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The next wave of ecommerce isn't a new theme; it's agents doing the shopping.
Shopify just quietly released something huge: MCP servers + Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). AI agents can now browse products, discover items, and checkout on behalf of your customers with no clicks.
I build headless Shopify storefronts with Hydrogen + custom Storefront API. That means I can wire your store into the agentic layer before it becomes the new standard.
Services: Hydrogen storefronts · MCP integration · Checkout extensions · Agentic commerce builds
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