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You already ask ChatGPT and Claude to draft emails and check numbers. With the Tanqory connector, they can also read your store and make changes in it. Ask "Which products are low on stock?" or "Create a 15% discount code SPRING15 that ends on 31 March", and the assistant works with your live store data through Tanqory.
This post covers how to connect, what to ask first and what stops a conversation from changing more than you meant it to.
Connect in a few minutes
You need a Tanqory account with access to at least one store, and a ChatGPT or Claude account. Each assistant uses its own address:
| Assistant | Server address |
|---|---|
| ChatGPT | https://api.tanqory.com/v1/mcp |
| Claude | https://api.tanqory.com/v1/mcp/claude |
In ChatGPT, open the apps directory, search for Tanqory and choose Connect. If your workspace adds its own MCP servers, add one with the ChatGPT address and choose OAuth.
In Claude, open Settings, then Connectors. Choose Tanqory if it is listed, or choose Add custom connector, name it Tanqory and paste the Claude address. On a Claude Team or Enterprise plan, an organization Owner may need to add it first.
Then sign in at accounts.tanqory.com, choose the store you want the assistant to work with and allow what it asks for: reading your store and its records, reading analytics, and changing content, operations and your website. The connector works with one store at a time. To switch stores, disconnect and connect again.
The full steps, with troubleshooting, are in Use Tanqory in Claude and ChatGPT.
Questions worth asking first
Start with something you would otherwise open three screens for:
- "What were my sales this week compared with last week?"
- "List orders that are paid but not yet fulfilled."
- "Which products have fewer than 5 units in stock?"
- "Is my store ready to open? What is still missing?"
Then try a change you can check easily, such as "Write a product description for the Lavender Soy Candle and show me before saving."
What it can do
The connector groups its work the way your admin does:
- Find and read: lists and summaries of orders, products, inventory, customers and settings, one record in full, and analytics.
- Products and stock: products and variants, collections, stock adjustments and purchase orders.
- Orders and customers: order notes and tags, fulfillment, draft orders, returns, customer records and B2B companies.
- Marketing and content: discounts, email campaigns and templates, pages, blogs, menus, custom data and the media library.
- Website: plan, build, edit and publish your Tanqory website, change themes, connect a domain you own and set up markets.
- Store setup: launch a new shop from one brief, store settings, staff access, selling plans and subscriptions.
- Help: answers from the Tanqory help center.
Two things stay in your Tanqory dashboard. Claude offers no money-moving actions, so refunds, payment captures, store credit and gift cards give you a link to finish them there instead. And paying for a plan or a domain always happens on a Tanqory page in your browser: the assistant can find the page, but it cannot pay for you.
Every change waits for your yes
A chat that can edit your store needs brakes. These are built into the connector, not left to the assistant:
- Preview first. Every change shows what will change before anything is saved.
- One confirmation per change. Your confirmation carries a single-use code tied to exactly the change in the preview. It expires after 5 minutes. If the preview is older than that, nothing is saved and the assistant asks for a fresh one.
- A typed phrase for risky actions. Archiving or deleting records shows a short phrase that you type back before the action runs.
- Your role applies. The connector acts as you, in the store you chose, and cannot do anything your staff role does not allow.
- A rate limit. Each person can make up to 30 connector calls a minute, so a runaway conversation cannot flood your store.
What Tanqory sees
Tanqory receives only the requests the assistant sends to the connector, such as "list unfulfilled orders", and returns the store data needed to answer them. Tanqory does not read your ChatGPT or Claude chat history, memory or files. Calls are recorded for security and support, with confirmation codes and typed phrases removed from that record. Your conversations themselves fall under OpenAI's or Anthropic's own terms.
To stop the assistant reaching your store, remove the Tanqory connector in ChatGPT or Claude settings.
