Shopify_Demons Grok · Shopify

🛡️ Module 5 · Harden

Troubleshoot & harden

Most reports that Shopify MCP is “broken” are really auth, scopes, or a stale process. Cheat sheet: 401 = credential/domain · 403 = missing or unapproved scope.

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Module: troubleshoot and harden

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What free visitors need to know

Module 5 is the field manual for Shopify + Grok failures: the 401/403 matrix, client_credentials expiry (~24h), domain typos, stale MCP, and secret hygiene — including that session logs can retain secrets.

  • Not “MCP broken”

    Most failures are auth, scopes, or stale process — diagnose before rewriting configs.

  • 401 / 403 cheat sheet

    401 → credential/domain problems · 403 → missing or unapproved scope.

  • ~24h tokens

    Client-credentials Admin tokens often live about a day — refresh before demos.

  • Host only

    Custom domains and typos are not Admin hosts — use YOUR_SHOP.myshopify.com only.

  • Secret surfaces

    Keep secrets out of chat, git, screenshots, and session zip shares.

  • Laminated card

    401 vs 403 plus rotate-if-pasted reminder — the demo idea for this module.

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401 / 403 cheat sheet

Triage vocabulary before you rotate everything.

Error matrix text
401 → credential / domain / expired token
403 → missing scope OR merchant not re-approved
# Tools listed ≠ store connected
# ~24h client_credentials token expiry is common

🗺️ Outline

The field manual (titles public, steps locked)

  1. ★

    Public

    Start every incident with the 401/403 matrix

    Branch first — refuse to debug by pasting Admin tokens into chat.

  2. Locked · Subscribers

    Credential path — prefix literacy · expiry (~24h) · revoke after reauth

    shpat_… only in Admin slot; re-exchange offline when tokens die.

  3. Locked · Subscribers

    Domain and host mistakes

    No protocol, no trailing slash, no wwww — myshopify host only.

  4. Locked · Subscribers

    Scope / merchant-approval path (403)

    Plus stale MCP restart, app_not_installed exchange failures.

  5. Locked · Subscribers

    Secret hygiene checklist · Session logs retain secrets

    Rotate-if-pasted · quarantine sessions · smoke-test pack · maintenance cadence.

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Incident trees stay closed

Subscribers get the full field manual: credential vs scope branches, stale MCP restarts, secret hygiene ritual, and a smoke-test pack to close every incident.

  • 401/403 decision tree
  • ~24h refresh + revoke-after-reauth
  • Stale MCP (/new, toggle, or remove)
  • Session quarantine + rotate-if-pasted
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