Dev Dashboard

The Dev Dashboard is your central hub for building on Shopify. Whether you're building apps, setting up stores for clients, or managing collaborator access to merchant stores, it all lives here.

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Build and manage your apps, stores, and catalogs

Anchor to Create appsCreate apps

Build apps that extend, automate, or connect your store in countless ways. Whether you want to build fully interactive experiences or just need secure API access, getting started is straightforward and approachable for any skill level.

Dev Dashboard showing app creation interface with terminal commands for Shopify CLI

Anchor to Use Shopify CLI to build feature-rich, extensible appsUse Shopify CLI to build feature-rich, extensible apps

The recommended way to create a Shopify app is with Shopify CLI. The CLI quickly generates a complete project with all the structure and best practices you need to start building right away. As your requirements grow, the CLI makes it easy to add custom admin features, checkout blocks, and embedded user interfaces—all fully integrated with Shopify's platform.

Local development and deployment workflows are built in, ensuring a smooth path from your first line of code to a live app. With CLI projects, you have access to Shopify's latest extensibility options and a full suite of developer tools, supporting everything from simple customizations to advanced multi-surface apps.

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Anchor to Use the Dev Dashboard for automation or API-only appsUse the Dev Dashboard for automation or API-only apps

If your project focuses on backend automation, secure data sync, or API integration—and doesn't need an interface in the Shopify admin—you can create and configure an app directly in the Dev Dashboard.

This workflow lets you quickly set up app credentials, permissions, and connections without scaffolding app code. Apps created this way are ideal for tasks like scheduled sync jobs, webhook handling, or simple API utilities, where browser-based app configuration is all you need.

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Anchor to Manage your appsManage your apps

The Dev Dashboard lets you see every app tied to your organization, check app status, and configure your apps. You can also manage permissions, credentials, and team access.

Dev Dashboard settings page showing client credentials and contact information

Anchor to Track performanceTrack performance

The Dev Dashboard gives you direct access to logs and health metrics for each of your apps. Use these built-in monitoring tools to track your app's performance and help identify and diagnose problems.

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Monitoring page showing webhook deliveries and response times with charts

Anchor to Manage your storesManage your stores

The Dev Dashboard is the home for all your stores. The Stores tab gives you a unified view of every store connected to your organization, across three types:

Dev stores: Testing environments for building and validating apps.
Client transfer stores: Stores you build and hand off to merchant clients.
Collaborations: Merchant-owned stores you have collaborator access to.

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Dev stores list showing multiple test stores with their plans and Shopify build versions

Anchor to Create catalogs for agentic experiencesCreate catalogs for agentic experiences

Saved Catalogs let you customize product discovery for your AI agents. Instead of querying all of Shopify's global product catalog, you can create filtered views scoped to specific product taxonomies, price ranges, or individual shops.

From the Dev Dashboard, you can configure catalog filters, preview search results, and generate a custom endpoint URL for your agents. This is useful when your agents consistently need the same query parameters applied to every request.

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