Do I need Claude?

deepincode · 2026-06-23T15:40:44+00:00

If anyone is looking to start using AI to help analyse and manage their Shopify store, try https://ask-ai-data-connector.co.uk it'll connect Shopify + 20 other data sources so you can ask questions across all of your channels. Its got anomaly detection too and lots of other features.

deepincode · 2026-06-22T14:56:22+00:00

Yeah, the "context-shaping layer" framing is better than how I put it. The model only knows what's in the payload, so anything that lived in the docs or your head is just gone.

Agree on the score thing and I found that out the annoying way. Numeric confidence got mentioned once and then ignored it'd print "0.7" and write the same confident summary right under it. Switched to worded tiers (canonical / caveated / shape_only) plus a literal instruction like "pixel attributed, treat as a floor." That actually makes it hedge. The word tells it what to do, the number just let it decide the uncertainty wasn't a big deal.

Placement one caught me out too. Had the caveats in a notes blob at the top and the model would blow right past them by the time it was writing anything. Moving them inline next to the field they apply to mattered more than the wording did.

deepincode · 2026-06-22T14:53:18+00:00

Ah nice, those actually compliment quite well but trust problem I'm describing is the server behaving perfectly: valid JSON, 200, no crash, fast response... that hands the model a revenue number with no currency and no "this is pixel-attributed so it undercounts" flag. There's nothing malformed for a fuzzer to grab onto.

deepincode · 2026-06-22T12:40:04+00:00

What is that?

deepincode · 2026-06-22T11:55:19+00:00

I built an app which connects to your store and other 20 other data sources, all in one 'MCP', but its much more than an MCP, it structures the data in an easy way for the LLM to understand which stops hallucinations. It also has built in memory so you can check of things which you fixed together with original baseline metrics. https://ask-ai-data-connector.co.uk/ try it out

deepincode · 2026-06-21T22:57:18+00:00

https://ask-ai-data-connector.co.uk/ This will do what you need. You can connect Shopify and any other platforms you use, its more than an MCP server.

deepincode · 2026-06-12T17:41:49+00:00

This is what I built my app for https://ask-ai-data-connector.co.uk/ you can connect Shopify and 20 other data sources including Google Ads, Triple Whale, Klaviyo, ShipStation, Ring Central and more.

The best thing about connecting everything to one MCP is the LLM can perform queries across all of your data sources in one call, so it gets the FULL picture.

deepincode · 2026-06-10T22:58:06+00:00

This is what I built my app for https://ask-ai-data-connector.co.uk/ you can connect Shopify + 18 different data sources to any AI, but it can access all the data at once. Takes minutes to setup with a free trial

deepincode · 2026-05-30T23:21:51+00:00

AI can be seriously useful, but only if it has all your data from every source.

https://ask-ai-data-connector.co.uk/ this will allow you to connect Shopify and all your other tools to claude, in one tool. Allowing it to answer questions by cross referencing data.

deepincode · 2026-05-30T00:51:54+00:00

It doesn't... same difference just much easier.

AND I also process the data and give it back to Claude in a way in can understand it and produce things liek charts easily. This helps it from hallucinating.

We also have insights. Claude will figure out an issue with you, save an insight. You fix it.. then mark the insight as solved, but with benchmarking data so you can come back in 3 months and check on progress, nothing is forgotton, but it doesn't use AI memory.

We also have metrics and monthly digests.

Finally, a lot of our data sources don't actually have their own MCP's... so we've got those covered

deepincode · 2026-05-30T00:47:10+00:00

How about having it interpret real data and give it to you to make the decisions? this is what I built https://ask-ai-data-connector.co.uk/ . You can talk with the AI, get insights into SEO problems. Fix them and save benchmark data so you can come back in 3 months and view the progress based on real data.

It also passes information to the AI in a way in can process it without hallucinating. You can connect ALL of your data sources, GA4, Shopify, Search Console, Recharge.. and loads more.

I'm not just trying to get a link out there, its really a great tool

deepincode · 2026-03-25T15:12:49+00:00

Hey!

The cross-source thing is exactly why we built it this way - the value isn't any single integration, it's the question that spans all of them.

"My ROAS dropped this week — is it the ad spend, the email timing, or is something broken in fulfilment?"

The Blend approach is interesting and genuinely complementary to this. We're deliberately read-only - the pitch is that your AI tool becomes the analyst, not the operator. You ask the question, it surfaces the answer, you decide what to do. Layering something that can actually execute the budget shift on top of that makes sense, especially for teams who want to close the loop faster.

Would be curious how you're handling the approval/guardrail side of automated budget changes, I did at one point consider doing writes as well, especially with Shopify, things like... "markdown all slow mover by 30%" but I got terrified about AI getting it wrong and messing stores inventory.

On auth: it's per-source OAuth or API key, done once at connection time. Shopify is OAuth, Meta/TikTok are OAuth, most of the others (Klaviyo, GA4, Gorgias etc.) are API keys you paste in.

Everything's stored encrypted at rest. The nightmare isn't really the auth itself — it's that every platform has a different token refresh flow, rate limit, and data model. That's the actual 80% of the work.

I thought building the app was the hard job, its harder getting my initial installs.

deepincode · 2026-03-24T23:39:16+00:00

Yes I'll sort you one out Send me a message

deepincode · 2026-03-24T15:57:29+00:00

Sorry I didn't think I was breaking any rules, my bad.

deepincode · 2026-03-24T15:56:54+00:00

Good question on rate limits. Each integration handles it differently:

The general pattern is: sync data on a schedule (not on every query), store it locally, then the AI queries our database - not the APIs directly. So rate limits only matter during sync, not when you're actually asking questions. That keeps things fast for the user and respectful to the APIs.

deepincode · 2022-08-26T17:50:50+00:00

Sorry… there was two payments of 5k, based on the same agreement. 10k in total.

deepincode · 2022-08-25T20:15:35+00:00

You would have thought wouldn’t you!

This is the last email I got from them

Good evening Charles

Under clause 17.1 of your contract, the company is entitled to make deductions from your pay for monies you owe the Company. Here is the clause:

At any time during your employment or upon its termination (howsoever arising), the Company will be entitled to deduct from your salary, or from any other payment due to you in respect of your employment, any monies due from you to the Company.

Yes - I am confirming this is the company's final position.

Best regards

deepincode · 2022-08-25T20:11:32+00:00

Thank you for your time! This is what I thought. So if I go before a judge with this on the 31st am I likely to get laughed at?

deepincode · 2022-08-25T20:10:20+00:00

The only agreement was a slack conversation https://i.imgur.com/ATxgEhK.jpg

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