# Build Shopify apps with MCP, CLI and SDK · Meridian

> Build Shopify apps from your AI agent, your terminal or your code: Meridian MCP, CLI and SDK, plans and usage built in.

Source: https://www.the-meridian.ai/build

## Build Shopify apps faster than ever.

All the tools you need to build Shopify apps with ease.

[Start building](https://app.the-meridian.ai/register) [Read the docs](https://help.the-meridian.ai)

### Build your way.  
From your AI agent, your terminal or your code.

[Read the docs](https://help.the-meridian.ai/mcp-server)

- Run your app from your AI agent
- CLI, from your terminal
- The Meridian SDK, in your code
- Follow the Shopify changelog and get alerted before anything breaks

### Bill and know your stores.  
Plans, usage and store data, built into your app.

- Managed pricing plans with gated features
- Usage events, metered for you
- Custom fields on every store

### Included in every plan.

Developer tools by plan.

[See pricing](https://www.the-meridian.ai/pricing)

|  | Lite | Pro | Enterprise |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Meridian MCP | 1,000 req / month | Unlimited\* | Unlimited\* |
| Meridian SDK | 10,000 req / month | Unlimited\* | Unlimited\* |
| Usage events | 2,500 req / month | Unlimited\* | Unlimited\* |
| Meridian CLI | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Developer API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shopify API alerts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| GitHub | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |

\* Unlimited means not metered in normal usage. Fair-use ceilings apply.

### Loved by Shopify teams.  
From solo developers to agencies and enterprises.

> Meridian quickly became the obvious choice. Our app is already live thanks to the team!

Starship Security

> We migrated our app to Meridian after Mantle shut down. With the team’s help, it took 4 days.

Customer Account Blocks

See Meridian in action.  
Book a demo and we'll walk you through Meridian with your own apps.

[Schedule a demo](https://www.the-meridian.ai/contact-sales)

In the press

### They talk about Meridian

![The SaaS Hub](https://www.the-meridian.ai/assets/press-saashub.jpg)

SaaS Hub · Issue #41

#### The Shopify app stack is getting too complicated

Issue #41 of Shopify App Founders Edition takes a closer look at Meridian, from hosting and billing to API alerts, MCP and vulnerability scans.

[Read the issue](https://thesaashub.com/Shopify-app-founders-edition-newsletter/shopify-app-stack-is-getting-too-complicated)

![The App Collective](https://www.the-meridian.ai/assets/press-app-collective.png)

The App Collective · Newsletter

#### Featured in The App Collective

The App Collective newsletter presents Meridian as an operating platform for Shopify app partners: billing, analytics, email and automation.

[Read the post](https://lnkd.in/p/eJNA244T)

![Watch For Tools](https://www.the-meridian.ai/assets/press-watchfor-tools.png)

watchfor.tools · Directory

#### Listed in the Shopify app vendor's toolkit

An open, community-rated directory of tools for Shopify app builders features Meridian among its ecosystem suites.

[See the listing](https://watchfor.tools/tools/meridian)

### Questions.

#### Can I build and deploy a Shopify app from Claude, Cursor or another AI agent?

Yes. The Meridian MCP server connects Cursor, Claude Code or Claude Desktop to your apps. The agent reads your real plan catalog, deployments and runtime logs, and can deploy or roll back, with exactly the permissions you have in the dashboard. Lite includes 1,000 requests / month MCP requests, Pro and Enterprise are unlimited.

#### What can Meridian MCP do that a hosting MCP can't?

It knows your app's Shopify side, not only its servers. Your agent reads the plan catalog and feature keys before writing isEnabled() and track() calls, checks why a shop has a feature, sees which webhooks are routed and how each delivery went, and lists the Shopify API alerts matched to your code. It also deploys, rolls back and reads logs.

#### Does Meridian MCP replace Shopify's Dev MCP?

No, use both. Shopify's Dev MCP knows Shopify's APIs and documentation, so your agent writes correct Shopify code. Meridian MCP knows your app: its plans, webhooks, API alerts, deployments and logs. Add both to Cursor, Claude Code or Claude Desktop.

#### How does Meridian handle Shopify API version upgrades?

Meridian watches the Shopify Admin API version each app pins and the API version of each extension, and reads Shopify's changelog for breaking changes, deprecations and required actions. When a change affects your app, it scans your connected GitHub repository, shows the file and line it affects, and suggests a fix, with Shopify's migration deadline. It works for apps hosted elsewhere too.

#### Does Meridian work with Shopify App Pricing?

Meridian's Plan Builder replaces it. Shopify offers two ways to charge merchants: Shopify App Pricing, where you set plans in Shopify and it hosts the plan page, and manual pricing through the Billing API. Plan Builder runs on manual pricing, so your plans, trials, discounts, usage charges and feature gates are all managed in Meridian.

#### Can I use Meridian if my app is hosted somewhere else?

Yes, for most of it. A self-hosted app keeps feature gating, the CRM, segments, automations, emails, affiliates, the App Store tools and the webhook pipeline, and Meridian still sees the subscriptions it bills itself. Charging merchants through Plan Builder needs Meridian hosting: creating a Shopify charge uses the shop's offline token, which lives in your app's own database.

#### How do I add pricing plans, feature gates and usage billing to my app?

Define plans and metered events in the Plan Builder, then gate features with isEnabled() and record usage with track() from the Meridian SDK. Meridian meters the usage and bills it with the plan.

### Ready to ship your next Shopify app?

Book a personal walkthrough of Meridian.

[Schedule a demo](https://www.the-meridian.ai/contact-sales) [Start building](https://app.the-meridian.ai/register)