Connect Shopify to cmo.so

So your main blog stays exactly as you planned it, while Maggie's articles still help your store get found: the Resources blog is in your sitemap and reachable by search.

Each article is tagged with its topic and your brand, since Shopify blogs use tags rather than categories.

No. The app only needs the write_content scope, which lets it create blog articles. It can't see orders, customers or payments.

write_content is the only scope you type in when you create the app in the Dev Dashboard. When you install it, Shopify lists what the app can access, so you can see that for yourself before pressing Install. What cmo.so publishes is the title, excerpt, featured picture, tags and the article, into a Resources blog it creates on your store. The Client secret goes straight to cmo.so over HTTPS and is checked with Shopify; Maggie never sees it.

Shopify's client credentials only work for stores in the same organisation as the Dev Dashboard app. Create the app from the organisation that owns your store, install it there, and the check will pass.

In practice, sign in to the Dev Dashboard with the organisation that owns the store before pressing Create an app. If someone builds the app in a different organisation, for example their own, the check won't pass, because outside merchants can't connect this way. If you have an older static access token beginning shpat_, it's only accepted on ai.cmo.so, not in the app.

Add the write_content scope in the app's configuration, release a new version and update the app on your store, then press Check and connect again.

Releasing a new version isn't enough on its own: the store keeps the old scopes until you update the app there. After updating, go back to the cmo.so form and press Check and connect. While you're there, check the store address is the your-store.myshopify.com address marked Primary under Settings → Domains, and that the Client ID and Client secret come from the same app.

New connections start at one article a day. You choose Posts per day in Publishing settings, up to your plan's limit: 1 before a plan, then 2 (Air), 12 (Pro), 24 (Max), 48 (Ultra) or 96 (Elite).

Each delivered article uses one post from your monthly allowance, and the app shows what's left. Turn Publishing off and written articles simply wait in order.

Yes. Open it in Posts → Ready: switch between Preview and Edit, change any words and Save. Rewrite asks Maggie for a new version with your note, Fix Markdown tidies the formatting, and Publish now sends it straight away on connections that support it.

Ideas for future articles sit in Posts → Ideas, where you can add your own, reorder the plan or delete any you don't want.

If you want her to. In Publishing settings, Refresh older articles can be Off, When I ask or Automatic. Automatic uses a share of each day's posts (10 to 50%) for rewrites of articles older than 30, 60, 90 or 180 days.

Rewrites keep the same address, so links and search history stay; the Rewrite queue in Me shows what's suggested and what has been rewritten, and Search Console data steers which articles need it most.

When it's on, the content guard reads each post before it goes out and checks it against your industry's rules (financial, medical, insurance, legal or education) and any rule you write yourself, such as never naming a competitor.

A post that may break a rule is held, as a draft on your website or in Review for social, with the reason and a suggested rewrite, even if posts normally go out on their own. You can see what it held and why in Publishing settings.

Yes, and that's how it starts. New posts wait in the app (Posts → Ready for articles, Social → Review for social posts) until you approve them. You can edit any post, ask Maggie to change it in your own words, or delete it.

When you trust the results, switch the channel to go out on its own; the content guard keeps checking each post first and holds anything it isn't sure about. You can switch back, or pause, at any time.

Your brand profile and the first drafts are ready within minutes of entering your website, and the first posts can go out the same day once you approve them.

Search traffic builds over weeks to months as Google and AI assistants find and trust your pages; social reach grows with regular posting. Connect Search Console to see which posts bring clicks, and Maggie uses it to choose what to improve.

Verifying proves the website is yours. It unlocks your 30 free posts and, for some connections, publishing itself. You can verify with a work email at your domain, a DNS TXT record (one tap if your domain is on Cloudflare), the WordPress plugin, or by asking us to check by hand, usually within one working day.

Free email addresses such as Gmail or Outlook can't be used for the email check.

Yes. Everything on this page works in the cmo.so app on iPhone and on the web at app.cmo.so: connecting, approving, editing and pausing.

You can also ask Maggie from ChatGPT or Claude through the cmo.so connector, for example to see what's waiting for you or to change a post, and she shows a card before she changes anything.