Start a store with Tradecraft
Tradecraft is in a private beta. These steps get you from an invite to an agent session with a live local preview.
Install the app
Install it on your client’s store with the private App Store listing in your invite email.
Start the project
One command signs you in, sets up the repository from the live theme, and puts the agent skills in it.
npx tradecraft-cli init your-storeHand it to your agent
Open Claude Code or Codex in the project folder. The Tradecraft skill already knows the store. It reads it, asks you only what a person has to decide, and runs the rest of the skills, all the way to launch.
Agent
The commands
The skills run these for you. Here they are if you’d rather drive.
tradecraft init --theme analog- Start from Analog instead of the live theme
tradecraft state pull- Read the store’s data once
tradecraft dev --local- Build against a copy of the store on your machine, with nothing sent to Shopify
tradecraft check- Check the change before anyone sees it
tradecraft preview- Share a preview link
tradecraft ship- Ship the change
tradecraft launch- Stage a big change and publish it, with a rollback
tradecraft sync- Bring your client’s editor changes into Git before the next round of work