Spree Commerce Platform Help

Step 1 — Gather context

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

Figure out what the user actually needs before diving in:

Goal — building/debugging an API integration, reacting to a commerce event via webhooks, using the AI-agent tooling (agent skills / docs MCP / Admin API CLI), upgrading a Spree version without breaking customizations, self-hosting, choosing Community vs Enterprise, or a checkout/conversion question?
Which API — the Store API (/api/v3/store, customer-facing, publishable key), the Platform API (/api/v2/platform, machine-to-machine, OAuth2), the new Admin API (/api/v3/admin, open-sourced in 5.5, scoped keys), or the legacy Storefront API v2 (/api/v2/storefront)?
Actor / auth — a storefront client (publishable key pk_xxx + per-cart order token) or a backend integration (OAuth2 client-credentials → Authorization: Bearer)?
Hosting / edition — self-hosted Community Edition (free, BSD-3, you run Rails + Postgres + Redis/Sidekiq) or Enterprise Edition (custom license, managed hosting, SSO, advanced B2B/marketplace)?

Skip-ahead rule: if the prompt already says what they need, go straight to Step 2.

If the question is really a cross-platform strategy, hand off with the exact command: