The Shopify Sidekick Prompt Cheat Sheet: 20+ Prompts You Can Use Today

Even if you know what Sidekick is I find most people have no idea how useful it can be. You probably stare at the text box, wonder what you should ask, then and close it. So here's exactly what to type, all thing's I've actually used.

Shopify Sidekick isn't a chatbot. It's an AI assistant that can actually do things in your store — analyze data, write copy, build automations, edit your theme, and even create custom apps. The problem is most people don't know what to ask it.

This is the cheat sheet. Every prompt below is something you can paste directly into Sidekick right now. I've organized them by what you're trying to get done.

Understand Your Business

These prompts turn Sidekick into your on-demand analyst. No spreadsheets, no dashboards — just ask.

1. "Analyze my store's performance for the last 30 days and highlight anything unusual." Sidekick will pull your sales, traffic, and conversion data and call out dips, spikes, or trends you might have missed.

2. "Summarize why my sales dipped last week." Instead of digging through reports, just ask. Sidekick will look at traffic, conversion rates, and other signals to give you a plain-English explanation.

3. "Help me understand my customer retention and repeat purchase patterns." Find out how many customers come back, how often, and what they're buying. This is gold for planning loyalty campaigns.

4. "Analyze my inventory and flag what needs attention." Identifies low stock on bestsellers, dead inventory taking up space, and products with unusual velocity changes.

5. "Help me optimize my ad spend by analyzing channel performance." Get a breakdown of which channels are actually driving profitable sales — not just traffic.

Write Better Content

Stop staring at blank product descriptions. Sidekick writes in your brand voice and knows your product data.

6. "Write a product description for [product name] targeting [audience]. Make it conversational and benefit-focused." Replace the brackets with your specifics. Example: "Write a product description for our organic face serum targeting women 25-40. Make it conversational and benefit-focused."

7. "Rewrite this product description to be more SEO-friendly while keeping a casual tone: [paste existing description]" Great for bulk-improving your catalog without starting from scratch.

8. "Take my top-selling product and optimize it for SEO." Sidekick knows which product is your bestseller — just ask and it'll rewrite the title, description, and meta tags.

9. "Write 5 email subject lines for a flash sale on [product category]." Quick copy generation when you need options fast.

10. "Draft a blog post about [topic] that positions our store as an expert in [niche]." It won't be perfect, but it'll give you a solid first draft to edit — way faster than starting from zero.

Automate Your Store

This is where Sidekick gets powerful. Describe what you want to happen, and it builds the Shopify Flow automation for you.

11. "When a customer places an order over $200, automatically tag them as 'VIP' and send my team a Slack notification." Sidekick builds the entire Flow — trigger, condition, and actions. No drag-and-drop needed.

12. "When inventory drops below 10 units on any product, send me a Slack alert and tag the product as 'low stock'." Never get caught off guard by stockouts again.

13. "Create a customer segment of people who haven't ordered in 90 days." Perfect setup for a win-back email campaign. Sidekick creates the segment, you run the campaign.

14. "Help me set up a flash sale — create the discount codes, update the theme banner, and prepare notification emails." This is a multi-step task and Sidekick will walk through the whole checklist with you.

15. "Create a customer segment to re-engage customers who've gone quiet." Sidekick defines "quiet" based on your store's data patterns and builds the segment for you.

Customize Your Theme (No Code Required)

This is the "vibe coding" era. Click on anything in your theme editor, open Sidekick, and describe what you want.

16. "Create a custom section that displays a responsive video carousel for product demos." Instead of buying a $15/month app or hiring a developer, Sidekick generates the Liquid code and adds it to your theme. I used this exact approach — had Sidekick create a custom block in my theme editor instead of paying for an app or hiring a dev. Worked perfectly.

17. "Make the announcement bar background dark green and change the font to something more modern." Click on the announcement bar in the theme editor, open Sidekick, and type this. Done in seconds.

18. "Add a countdown timer section above the product description." Sidekick generates the block with customizable settings — end date, colors, text — all editable in the theme editor without touching code.

19. "Create an entire branded landing page for [event name]." I've done this personally. Gave Sidekick the event details, brand colors, and layout preferences and it built a full landing page — hero section, details, CTA, the works. Would have taken a developer hours.

Build Custom Apps (No Developer Needed)

On Grow, Plus, or Enterprise plans, Sidekick can build internal tools that live right in your admin.

20. "Create an app that shows all customers who haven't ordered in 90 days and lets my team send them a win-back email." Sidekick writes the code, builds the interface, and installs the app in your admin. Your team can use it immediately.

21. "Build me a returns eligibility checker. When I enter an order number, it checks if it's within the 30-day return window." A custom internal tool that would cost hundreds from a developer — built in minutes.

22. "Create an app that recommends which products I need to reorder based on my sales velocity." Turns your sales data into actionable purchasing decisions without a spreadsheet in sight.

23. "Build a simple internal tool that tags orders over $300 as 'priority packing'." Perfect for warehouse or fulfillment teams who need a quick way to flag high-value orders.

Bonus: Let Sidekick Come to You

You don't always have to prompt Sidekick. With Sidekick Pulse (new in Winter '26), it proactively monitors your store and surfaces opportunities.

Pulse watches for things like:

• Trending products that need more inventory before they sell out

• Seasonal shifts in your sales patterns

• Underperforming products that might need a description refresh or price adjustment

• Market trends that align with your catalog

Think of it like having a business consultant who's constantly researching your store and sending you the highlights.

24. Check Sidekick Pulse daily. Get in the habit of opening your admin and checking what Sidekick has surfaced. The suggestions are personalized to your store — not generic advice.

Save Your Best Prompts with Sidekick Skills

Found a prompt that works great for your store? Save it as a Sidekick Skill so you (and your team) can reuse it with one click.

This is especially useful for:

• Weekly reporting prompts you run every Monday

• Product description templates for new arrivals

• Seasonal campaign prep checklists

• Inventory check routines

Think of Skills as your personal Sidekick playbook.

The One Thing Most People Get Wrong

They treat Sidekick like a search engine. They ask vague questions and get vague answers.

The secret is specificity. Instead of "help me with my store," try "analyze my top 10 products by revenue and tell me which ones have the lowest conversion rates and why." Instead of "make my site look better," try "create a testimonial carousel section with customer photos, star ratings, and a CTA button."

The more context you give Sidekick, the better the output. Tell it your audience, your goals, your constraints. It works best when you talk to it like a smart teammate — not a magic 8-ball.

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