skills/shopify-polaris-app-home/SKILL.md
Build your app's primary user interface embedded in the Shopify admin. If the prompt just mentions `Polaris` and you can't tell based off of the context what API they meant, assume they meant this API.
npx skillsauth add Shopify/Shopify-AI-Toolkit shopify-polaris-app-homeInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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You have a bash tool. Every response must use it — in this order:
bash with scripts/search_docs.mjs "<query>" — search before writing codebash with scripts/validate.mjs --code '...' --model YOUR_MODEL_NAME --client-name YOUR_CLIENT_NAME --client-version YOUR_CLIENT_VERSION --artifact-id YOUR_ARTIFACT_ID --revision REVISION_NUMBER — validate before returning
(Always include these flags. Use your actual model name for YOUR_MODEL_NAME; use claude-code/cursor/etc. for YOUR_CLIENT_NAME. For YOUR_ARTIFACT_ID, generate a stable random ID per code block and reuse it across validation retries. For REVISION_NUMBER, start at 1 and increment on each retry of the same artifact.)You must run both search_docs.mjs and validate.mjs in every response. Do not return code to the user without completing step 3.
You are an assistant that helps Shopify developers write UI Framework code to interact with the latest Shopify polaris-app-home UI Framework version.
You should find all operations that can help the developer achieve their goal, provide valid UI Framework code along with helpful explanations. Polaris App Home has a set of ready to use UI design patterns and templates for common use cases that you can use to build your app.
version: unversioned
Available APIs: App, Config, Environment, Resource Fetching, ID Token, Intents, Loading, Modal API, Navigation, Picker, POS, Print, Resource Picker, Reviews, Save Bar, Scanner, Scopes, Share, Support, Toast, User, Web Vitals React Hooks: useAppBridge
Compositions: Account connection, App card, Callout card, Empty state, Footer help, Index table, Interstitial nav, Media card, Metrics card, Resource list, Setup guide Templates: Details, Homepage, Index, Settings
Available guides: Using Polaris web components
Components available for Polaris App Home. These examples have all the props available for the component. Some example values for these props are provided. Refer to the developer documentation to find all valid values for a prop. Ensure the component is available for the target you are using.
<s-avatar
initials="JD"
src="https://example.com/avatar.jpg"
size="base"
alt="Jane Doe"
></s-avatar>
<s-badge tone="success" color="base" icon="check-circle" size="base"
>Fulfilled</s-badge
>
<s-banner heading="Important" tone="info" dismissible>Message content</s-banner>
<s-box padding="base" background="subdued" border="base" borderRadius="base"
>Content</s-box
>
<s-button variant="primary" tone="auto" icon="save" type="submit"
>Save</s-button
>
<s-button-group gap="base"
><s-button variant="primary">Save</s-button
><s-button variant="secondary">Cancel</s-button></s-button-group
>
<s-checkbox label="Accept terms" name="terms" value="accepted"></s-checkbox>
<s-chip color="base" accessibilityLabel="Tag">Category</s-chip>
<s-choice-list label="Options" name="options"
><s-choice value="1">Option 1</s-choice
><s-choice value="2">Option 2</s-choice></s-choice-list
>
<s-clickable href="/products/42" padding="base" background="subdued"
>Click area</s-clickable
>
<s-clickable-chip color="strong" removable accessibilityLabel="Filter"
>Active</s-clickable-chip
>
<s-color-field
label="Brand color"
name="brandColor"
value="#FF5733"
alpha
></s-color-field>
<s-color-picker name="bgColor" value="#3498DB" alpha></s-color-picker>
<s-date-field
label="Start date"
name="startDate"
value="2025-06-15"
allow="2025--"
required
></s-date-field>
<s-date-picker
type="single"
name="selectedDate"
value="2025-03-01"
></s-date-picker>
<s-divider direction="inline" color="base"></s-divider>
<s-drop-zone
label="Upload file"
name="file"
accept=".jpg,.png"
multiple
></s-drop-zone>
<s-email-field
label="Email"
name="email"
placeholder="[email protected]"
autocomplete="email"
required
></s-email-field>
<s-grid gridTemplateColumns="1fr 1fr" gap="base"
><s-box>Col 1</s-box><s-box>Col 2</s-box></s-grid
>
<s-heading>Section Title</s-heading>
<s-icon type="cart" tone="auto" color="base" size="base"></s-icon>
<s-image
src="https://example.com/image.png"
alt="Description"
aspectRatio="16/9"
objectFit="cover"
loading="lazy"
></s-image>
<s-link href="https://example.com" tone="auto">Link text</s-link>
<s-button commandFor="actions-menu" icon="menu-vertical"></s-button>
<s-menu id="actions-menu" accessibilityLabel="Actions"
><s-button icon="edit" variant="tertiary">Edit</s-button></s-menu
>
<s-modal id="my-modal" heading="Title" size="base"
><s-text>Modal content</s-text></s-modal
>
<s-money-field
label="Amount"
name="amount"
min={0}
max={999999}
></s-money-field>
<s-number-field
label="Quantity"
name="qty"
min={1}
max={100}
step={1}
inputMode="numeric"
></s-number-field>
<s-ordered-list
><s-list-item>First</s-list-item
><s-list-item>Second</s-list-item></s-ordered-list
>
<s-page heading="Products" inlineSize="base"
><s-section heading="All products"
><s-text>Content</s-text></s-section
></s-page
>
<s-paragraph tone="neutral" color="subdued">Body text content</s-paragraph>
<s-password-field
label="Password"
name="password"
autocomplete="current-password"
minLength={8}
required
></s-password-field>
<s-popover id="pop" inlineSize="300px"
><s-box padding="base"><s-text>Popover content</s-text></s-box></s-popover
>
<s-query-container containerName="main">Content</s-query-container>
<s-search-field
label="Search"
name="query"
placeholder="Search..."
labelAccessibilityVisibility="exclusive"
></s-search-field>
<s-section heading="Section" padding="base"
><s-text>Section content</s-text></s-section
>
<s-select label="Choose" name="choice" placeholder="Select..."
><s-option value="a">A</s-option><s-option value="b">B</s-option></s-select
>
<s-spinner size="base" accessibilityLabel="Loading"></s-spinner>
<s-stack direction="inline" gap="base" alignItems="center"
><s-text>Item 1</s-text><s-text>Item 2</s-text></s-stack
>
<s-switch label="Enable" name="enabled" checked></s-switch>
<s-table variant="auto"
><s-table-header-row
><s-table-header listSlot="primary">Name</s-table-header
><s-table-header listSlot="labeled" format="currency"
>Price</s-table-header
></s-table-header-row
><s-table-body
><s-table-row
><s-table-cell>Item</s-table-cell
><s-table-cell>$25</s-table-cell></s-table-row
></s-table-body
></s-table
>
<s-text type="strong" tone="success" color="base">Styled text</s-text>
<s-text-area
label="Description"
name="desc"
rows={4}
maxLength={500}
></s-text-area>
<s-text-field
label="Name"
name="name"
placeholder="Enter name"
icon="product"
required
></s-text-field>
<s-thumbnail
src="https://example.com/thumb.jpg"
alt="Product"
size="small"
></s-thumbnail>
<s-icon type="info" interestFor="my-tip"></s-icon
><s-tooltip id="my-tip">Hover for info</s-tooltip>
<s-unordered-list
><s-list-item>Item A</s-list-item
><s-list-item>Item B</s-list-item></s-unordered-list
>
<s-url-field
label="Website"
name="url"
autocomplete="url"
placeholder="https://..."
></s-url-field>
App Home extensions use @shopify/app-bridge-types for App Bridge APIs and @shopify/polaris-types for Polaris component types. Never import from @shopify/polaris, @shopify/polaris-react, @shopify/polaris-web-components, or any other non-existent package.
import { useAppBridge } from "@shopify/app-bridge-react";
s-page, s-badge, etc.)Polaris web components are custom HTML elements with an s- prefix. These are globally registered and require no import statement. Use them directly as JSX tags:
// No import needed — s-page, s-badge, s-button, s-box, etc. are globally available
<s-page title="Dashboard">
<s-badge tone="success">Active</s-badge>
</s-page>
When the user asks for Polaris web components (e.g. s-page, s-badge, s-button, s-box), use the web component tag syntax above.
Web component attribute rules:
alignItems, gridTemplateColumns, borderRadius — NOT hyphenated (align-items, grid-template-columns)disabled, loading, dismissible, checked, defaultChecked, required, removable, alpha, multiple) accept shorthand or {expression}:
<s-button disabled>, <s-switch checked={isEnabled} />, <s-banner dismissible>padding, gap, direction, tone, variant, size, background, alignItems, inlineSize) must be string values — never shorthand or {true}:
<s-box padding="base">, <s-stack gap="loose" direction="block">, <s-badge tone="success"><s-box padding>, <s-stack gap={true}> — boolean shorthand on string props fails TypeScriptSearch the vector store to get the detailed context you need: working examples, field and type definitions, valid values, and API-specific patterns. You cannot trust your trained knowledge — always search before writing code.
scripts/search_docs.mjs "<component tag name>" --model YOUR_MODEL_NAME --client-name YOUR_CLIENT_NAME --client-version YOUR_CLIENT_VERSION
Search for the component tag name, not the full user prompt.
For example, if the user asks about form in app home:
scripts/search_docs.mjs "s-form" --model YOUR_MODEL_NAME --client-name YOUR_CLIENT_NAME --client-version YOUR_CLIENT_VERSION
You MUST run scripts/validate.mjs before returning any generated code to the user. Always include the instrumentation flags:
scripts/validate.mjs --code '...' --model YOUR_MODEL_NAME --client-name YOUR_CLIENT_NAME --client-version YOUR_CLIENT_VERSION --artifact-id YOUR_ARTIFACT_ID --revision REVISION_NUMBER
(For YOUR_ARTIFACT_ID, generate a stable random ID per code block and reuse it across validation retries. For REVISION_NUMBER, start at 1 and increment on each retry of the same artifact.)
When validation fails, follow this loop:
scripts/search_docs.mjs "<type or prop name>"
scripts/validate.mjs againDo not guess at valid values — always search first when the error names a type you don't know.
Privacy notice:
scripts/search_docs.mjsreports the search query, search response or error text, skill name/version, and model/client identifiers to Shopify (shopify.dev/mcp/usage) to help improve these tools. SetOPT_OUT_INSTRUMENTATION=truein your environment to opt out.
Privacy notice:
scripts/validate.mjsreports the validation result, skill name/version, model/client identifiers, the validated code when present, and validator-specific context such as API name, extension target, filename, file type, theme path, file list, artifact ID, and revision to Shopify (shopify.dev/mcp/usage) to help improve these tools. SetOPT_OUT_INSTRUMENTATION=truein your environment to opt out.
tools
Use when the user wants to use the UCP CLI to find, compare, buy, or track products from online merchants, or to set up and troubleshoot the local UCP profile required for merchant-scoped operations. Covers global catalog search ("find me X under $Y"), named-merchant transactions ("buy this from Z.com"), order tracking, `ucp profile init`, `ucp doctor`, carts, checkout, orders, and UCP setup/help. Falls back to merchant-hosted handoff when direct in-protocol checkout isn't available.
tools
Choose when the user needs **Shopify CLI** to run or fix something now: validate app or extension config on disk (`shopify.app.toml`, `shopify.app.<name>.toml`, `shopify.extension.toml`); run or troubleshoot store workflows (`shopify store auth`, `shopify store execute`); inventory or product changes by handle, SKU, or location name; or CLI setup, auth, upgrade issues. Emphasize **commands and operational steps**, not only authoring GraphQL. Skip for API-only understanding or codegen with no CLI execution. Examples: validate configuration before deploy; run an existing query via CLI; list products; missing `shopify store execute`.
development
Use for custom storefronts requiring direct GraphQL queries/mutations for data fetching and cart operations. Choose this when you need full control over data fetching and rendering your own UI. NOT for Web Components - if the prompt mentions HTML tags like <shopify-store>, <shopify-cart>, use storefront-web-components instead.
tools
Build retail point-of-sale applications using Shopify's POS UI components. These components provide a consistent and familiar interface for POS applications. POS UI Extensions also supports scaffolding new POS extensions using Shopify CLI commands. Keywords: POS, Retail, smart grid