Snipcart Platform Help

Snipcart is a developer-first embeddable cart: a JS snippet plus data-item-* buy-button attributes turn any static/JAMstack/custom site into a store. Its signature mechanic — and #1 error class — is price validation by crawling your product URLs. Automation runs through a REST API, webhooks with token-callback verification, a JS SDK, and an official hosted MCP server.

Step 1 — Gather context

If references/learnings.md exists, read it first for accumulated platform knowledge.

Ask only what you can't infer from the user's prompt:

1. What are you trying to do?

   • A) Add Snipcart to a site (which stack — Hugo/Gatsby/Next/Astro/WordPress/custom?)
   • B) Fix a checkout/validation error (product-crawling-failed, price mismatch, missing attributes)
   • C) Integrate orders with a CRM/fulfillment/warehouse (API, webhooks, MCP)
   • D) Understand pricing (2% vs $20/mo minimum) or Test vs Live modes
   • E) Custom shipping/taxes/subscriptions

2. Is the product page server-rendered? JS-rendered pages break the price crawler — the fix differs (JSON crawling endpoint vs SSR).