Agent skill

Shopify Admin Dead Stock Identifier

by 40RTY-ai in 40RTY-ai/shopify-admin-skills

Read-only: cross-references inventory levels with order velocity to flag items with positive stock but zero sales in N days.

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Install Shopify Admin Dead Stock Identifier

skills CLI
$ npx skills add 40RTY-ai/shopify-admin-skills --skill shopify-admin-dead-stock-identifier -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install 40RTY-ai/shopify-admin-skills shopify-admin-dead-stock-identifier --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/40RTY-ai/shopify-admin-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/merchandising/shopify-admin-dead-stock-identifier .claude/skills/shopify-admin-dead-stock-identifier && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
shopify-admin-dead-stock-identifier
GitHub stars
194
Token cost
~1.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
405 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
116
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Read-only: cross-references inventory levels with order velocity to flag items with positive stock but zero sales in N days.

  • Works in 5 steps: OPERATION: productVariants — query → Filter to variants with… → OPERATION: orders — query → …
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, Prerequisites, Parameters and Safety, plus 6 more sections
  • Calls shopify

What it does

Shopify Admin Dead Stock Identifier is an agent skill from 40RTY-ai/shopify-admin-skills. Read-only: cross-references inventory levels with order velocity to flag items with positive stock but zero sales in N days.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts. Compatibility notes: Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI

It works with Shopify. The repository describes itself as: Community-maintained AI agent skills for operating Shopify stores — workflows, optimization, reports and more. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/shopify-admin-dead-stock-identifier”

Requirements

  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. OPERATION: productVariants — query
  2. Filter to variants with inventoryQuantity >= min_quantity
  3. OPERATION: orders — query
  4. OPERATION: inventoryItems — query
  5. Cross-reference: variants in step 2 that are NOT in the sold set from step 3 → dead stock

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6765cb4. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • shopify

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

  • Compatibility

    Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Shopify Admin Dead Stock Identifier loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 40 tokens; SKILL.md has 405 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~40
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.5k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from 40RTY-ai/shopify-admin-skills at commit 6765cb4, republished under its MIT licence (© 40RTY-ai). 405 words, ~1,504 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/shopify-admin-dead-stock-identifier/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
shopify-admin-dead-stock-identifier
description
Read-only: cross-references inventory levels with order velocity to flag items with positive stock but zero sales in N days.
compatibility
Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI
role
merchandising
toolkit
shopify-admin, shopify-admin-execution
api_version
2025-01
graphql_operations
productVariants:query, orders:query, inventoryItems:query
status
stable

Purpose

Identifies SKUs that have positive inventory on hand but have not sold any units in a configurable lookback window. Dead stock ties up capital, warehouse space, and carrying costs. Read-only — no mutations. Provides the data foundation for a markdown or clearance decision.

Prerequisites

  • Authenticated Shopify CLI session: shopify store auth --store <domain> --scopes read_products,read_orders,read_inventory
  • API scopes: read_products, read_orders, read_inventory

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
storestringyes—Store domain (e.g., mystore.myshopify.com)
days_backintegerno90Sales lookback window — SKUs with no sales in this period are flagged
min_quantityintegerno1Minimum on-hand quantity to include (exclude truly zero-stock)
vendor_filterstringno—Optional vendor to scope the audit
formatstringnohumanOutput format: human or json

Safety

ℹ️ Read-only skill — no mutations are executed. Safe to run at any time.

Workflow Steps

  1. OPERATION: productVariants — query Inputs: first: 250, query: <vendor_filter if set>, select sku, inventoryQuantity, inventoryItem { id }, pagination cursor Expected output: All variants with stock levels; paginate until hasNextPage: false

  2. Filter to variants with inventoryQuantity >= min_quantity

  3. OPERATION: orders — query Inputs: query: "created_at:>='<NOW - days_back days>'", first: 250, select lineItems { variant { id }, quantity }, pagination cursor Expected output: All line items sold in the window to build a "sold variant IDs" set

  4. OPERATION: inventoryItems — query Inputs: Batch of inventoryItemIds for stocked variants Expected output: Inventory item cost data for dead stock value calculation

  5. Cross-reference: variants in step 2 that are NOT in the sold set from step 3 → dead stock

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GraphQL Operations

graphql
# productVariants:query — validated against api_version 2025-01
query VariantsWithStock($query: String, $after: String) {
  productVariants(first: 250, after: $after, query: $query) {
    edges {
      node {
        id
        sku
        inventoryQuantity
        product {
          id
          title
          vendor
          status
        }
        inventoryItem {
          id
        }
      }
    }
    pageInfo {
      hasNextPage
      endCursor
    }
  }
}
graphql
# orders:query — validated against api_version 2025-01
query OrderLineItemsInPeriod($query: String!, $after: String) {
  orders(first: 250, after: $after, query: $query) {
    edges {
      node {
        lineItems(first: 50) {
          edges {
            node {
              quantity
              variant {
                id
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
    pageInfo {
      hasNextPage
      endCursor
    }
  }
}
graphql
# inventoryItems:query — validated against api_version 2025-01
query InventoryItemCosts($ids: [ID!]!) {
  nodes(ids: $ids) {
    ... on InventoryItem {
      id
      unitCost {
        amount
        currencyCode
      }
      tracked
    }
  }
}

Session Tracking

Claude MUST emit the following output at each stage. This is mandatory.

On start, emit:

╔══════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║  SKILL: Dead Stock Identifier                ║
║  Store: <store domain>                       ║
║  Started: <YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM UTC>             ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════╝

After each step, emit:

[N/TOTAL] <QUERY|MUTATION>  <OperationName>
          → Params: <brief summary of key inputs>
          → Result: <count or outcome>

On completion, emit:

For format: human (default):

══════════════════════════════════════════════
DEAD STOCK REPORT  (no sales in <days_back> days)
  SKUs with stock:       <n>
  SKUs with zero sales:  <n>  (<pct>%)
  Est. dead stock value: $<amount>

  Top dead stock by value:
    "<product>"  SKU: <sku>  Qty: <n>  Value: $<n>
  Output: dead_stock_<date>.csv
══════════════════════════════════════════════

For format: json, emit:

json
{
  "skill": "dead-stock-identifier",
  "store": "<domain>",
  "period_days": 90,
  "stocked_skus": 0,
  "dead_stock_skus": 0,
  "dead_stock_pct": 0,
  "estimated_value": 0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "output_file": "dead_stock_<date>.csv"
}

Output Format

CSV file dead_stock_<YYYY-MM-DD>.csv with columns: variant_id, sku, product_title, vendor, quantity_on_hand, days_since_last_sale, unit_cost, total_cost_value

Error Handling

ErrorCauseRecovery
THROTTLEDAPI rate limit exceededWait 2 seconds, retry up to 3 times
No orders in windowNew store or very slow periodAll stocked SKUs will be flagged — expected
Variant without inventory itemBundle or virtual productSkip inventory cost, include in list

Best Practices

  • Use days_back: 90 for seasonal products; days_back: 180 or days_back: 365 for evergreen catalog.
  • Sort by total_cost_value descending to prioritize markdown decisions by capital impact.
  • Cross-reference with stock-velocity-report to distinguish truly dead stock from slow movers that still sell occasionally.
  • Use results as input for a discount campaign: apply a markdown tag using product-tag-bulk-update and then create a clearance collection.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/merchandising/shopify-admin-dead-stock-identifier of 40RTY-ai/shopify-admin-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6765cb4

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Questions about Shopify Admin Dead Stock Identifier

What does Shopify Admin Dead Stock Identifier do?

Read-only: cross-references inventory levels with order velocity to flag items with positive stock but zero sales in N days. Shopify Admin Dead Stock Identifier is an agent skill from 40RTY-ai/shopify-admin-skills. Read-only: cross-references inventory levels with order velocity to flag items with positive stock but zero sales in N days.

How do I install Shopify Admin Dead Stock Identifier in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add 40RTY-ai/shopify-admin-skills --skill shopify-admin-dead-stock-identifier -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/merchandising/shopify-admin-dead-stock-identifier in 40RTY-ai/shopify-admin-skills) into .claude/skills/shopify-admin-dead-stock-identifier in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Shopify Admin Dead Stock Identifier in Codex?

Run `npx skills add 40RTY-ai/shopify-admin-skills --skill shopify-admin-dead-stock-identifier -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/merchandising/shopify-admin-dead-stock-identifier in 40RTY-ai/shopify-admin-skills) into .agents/skills/shopify-admin-dead-stock-identifier in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Shopify Admin Dead Stock Identifier in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add 40RTY-ai/shopify-admin-skills --skill shopify-admin-dead-stock-identifier -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/shopify-admin-dead-stock-identifier, .gemini/skills/shopify-admin-dead-stock-identifier, .github/skills/shopify-admin-dead-stock-identifier and .opencode/skills/shopify-admin-dead-stock-identifier in your project.

What does Shopify Admin Dead Stock Identifier need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Shopify Admin Dead Stock Identifier needs the command-line tools its instructions call (shopify). Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI.

Does Shopify Admin Dead Stock Identifier access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Shopify Admin Dead Stock Identifier safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Shopify Admin Dead Stock Identifier use?

Shopify Admin Dead Stock Identifier is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Shopify Admin Dead Stock Identifier use?

About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Skills that share tags, products or a category with Shopify Admin Dead Stock Identifier: Shopify (Shopify/Shopify-AI-Toolkit, 592 stars), E-commerce Visual Copywriting (feichanggege/ecommerce-visual-copywriting-skill, 867 stars), Reviewing Pull Requests (Shopify/shopify-app-js, 541 stars) and Better Design (marvkr/better-design, 254 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Shopify Admin Dead Stock Identifier?

40RTY-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in 40RTY-ai/shopify-admin-skills, which has 194 GitHub stars. The repository holds 116 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 14, 2026.

Source: 40RTY-ai/shopify-admin-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.