| name | shopify-admin-bundle-availability-check |
| role | fulfillment-ops |
| description | Read-only: for native bundle products and metafield-defined bundles, verifies every component variant has sufficient stock to fulfill the bundle's effective availability. |
| toolkit | shopify-admin, shopify-admin-execution |
| api_version | 2025-01 |
| graphql_operations | ["products:query","productVariants:query","inventoryItems:query"] |
| status | stable |
| compatibility | Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI |
Purpose
Walks every product flagged as a bundle (either via Shopify's native requiresComponents mechanic or a bundle.components metafield convention), then verifies each component variant has sufficient inventory to back the bundle's quantity ratio. Surfaces bundles that are listed as in-stock on the storefront but cannot actually be fulfilled because one component has run out. Read-only — no mutations.
Prerequisites
- Authenticated Shopify CLI session:
shopify store auth --store <domain> --scopes read_products,read_inventory
- API scopes:
read_products, read_inventory
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|
| store | string | yes | — | Store domain (e.g., mystore.myshopify.com) |
| metafield_namespace | string | no | bundle | Metafield namespace where bundle component definitions live |
| metafield_key | string | no | components | Metafield key that holds the JSON list of {variantId, quantity} |
| safety_stock | integer | no | 0 | Treat component as out-of-stock if on-hand minus this buffer is below required |
| only_listed | bool | no | true | Only check bundle products with status ACTIVE |
| format | string | no | human | Output format: human or json |
Safety
ℹ️ Read-only skill — no mutations are executed. Safe to run at any time. The skill reads inventory and metafields only; it never adjusts component quantities or bundle availability.
Workflow Steps
-
OPERATION: products — query
Inputs: first: 250, query: "metafield:<namespace>.<key>:* OR product_type:bundle", select requiresSellingPlan, status, metafield(namespace, key), variants, pagination cursor
Expected output: Bundle products and their parent variants; paginate until hasNextPage: false
-
For each bundle, parse component list. Native bundles use productVariant.requiresComponents and productVariant.productVariantComponents. Metafield bundles parse JSON value into [{variantId, quantity}].
-
OPERATION: productVariants — query
Inputs: Batched IDs of all unique component variants, select inventoryQuantity, inventoryItem { id }, product { title }
Expected output: On-hand quantity per component
-
OPERATION: inventoryItems — query
Inputs: Batched component inventory item IDs, select tracked, inventoryLevels(first: 25) { quantities }
Expected output: Per-location quantity for each component
-
For each bundle, compute max_buildable_units = floor(min over components of (component_on_hand - safety_stock) / required_qty). Flag bundles where max_buildable_units == 0 (broken bundle) or < min_listed_inventory_threshold.
GraphQL Operations
query BundleProducts($query: String!, $after: String, $namespace: String!, $key: String!) {
products(first: 250, after: $after, query: $query) {
edges {
node {
id
title
status
productType
metafield(namespace: $namespace, key: $key) {
id
value
type
}
variants(first: 100) {
edges {
node {
id
title
sku
inventoryQuantity
requiresComponents
productVariantComponents(first: 50) {
edges {
node {
quantity
productVariant {
id
sku
inventoryQuantity
product {
id
title
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
pageInfo {
hasNextPage
endCursor
}
}
}
query ComponentVariantStock($ids: [ID!]!) {
nodes(ids: $ids) {
... on ProductVariant {
id
sku
inventoryQuantity
product {
id
title
}
inventoryItem {
id
tracked
}
}
}
}
query ComponentInventoryLevels($ids: [ID!]!) {
nodes(ids: $ids) {
... on InventoryItem {
id
tracked
inventoryLevels(first: 25) {
edges {
node {
location {
id
name
}
quantities(names: ["available", "on_hand", "committed"]) {
name
quantity
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
Session Tracking
Claude MUST emit the following output at each stage. This is mandatory.
On start, emit:
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ SKILL: Bundle Availability Check ║
║ Store: <store domain> ║
║ Started: <YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM UTC> ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════╝
After each step, emit:
[N/TOTAL] <QUERY|MUTATION> <OperationName>
→ Params: <brief summary of key inputs>
→ Result: <count or outcome>
On completion, emit:
For format: human (default):
══════════════════════════════════════════════
BUNDLE AVAILABILITY CHECK
Bundles inspected: <n>
Fully buildable: <n>
Constrained (low): <n>
Broken (cannot build): <n>
Top broken bundles:
"<bundle>" Bottleneck: "<component>" Need: <n> Have: <n>
Output: bundle_availability_<date>.csv
══════════════════════════════════════════════
For format: json, emit:
{
"skill": "bundle-availability-check",
"store": "<domain>",
"bundles_inspected": 0,
"fully_buildable": 0,
"constrained": 0,
"broken": 0,
"issues": [],
"output_file": "bundle_availability_<date>.csv"
}
Output Format
CSV file bundle_availability_<YYYY-MM-DD>.csv with columns:
bundle_product_id, bundle_title, bundle_variant_sku, max_buildable_units, bottleneck_component_sku, bottleneck_component_title, bottleneck_required_qty, bottleneck_on_hand, status
Error Handling
| Error | Cause | Recovery |
|---|
THROTTLED | API rate limit exceeded | Wait 2 seconds, retry up to 3 times |
| Metafield value is invalid JSON | Malformed configuration | Skip bundle, log warning, include in error count |
| Component variant ID does not resolve | Component product was deleted | Mark bundle as BROKEN_REFERENCE, include in output |
Component is tracked: false | Untracked inventory | Treat component as infinitely available, note in output |
Best Practices
- Run daily for stores with many bundles; surface broken bundles before customers can buy something you cannot ship.
- Use
safety_stock to keep a buffer for non-bundle sales of the same component — bundles share inventory with standalone variants.
- Pair with
inventory-adjustment or low-inventory-restock to action a broken bundle into a reorder.
- For native bundles,
requiresComponents: true is authoritative — prefer it over metafield conventions when both exist.
- A bundle with
max_buildable_units = 0 should also be temporarily unpublished until the bottleneck component is restocked; consider chaining this skill with product-lifecycle-manager.