Hi everyone,
I’m building an AI-powered developer platform for Shopify merchants and would appreciate some guidance on whether this architecture is compatible with public App Store distribution.
The flow is:
- A merchant installs my AI development platform from the Shopify App Store.
- They connect their own Shopify Partner account.
- They describe an app they want to build.
- The platform uses AI to generate the actual Shopify app, including its code and configuration.
- The generated app is created under the merchant’s own Shopify Partner organization.
- My platform handles the development environment, deployment, and infrastructure.
So, importantly, the App Store app is the AI development platform itself. The generated apps are separate apps owned by the merchant.
I found this discussion that seems very relevant to the concept:
Shopify Community discussion
My main question is:
Can a public Shopify App Store app have generating/deploying other Shopify apps as its primary purpose, provided those generated apps are created under the merchant’s own Shopify Partner organization?
If so, are there any specific requirements around:
- Partner API access
- OAuth/authentication
- App scopes
- App distribution
- App Store requirements
I already have a working MVP with this architecture, so I’d like to make sure I’m designing the production version correctly before submitting it for review.