FlowRelay
Agent Access
FlowRelay and Shopify Sidekick
FlowRelay gives Shopify Sidekick a small, read-only view of setup and delivery status. Sidekick can check what is happening, explain the result, and open the relevant FlowRelay page. It cannot change anything for you.
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Use read-only Sidekick #
Ask a focused question and understand the safety boundary.
Agent workflow
Agents should orient through docs before using authenticated tools.
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Ask Sidekick to check
Ask about FlowRelay readiness, an endpoint, recent delivery receipts, a receipt result, or delivery reliability.
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Review the explanation
Sidekick returns a short, safe summary and can open the relevant page in FlowRelay.
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Make changes in FlowRelay
Use the FlowRelay app for configuration, tests, replay, secret rotation, billing, Agent Access, and support.
Read-only by design
Sidekick cannot create or change endpoints, send tests, replay events, rotate secrets, manage billing or Agent Access, or contact support for you.
Sidekick does not receive endpoint URLs, secrets, raw payloads, authentication headers, external event IDs, tokens, customer records, or copied private logs.
Sidekick is not the same as FlowRelay Agent Access and does not have API, CLI, or MCP-level authority.
See what Sidekick can check #
Review the setup, endpoint, receipt, and reliability questions Sidekick can answer.
What Sidekick can check #
Sidekick can answer a focused set of questions from inside Shopify Admin. It reads current FlowRelay information without changing billing, access, quotas, endpoints, receipts, or any other merchant-facing state.
| Question | What Sidekick can return |
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| Is FlowRelay ready? | Setup readiness, checklist progress, and safe next steps. |
| Where is my endpoint? | Matching endpoint names, status, readiness, and a link to FlowRelay. |
| What happened to my event? | Recent receipt outcomes, safe failure context, and replay eligibility without replaying. |
| Is delivery healthy? | A reliability summary for the store, an endpoint, or a trigger type. |
Choose the right surface #
Use FlowRelay for changes and Agent Access for approved external agents.
What stays in FlowRelay #
Open the FlowRelay app to create or edit endpoints, connect Shopify Flow, send synthetic tests, replay eligible receipts, rotate secrets, manage billing or Agent Access, and contact support. Sidekick may link you to the right page, but it does not prepare or perform those actions.
Choose the right access surface #
Sidekick is useful for quick questions inside Shopify Admin. It is not a substitute for the FlowRelay app or for a separately approved external agent.
| Need | Use | Why |
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| Check or understand FlowRelay | Shopify Sidekick | It provides a small read-only view and opens the relevant FlowRelay page. |
| Configure, test, or recover | FlowRelay app in Shopify Admin | This is the complete merchant surface and where changes are made. |
| Use an approved external agent | FlowRelay Agent Access API, CLI, or MCP | Scoped grants provide explicit authority, auditability, and the broader supported automation contract. |
Delivered means FlowRelay handed the trigger to Shopify Flow. It does not mean downstream Shopify Flow branches, app calls, fulfillment changes, emails, or later systems completed.