You do not hand anything to anyone. The subscriber does this themselves, from their own subscription, and nothing in it gives an assistant standing access to your store.
Where to find it
On each active subscription in the customer portal, as a Create assistant key button, once the endpoint is switched on in Settings.
How to set it up
They open their subscription.
The Manage your subscription page, from their Shopify account or the link in your emails. They have to be logged in.They tap Create assistant key.
The button appears on an active subscription once you have switched the endpoint on.They paste the key and the address into their assistant.
In ChatGPT, Claude or Copilot they add the address as a connector and give it the key when it asks to sign in.
Options
What the key can and cannot do
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Scope | One subscription, belonging to the shopper who created it. |
| Lifetime | Expires on its own after 30 days. |
| Confirmation links | Single use, valid 30 minutes, and rejected if replayed as an access key. |
| Reach | Cannot read or touch any other subscription, customer or order. |
| Revocation | There is no button to revoke a key yet. A key stops working when it expires, and a confirmation link stops working once it has been used. |
Plan required
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