Shopify Policy & Guardrails Skill

Shopify Policy & Guardrails

Overview

Automated policy enforcement for Shopify apps: secret detection, query cost budgets, App Store compliance checks, and CI policy validation.

Prerequisites

ESLint configured in project
Pre-commit hooks infrastructure
CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions
Shopify app with shopify.app.toml

Instructions

Step 1: Secret Detection Rules

// eslint-rules/no-shopify-secrets.js
module.exports = {
  meta: {
    type: "problem",
    docs: { description: "Detect hardcoded Shopify tokens and secrets" },
    messages: {
      adminToken: "Hardcoded Shopify Admin API token detected (shpat_*)",
      apiSecret: "Potential Shopify API secret detected",
      storefrontToken: "Hardcoded Storefront API token detected",
    },
  },
  create(context) {
    return {
      Literal(node) {
        if (typeof node.value !== "string") return;
        const v = node.value;

        // Admin API access token: shpat_ + 32 hex chars
        if (/^shpat_[a-f0-9]{32}$/i.test(v)) {
          context.report({ node, messageId: "adminToken" });
        }
        // Storefront token: shpss_ pattern
        if (/^shpss_[a-f0-9]{32}$/i.test(v)) {
          context.report({ node, messageId: "storefrontToken" });
        }
        // Generic secret pattern (32+ hex that's clearly a token)
        if (/^[a-f0-9]{32,}$/i.test(v) && v.length === 32) {
          context.report({ node, messageId: "apiSecret" });
        }
      },
      TemplateLiteral(node) {
        for (const quasi of node.quasis) {
          if (/shpat_[a-f0-9]/i.test(quasi.value.raw)) {
            context.report({ node, messageId: "adminToken" });
          }
        }
      },
    };
  },
};

Step 2: Query Cost Budget Enforcement

// Enforce query cost budgets at build/test time
interface QueryCostBudget {
  maxFirstParam: number;        // Max items per page
  maxNestedDepth: number;       // Max nested connection depth
  maxEstimatedCost: number;     // Max estimated query cost
}

const BUDGET: QueryCostBudget = {
  maxFirstParam: 100,           // Never request more than 100 items
  maxNestedDepth: 3,            // No more than 3 levels of edges/node
  maxEstimatedCost: 500,        // Stay well under 1,000 point limit
};

function validateQueryCost(query: string): string[] {
  const violations: string[] = [];

  // Check `first:` parameter values
  const firstParams = query.matchAll(/first:\s*(\d+)/g);
  for (const match of firstParams) {
    if (parseInt(match[1]) > BUDGET.maxFirstParam) {
      violations.push(
        `first: ${match[1]} exceeds budget of ${BUDGET.maxFirstParam}`
      );
    }
  }

  // Check nesting depth (count "edges { node {" patterns)
  const depth = (query.match(/edges\s*\{/g) || []).length;
  if (depth > BUDGET.maxNestedDepth) {
    violations.push(
      `Nesting depth ${depth} exceeds budget of ${BUDGET.maxNestedDepth}`
    );
  }

  // Estimate cost: multiply all `first` values along nested path
  const firstValues = [...query.matchAll(/first:\s*(\d+)/g)].map((m) =>
    parseInt(m[1])
  );
  const estimatedCost = firstValues.reduce((a, b) => a * b, 1);
  if (estimatedCost > BUDGET.maxEstimatedCost) {
    violations.push(
      `Estimated cost ${estimatedCost} exceeds budget of ${BUDGET.maxEstimatedCost}`
    );
  }

  return violations;
}

Step 3: Pre-Commit Hooks

# .pre-commit-config.yaml
repos:
  - repo: local
    hooks:
      - id: shopify-token-scan
        name: Scan for Shopify tokens
        language: system
        entry: bash -c '
          if git diff --cached --diff-filter=d | grep -E "shpat_[a-f0-9]{32}|shpss_[a-f0-9]{32}" ; then
            echo "ERROR: Shopify access token detected in staged changes"
            exit 1
          fi'
        pass_filenames: false

      - id: shopify-env-check
        name: Check .env not staged
        language: system
        entry: bash -c '
          if git diff --cached --name-only | grep -E "^\.env$|^\.env\.local$|^\.env\.production$" ; then
            echo "ERROR: .env file staged for commit"
            exit 1
          fi'
        pass_filenames: false

Step 4: App Store Compliance Checker

// scripts/check-app-compliance.ts
// Run before submitting to Shopify App Store

interface ComplianceCheck {
  name: string;
  required: boolean;
  check: () => Promise<boolean>;
}

const checks: ComplianceCheck[] = [
  {
    name: "GDPR webhook: customers/data_request",
    required: true,
    check: async () => {
      const toml = await readFile("shopify.app.toml", "utf-8");
      return toml.includes("customers/data_request");
    },
  },
  {
    name: "GDPR webhook: customers/redact",
    required: true,
    check: async () => {
      const toml = await readFile("shopify.app.toml", "utf-8");
      return toml.includes("customers/redact");
    },
  },
  {
    name: "GDPR webhook: shop/redact",
    required: true,
    check: async () => {
      const toml = await readFile("shopify.app.toml", "utf-8");
      return toml.includes("shop/redact");
    },
  },
  {
    name: "No hardcoded tokens in source",
    required: true,
    check: async () => {
      const { execSync } = require("child_process");
      const result = execSync(
        'grep -rE "shpat_[a-f0-9]{32}" app/ --include="*.ts" --include="*.tsx" || true'
      ).toString();
      return result.trim() === "";
    },
  },
  {
    name: "CSP frame-ancestors header set",
    required: true,
    check: async () => {
      const files = await glob("app/**/*.ts");
      const hasCSP = files.some((f) => {
        const content = readFileSync(f, "utf-8");
        return content.includes("frame-ancestors");
      });
      return hasCSP;
    },
  },
  {
    name: "API version is not unstable",
    required: true,
    check: async () => {
      const toml = await readFile("shopify.app.toml", "utf-8");
      return !toml.includes('api_version = "unstable"');
    },
  },
];

async function runComplianceChecks(): Promise<void> {
  console.log("=== Shopify App Store Compliance Check ===\n");
  let passed = 0;
  let failed = 0;

  for (const check of checks) {
    const result = await check.check();
    const status = result ? "PASS" : check.required ? "FAIL" : "WARN";
    console.log(`${status}: ${check.name}`);
    result ? passed++ : failed++;
  }

  console.log(`\n${passed} passed, ${failed} failed`);
  if (failed > 0) process.exit(1);
}

Step 5: CI Policy Pipeline

# .github/workflows/shopify-policy.yml
name: Shopify Policy

on: [push, pull_request]

jobs:
  policy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Scan for hardcoded Shopify tokens
        run: |
          if grep -rE "shpat_[a-f0-9]{32}|shpss_[a-f0-9]{32}" \
            --include="*.ts" --include="*.tsx" --include="*.js" \
            app/ src/ ; then
            echo "::error::Hardcoded Shopify tokens found!"
            exit 1
          fi

      - name: Check GDPR webhooks configured
        run: |
          for topic in "customers/data_request" "customers/redact" "shop/redact"; do
            if ! grep -q "$topic" shopify.app.toml; then
              echo "::error::Missing mandatory GDPR webhook: $topic"
              exit 1
            fi
          done
          echo "All GDPR webhooks configured"

      - name: Validate API version
        run: |
          VERSION=$(grep 'api_version' shopify.app.toml | head -1 | grep -oP '\d{4}-\d{2}')
          if [ "$VERSION" = "unstable" ]; then
            echo "::error::Cannot use unstable API version"
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "API version: $VERSION"

Output

ESLint rules catching hardcoded tokens
Query cost budgets enforced
Pre-commit hooks blocking secret leaks
App Store compliance checker
CI policy pipeline preventing violations

Error Handling

| Issue | Cause | Solution | |-------|-------|----------| | False positive on token | Base64 string matched | Narrow regex pattern | | Query cost estimate wrong | Complex variable nesting | Use actual debug header in tests | | Pre-commit bypassed | --no-verify flag | Enforce in CI as backup | | App Store rejection | Missing GDPR webhook | Run compliance checker before submit |

Examples

Quick Policy Scan

# One-liner: check for token leaks in staged changes
git diff --cached | grep -E "shpat_|shpss_" && echo "TOKEN LEAK!" || echo "Clean"

# Check GDPR compliance
grep -c "customers/data_request\|customers/redact\|shop/redact" shopify.app.toml
# Should output: 3

Resources

Next Steps

For architecture blueprints, see shopify-architecture-variants.

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