Shopify App Evaluator Claude Skill — App Stack Audit Template

Evaluate Shopify apps before installing — pricing model, conflicts, support, reviews, and performance impact. Stop paying $1,400/mo for apps you forgot existed.

What this Claude Skill does

• Audit current Shopify apps for cost, usage, and overlap
• Score new app candidates on impact, risk, and switching cost
• Document conflicts with theme, checkout, and other apps
• Output a 90-day plan to consolidate the stack

Built for

• DTC operators auditing app sprawl
• Agencies recommending apps responsibly to clients
• Founders avoiding the common $2K/mo app trap

What's inside

• SKILL.md — the full skill file with frontmatter, methodology, phases, examples, anti-patterns, and recovery
• Step-by-step phases Claude follows to produce a senior-level output every time
• Worked examples with realistic detail you can adapt to your situation
• Anti-patterns + recovery playbook so the work survives edge cases
• Delivery file tree so outputs land organized for you or your client

How a Claude Skill works

This is a Claude Skill — a single SKILL.md file Claude reads as instructions for a specific kind of work. Drop it in your Claude Project, your /mnt/skills/user/ folder, or wherever Claude can read it. Claude triggers the skill automatically when your prompt matches its description, then follows the methodology end to end.

Author

Built by Ukiyo Productions — a strategy-led branding and growth agency. Part of a 100+ skill marketplace built for founders, operators, consultants, and agencies.