> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://codebeans-cb-notifylyst.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Overview

> What the Notifylyst AI connector (MCP) is, what it can reach, and what it deliberately cannot.

The Notifylyst AI connector is a remote **Model Context Protocol** (MCP) server. It lets Claude,
ChatGPT, Cursor and other AI tools work with the Notifylyst app on your Shopify store, using only
the tools you allow.

It turns what the app knows into something you can simply ask for: which variants customers are
waiting for, how many alerts went out and what they recovered, how much allowance is left this
cycle, and whether your plan still fits. Where the app has an action, the AI can take it — send a
test notification, turn a channel on or off, unsubscribe a customer, schedule a report, export a
CSV — provided the token you created allows that tool, and you confirm the change in the chat.

## How it fits together

```mermaid theme={"system"}
flowchart TD
    B["🖥️ Browser<br/><small>Notifylyst admin UI</small>"] --> N
    A["🤖 Your AI agent<br/><small>Claude, Cursor, …</small>"] -- "Notifylyst MCP<br/>Bearer token" --> N
    N["<b>NOTIFYLYST</b><br/><small>Back-in-stock signups · Notifications<br/>Recovery analytics · Usage &amp; billing</small>"] -- "Shopify Admin API" --> S
    S["🛍️ Your Shopify store<br/><small>Products · Variants · Inventory by location<br/>Customers · Orders</small>"]
```

Two ways in, one source of truth. The connector is the arrow, not a box that holds anything.

## The connector stores nothing

The connector has **no database of its own**. Every answer is fetched live from your Notifylyst
app, scoped to the one store your token belongs to, and discarded when the request ends.

That is also why turning the connector off in your app settings is instant and total — there is no
copy left anywhere to keep serving. See [Security & privacy](https://codebeans-cb-notifylyst.mintlify.site/mcp/security.md).

## What it can and cannot do

| | |
| - | - |
| **Can** | Read your Notifylyst analytics, subscribers, settings, usage and billing. Read live Shopify inventory. Send a test notification, change a setting, manage a subscriber, configure reports, export a CSV — if the token allows that tool, and only after you confirm. |
| **Cannot** | Use any tool the token doesn't allow. Read your SMTP password. Change your plan or billing, buy credits, delete data or edit templates. Reach any store other than the one its token belongs to. |

> [!NOTE]
>
> **No tool on this connector can change your plan or spend money on billing.** `compare_plans`
> shows what other plans include and cost. To switch, use the **Plans** page in the app, where
> Shopify asks you to approve the change.

## Where to go next

> [card] [Features](https://codebeans-cb-notifylyst.mintlify.site/mcp/features.md)
>
> What you can actually ask for, in plain language.

> [card] [Set up and connect](https://codebeans-cb-notifylyst.mintlify.site/mcp/setup/overview.md)
>
> Token, connector URL, first working answer.

> [card] [Tool reference](https://codebeans-cb-notifylyst.mintlify.site/mcp/reference/tools.md)
>
> All 16 tools, read and write, with their limits.


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