: the fields that decide whether you get quoted

Updated August 17, 2026

Agents read raw HTML, not your rendered page. Which Product JSON-LD fields matter, how to handle variants and availability honestly, and how to check a sample of the catalog instead of one good page.

Agentic commerce in 2026: is your Shopify store ready for AI shopping agents?

Updated August 1, 2026

What agentic commerce means in 2026, what changed with UCP on Shopify stores, what measurable readiness looks like, and a self-assessment table you can run with a browser.