Purpose
Walks every product flagged as a bundle (either via Shopify's native requiresComponents mechanic or a bundle.components metafield convention), then verifies each component variant has sufficient inventory to back the bundle's quantity ratio. Surfaces bundles that are listed as in-stock on the storefront but cannot actually be fulfilled because one component has run out. Read-only — no mutations.
Prerequisites
- Authenticated Shopify CLI session:
shopify store auth --store <domain> --scopes read_products,read_inventory - API scopes:
read_products,read_inventory
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| store | string | yes | — | Store domain (e.g., mystore.myshopify.com) |
| metafield_namespace | string | no | bundle | Metafield namespace where bundle component definitions live |
| metafield_key | string | no | components | Metafield key that holds the JSON list of {variantId, quantity} |
| safety_stock | integer | no | 0 | Treat component as out-of-stock if on-hand minus this buffer is below required |
| only_listed | bool | no | true | Only check bundle products with status ACTIVE |
| format | string | no | human | Output format: human or json |
Safety
ℹ️ Read-only skill — no mutations are executed. Safe to run at any time. The skill reads inventory and metafields only; it never adjusts component quantities or bundle availability.
Workflow Steps
-
OPERATION:
products— query Inputs:first: 250,query: "metafield:<namespace>.<key>:* OR product_type:bundle", selectrequiresSellingPlan,status,metafield(namespace, key),variants, pagination cursor Expected output: Bundle products and their parent variants; paginate untilhasNextPage: false -
For each bundle, parse component list. Native bundles use
productVariant.requiresComponentsandproductVariant.productVariantComponents. Metafield bundles parse JSON value into[{variantId, quantity}]. -
OPERATION:
productVariants— query Inputs: Batched IDs of all unique component variants, selectinventoryQuantity,inventoryItem { id },product { title }Expected output: On-hand quantity per component -
OPERATION:
inventoryItems— query Inputs: Batched component inventory item IDs, selecttracked,inventoryLevels(first: 25) { quantities }Expected output: Per-location quantity for each component -
For each bundle, compute
max_buildable_units = floor(min over components of (component_on_hand - safety_stock) / required_qty). Flag bundles wheremax_buildable_units == 0(broken bundle) or< min_listed_inventory_threshold.
GraphQL Operations
graphql# products:query — validated against api_version 2025-01 query BundleProducts($query: String!, $after: String, $namespace: String!, $key: String!) { products(first: 250, after: $after, query: $query) { edges { node { id title status productType metafield(namespace: $namespace, key: $key) { id value type } variants(first: 100) { edges { node { id title sku inventoryQuantity requiresComponents productVariantComponents(first: 50) { edges { node { quantity productVariant { id sku inventoryQuantity product { id title } } } } } } } } } } pageInfo { hasNextPage endCursor } } }
graphql# productVariants:query — validated against api_version 2025-01 query ComponentVariantStock($ids: [ID!]!) { nodes(ids: $ids) { ... on ProductVariant { id sku inventoryQuantity product { id title } inventoryItem { id tracked } } } }
graphql# inventoryItems:query — validated against api_version 2025-01 query ComponentInventoryLevels($ids: [ID!]!) { nodes(ids: $ids) { ... on InventoryItem { id tracked inventoryLevels(first: 25) { edges { node { location { id name } quantities(names: ["available", "on_hand", "committed"]) { name quantity } } } } } } }
Session Tracking
Claude MUST emit the following output at each stage. This is mandatory.
On start, emit:
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ SKILL: Bundle Availability Check ║ ║ Store: <store domain> ║ ║ Started: <YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM UTC> ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════╝
After each step, emit:
[N/TOTAL] <QUERY|MUTATION> <OperationName> → Params: <brief summary of key inputs> → Result: <count or outcome>
On completion, emit:
For format: human (default):
══════════════════════════════════════════════ BUNDLE AVAILABILITY CHECK Bundles inspected: <n> Fully buildable: <n> Constrained (low): <n> Broken (cannot build): <n> Top broken bundles: "<bundle>" Bottleneck: "<component>" Need: <n> Have: <n> Output: bundle_availability_<date>.csv ══════════════════════════════════════════════
For format: json, emit:
json{ "skill": "bundle-availability-check", "store": "<domain>", "bundles_inspected": 0, "fully_buildable": 0, "constrained": 0, "broken": 0, "issues": [], "output_file": "bundle_availability_<date>.csv" }
Output Format
CSV file bundle_availability_<YYYY-MM-DD>.csv with columns:
bundle_product_id, bundle_title, bundle_variant_sku, max_buildable_units, bottleneck_component_sku, bottleneck_component_title, bottleneck_required_qty, bottleneck_on_hand, status
Error Handling
| Error | Cause | Recovery |
|---|---|---|
THROTTLED | API rate limit exceeded | Wait 2 seconds, retry up to 3 times |
| Metafield value is invalid JSON | Malformed configuration | Skip bundle, log warning, include in error count |
| Component variant ID does not resolve | Component product was deleted | Mark bundle as BROKEN_REFERENCE, include in output |
Component is tracked: false | Untracked inventory | Treat component as infinitely available, note in output |
Best Practices
- Run daily for stores with many bundles; surface broken bundles before customers can buy something you cannot ship.
- Use
safety_stockto keep a buffer for non-bundle sales of the same component — bundles share inventory with standalone variants. - Pair with
inventory-adjustmentorlow-inventory-restockto action a broken bundle into a reorder. - For native bundles,
requiresComponents: trueis authoritative — prefer it over metafield conventions when both exist. - A bundle with
max_buildable_units = 0should also be temporarily unpublished until the bottleneck component is restocked; consider chaining this skill withproduct-lifecycle-manager.


