Using Polaris tooling in the Shopify dev Model Context Protocol server

Learn how to enable Polaris tooling in the Shopify dev MCP server to make app development fast and seamless.

Anchor to RequirementsRequirements

1. You must have Node 20 or higher installed.
2. You will need a LLM-enabled development environment capable of integrating with Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

Anchor to Run the MCP ServerRun the MCP Server

To start the dev MCP server, using run the following command:

Anchor to Enable Polaris MCP ToolsEnable Polaris MCP Tools

Enable early-access Polaris Web Components tooling by setting the POLARIS_UNIFIED environment variable to true.

Anchor to MCP ConfigurationMCP Configuration

This command can be added to various dev environments to add the MCP integration

After configuring your tooling, be sure to tell your agent to use available tools that help you build with Polaris Web Components across all supported surfaces.

Anchor to Next stepsNext steps

Learn about the various surfaces where you can use Polaris Web Components

• App home
• Admin UI extensions
• Checkout extensions
• Customer Account extensions