Special Winter 26 Edition Update: Headless Commerce meets AI

We've spent the last few months doing under-the-hood work to make sure Hydrogen is ready for the shift to AI-powered commerce. Now we’re excited to share a new set of improvements for developers who are building with the latest coding tools and for customers who are using AI assistants to shop online.

The following updates are all included in Shopify’s Winter 2026 Edition.

Integrate AI assistants into your storefront with Storefront MCP 

Hydrogen stores on Oxygen now support Storefront MCP, letting you build custom AI agents directly into your storefront. Give customers personalized recommendations, help them fill their cart, and even guide them through checkout—all powered by real-time data about your store's products and customers through the Storefront API.

Tap into agentic commerce with Shopify Catalog

Your headless storefront can now be discovered by AI shopping tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity. Shopify Catalog makes your products accessible to customers who are using AI assistants to shop, opening up an entirely new discovery channel for agentic commerce.

 

Boost your Hydrogen development with Dev MCP

Industry standard AI coding tools like Cursor and Claude can now use Dev MCP to access comprehensive Hydrogen documentation, Storefront API references, and the Hydrogen Cookbook. This means faster development, better code suggestions, and less time searching through docs.

As AI becomes a standard interface for shopping and for development, these features give you the infrastructure you need to support both. Whether your customers are shopping through AI assistants or you're building with AI coding tools, Hydrogen is ready.