Shopify Sidekick Prompts: The Complete Cheatsheet (2026)

Key takeaways

• Sidekick works best with specific, detailed prompts - vague requests give vague results.
• Use it for analytics, discount creation, Flow automations, content writing, and B2B tasks.
• Always include timeframes, numbers, and context when asking for data or content.
• Sidekick cannot edit your theme or storefront - for that, you need a tool like Fudge.

This is a practical prompt reference for Shopify Sidekick. Copy any of these directly into your admin, or use them as a starting point and adjust for your store.

Why you can trust us

We’ve been in the Shopify ecosystem for four years and built Fudge - an AI storefront editor used by hundreds of Shopify merchants. We use Sidekick ourselves daily and have tested these prompts across real stores.

Analytics & Reporting

Sales data:

• “Show me my top 10 products by revenue for the last 30 days”
• “What were my total sales yesterday, and how does that compare to the same day last week?”
• “Break down my sales by country for the last 90 days”
• “Show me revenue by sales channel this month”
• “What’s my average order value for the last 7 days?”
• “Which product variants sold the most units last month?”

Customers:

• “How many new customers did I acquire last month?”
• “What percentage of my orders in the last 90 days came from returning customers?”
• “Show me customers who spent over $500 in the last 6 months but haven’t ordered in 60 days”
• “Which customers have the highest lifetime value?”
• “How many customers from the US placed an order last week?”

Inventory:

• “Which products have fewer than 20 units in stock?”
• “Show me products that have been out of stock for more than 7 days”
• “What’s my total inventory value right now?”
• “Which products have the highest sell-through rate this quarter?”

Returns and disputes:

• “Show me all orders with open disputes”
• “What’s my return rate for the last 30 days?”
• “Which products have the highest return rate?”

Discounts & Promotions

• “Create a 20% off discount code called SUMMER20 that expires on June 30”
• “Create a free shipping discount for orders over $75, valid for the next 2 weeks”
• “Make a discount code that gives $10 off orders over $100, limited to 500 uses”
• “Create a 15% discount for the collection [collection name], active this weekend only”
• “Set up a buy-2-get-1-free discount on [product name]”

Tips for discount prompts: Include the discount amount, any minimum order requirement, expiry date, and usage limit. The more specific, the better.

Related: Shopify Sidekick Use Cases: What It’s Actually Good At.

Flow Automations

Sidekick can build entire Flow workflows from a plain description. Be clear about the trigger (what starts the workflow) and the action (what happens as a result).

• “Build a Flow that sends a follow-up email 3 days after an order is marked as delivered”
• “Create a workflow that tags a customer as ‘VIP’ when their total spend exceeds $1,000”
• “Set up a Flow that sends me a Slack notification when an order over $500 is placed”
• “Build an automation that adds a customer to a segment called ‘At Risk’ if they haven’t ordered in 90 days”
• “Create a workflow that automatically archives a product when its inventory hits zero”
• “Set up a Flow that sends an internal alert when a payment dispute is opened”
• “Build a workflow that applies a ‘loyal customer’ tag after a customer’s 5th purchase”
• “Create an automation that sends a restock notification email to customers who viewed a sold-out product”

Content Writing

Product descriptions:

• “Write a product description for [product name]. It’s a [brief description]. The key benefit is [benefit]. The target customer is [audience].”
• “Rewrite this product description to be more concise and focus on the outcome rather than features: [paste description]”
• “Write a product description for [product name] in a conversational, friendly tone. Under 100 words.”

Email campaigns:

• “Write an email announcing our summer sale. 20% off sitewide, ends Sunday. Keep it short and punchy.”
• “Write a win-back email for customers who haven’t purchased in 6 months. Offer them 10% off their next order.”
• “Write a post-purchase email asking for a review, going out 7 days after delivery. Keep it brief and genuine.”
• “Write a back-in-stock email for [product name]. Include urgency but don’t be pushy.”

SMS messages:

• “Write an SMS for our flash sale ending tonight. Max 160 characters.”
• “Write a cart abandonment SMS. Keep it friendly, not salesy.”

SEO:

• “Write an SEO meta title and description for our [product/collection name] page. Primary keyword: [keyword].”
• “Write a ShopifyQL query to show me web performance data by landing page for the last 30 days”

B2B & Wholesale

• “Create a new company record for [company name] with net-30 payment terms”
• “Show me all B2B orders placed in the last 30 days”
• “Which B2B customers haven’t placed an order in 60 days?”
• “Create a customer account for [name] at [company name] with a B2B price list applied”
• “Show me the total revenue from B2B orders this quarter”

Operations & Admin

• “Show me all unfulfilled orders placed more than 3 days ago”
• “Which orders are awaiting payment right now?”
• “Tag all customers who purchased [product name] in the last 90 days with ‘bought-[product]’”
• “Show me all orders from [country] placed last month”
• “How many orders were placed on mobile vs desktop last week?”
• “Create a customer segment of everyone who bought from [collection name] in the last 6 months”

Getting better results

Add timeframes. “Show me sales” is too broad. “Show me sales for the last 14 days” gives a useful result.

Ask follow-up questions. Sidekick remembers your conversation. After asking for top products, follow up with “which of these are low on stock?” without repeating context.

Specify output format. If you want a table, say so. “Show me top products as a table sorted by revenue” is clearer than just asking for top products.

Iterate on content. If a product description isn’t right, say “make it shorter” or “focus more on [specific benefit]” rather than starting over.

What Sidekick can’t do

No prompt will get Sidekick to edit your theme, change your storefront layout, or create a landing page. Those tasks require the Theme Editor or a tool that writes directly to your store’s code.

Fudge handles the visual side - describe a page change in plain English and it generates the code, shows you a preview, and only makes it live when you approve.

Related: Edit Your Shopify Theme.