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BigCommerce Storefront MCP (Official, B2C)

bigcommerce-storefront-mcp

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BigCommerce's official B2C Storefront MCP, hosted at {store}/api/mcp: 6 buyer-facing tools — search_products, get_product_details, add/update/remove cart items, create_checkout_url. Guest shopping flow, no auth. Built for AI shopping agents.

When to use

AI shopping agents browsing a BigCommerce catalog and building a guest cart/checkout — product search, details, cart, and a checkout URL.

When not to use

Managing products, orders or customers — this is buyer-facing storefront only (no admin API); or authenticated/logged-in buyer flows.

Open source

Free, functional integration code you run yourself.

Premium · managed ✦

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What you need to integrate

Authentication

none · documented

Requirements

  • Rate limits: undocumented
  • Tool-definition budget: 2,709 tok

Setup checklist

  1. No authentication required.
  2. Set environment variables: BIGCOMMERCE_STOREFRONT_MCP_TOKEN.

Env: BIGCOMMERCE_STOREFRONT_MCP_TOKEN

Docs & known issues

Evaluation

Create operations✗ not idempotent
Update operations✗ not idempotent

Not measured — cart writes need a constructed item object and were not exercised; search/detail are reads.

Works with

See the full compatibility list.