SKU & GTIN Doctor in Shopify Sidekick
Ask Shopify Sidekick about your catalog findings in the Shopify admin: what is wrong, which products, which barcodes. Read-only, with links to each finding in SKU & GTIN Doctor.
What it is
SKU & GTIN Doctor gives Shopify Sidekick, the AI assistant in the Shopify admin, read access to your catalog findings. There is nothing to set up: it works once the app is installed, on stores where Sidekick is available.
How it works
- Open Sidekick in your Shopify admin and ask about your catalog, for example "What's wrong with my catalog?".
- Sidekick asks permission first: "Allow Sidekick to use SKU & GTIN Doctor to ...?" Choose Yes, Yes and don't ask again, or No.
- Sidekick answers from the app's findings: counts by severity and check, product names, and barcodes, with "View finding" links that open the finding inside the app in Shopify admin.
Things to ask
- What's wrong with my catalog?
- Which products have invalid barcodes?
- Show me the high-severity findings.
- Which variants share the same barcode?
- Is 4006381333931 a valid barcode?
- When did SKU & GTIN Doctor last scan my store?
Tools
| Tool | Answers |
|---|---|
catalog_findings_summary | What is wrong with my catalog? Counts by severity and check, the most severe open findings, and when the last scan ran. |
search_catalog_findings | Which products have a given problem? Findings filtered by check, severity, status, or text, 10 at a time. |
get_catalog_finding | What exactly is wrong with this one? The evidence the check recorded, what the check looks for, and where to fix it. |
validate_gtin | Is this barcode valid? A check-digit test for GTIN-8, UPC, EAN, and GTIN-14 that does not read your store. |
catalog_scan_status | When did the last scan run? What it found, when the catalog was last synced, and which checks are on. |
What it cannot do
- It is read-only. Sidekick cannot change your store or a finding's status; resolve, snooze, and reopen stay in the dashboard.
- Each answer carries at most 10 findings. Ask for a check, a severity, or a product to narrow the list.
- Your store needs Sidekick, which is not available on every store.
Other assistants
Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other assistants connect over MCP and can also resolve or snooze findings. See the SKU & GTIN Doctor MCP server page.