What can an AI agent do with
Create and change discounts?
It can create, change, and delete discount codes and automatic discounts, such as a percentage off, a fixed amount off, or free shipping.
How to spot it
On a Shopify connection or settings screen, this is write_discounts.
With it, an agent can
- Create discount codes that customers type at checkout
- Create automatic discounts
- Change, delete, and read existing discounts
It cannot, on its own
- It cannot refund past orders with this permission alone
What a bad day looks like
It could create a large discount code that spreads online and sells your stock at a loss.
Set it up safer
- Grant read_discounts if it only needs to report on discounts
- Ask for an approval step before any new discount goes live
Ask the company selling the agent
- Is there a limit on how big a discount it can create?
- Will it tell me every time it creates a discount?
Source
Checked against Shopify documentation on 2026-09-28. All Shopify permissions →
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