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Connect an AI assistant to read your Glide traffic over MCP. Access is read only - there’s no access level to choose. Requires an assistant that supports remote MCP servers.

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Steps

  1. In Shopify admin, open Apps → Glide.
  2. Go to Agent connections in the app navigation.
  3. Under Connect an assistant, click Copy URL next to MCP server URL.
  4. Add the URL as a remote MCP server in your assistant.
  5. Follow the assistant’s connection steps. When it asks for your store, use the part after /store/ in your Shopify admin address.
  6. In Shopify, Connect an AI assistant opens. Check the assistant and the address under Returns to, then click Approve.
  7. Return to your assistant.
Agent connections only appears in the app navigation when connections are switched on for your store. Otherwise the page reads “Agent connections aren’t available yet”. Your traffic report is unaffected.

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Check before you approve

The approval screen reads “Claude wants to read your Glide data” (with your assistant’s name) and shows your store.
  • Verified - the return address is claude.ai or chatgpt.com.
  • Unverified - any other address. Glide warns “Glide doesn’t recognise this address”. Only approve if you started the connection yourself.
Click Deny to refuse.

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What your assistant can do

  • Can read - your traffic report (visits, pages, countries, sources and devices), recent activity (the latest page views, without visitor identities) and tracking status.
  • Cannot - change anything in your store or in Glide, or see visitor identities, IP addresses or visitor IDs.
These are the same three tools Sidekick uses: get_traffic_report, get_recent_activity and get_tracking_status.

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Example prompts

  • “Summarise my Glide traffic for the last 30 days. How much looks Human?”
  • “Was there a spike in Suspect or Bot traffic this month? When?”
  • “Which pages and sources get the most Agents traffic?”

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Disconnect

Agent connections → Connected assistants lists each assistant with Connected by, Connected, Last used and Expires. Click Disconnect, then Disconnect again to confirm. The assistant loses access straight away, and you can connect it again later. Connections end after 30 days. Reconnect after expiry. Uninstalling Glide deletes all connections. Disconnecting doesn’t remove data the assistant already read. Its provider handles that data under your agreement with them.