Shopify opens UCP catalog access to any developer with an API key
- API key, no approval
Shopify opens UCP catalog access to any developer with an API key
Shopify's Spring '26 Edition opened its agentic commerce layer to any developer instead of approved partners only. Developers register an agent profile in the Developer Dashboard and call Shopify's public MCP endpoint, and catalog access needs only an API key.
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