Shopify Admin Fulfillment Location Routing

Purpose

Queries open fulfillment orders assigned to a source location and moves them to a destination location. Used when a warehouse is at capacity, a location is closing, or regional routing rules change. Replaces manual reassignment in Shopify Admin — this skill handles bulk location transfers for any number of open orders in a single workflow.

Prerequisites

• Authenticated Shopify CLI session: shopify store auth --store <domain> --scopes read_orders,write_fulfillments
• API scopes: read_orders, write_fulfillments
• Both source and destination locations must be active fulfillment locations in Shopify

Parameters

Safety

⚠️ fulfillmentOrderMove reassigns fulfillment responsibility. This affects which warehouse picks and ships the order. Verify destination location has sufficient stock for all products before moving. Run with dry_run: true to confirm the order list and destination before committing.

Workflow Steps

1. OPERATION: fulfillmentOrders — query Inputs: assignedLocationId: <source_location_id>, status: OPEN, first: 250, pagination cursor Expected output: List of open fulfillment orders; paginate until hasNextPage: false

2. OPERATION: fulfillmentOrderMove — mutation Inputs: id: <fulfillment_order_id>, newLocationId: <destination_location_id> Expected output: movedFulfillmentOrder { id, assignedLocation { name } }, userErrors

GraphQL Operations

# fulfillmentOrders:query — validated against api_version 2025-01
query FulfillmentOrdersByLocation($locationId: ID!, $after: String) {
  fulfillmentOrders(
    assignedLocationId: $locationId
    first: 250
    after: $after
    query: "status:open"
  ) {
    edges {
      node {
        id
        status
        order {
          id
          name
        }
        assignedLocation {
          location {
            id
            name
          }
        }
      }
    }
    pageInfo {
      hasNextPage
      endCursor
    }
  }
}

# fulfillmentOrderMove:mutation — validated against api_version 2025-01
mutation FulfillmentOrderMove($id: ID!, $newLocationId: ID!) {
  fulfillmentOrderMove(id: $id, newLocationId: $newLocationId) {
    movedFulfillmentOrder {
      id
      assignedLocation {
        location {
          id
          name
        }
      }
    }
    originalFulfillmentOrder {
      id
      status
    }
    remainingFulfillmentOrder {
      id
      status
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}

Session Tracking

Claude MUST emit the following output at each stage. This is mandatory.

On start, emit:

╔══════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║  SKILL: Fulfillment Location Routing         ║
║  Store: <store domain>                       ║
║  Started: <YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM UTC>             ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════╝

After each step, emit:

[N/TOTAL] <QUERY|MUTATION>  <OperationName>
          → Params: <brief summary of key inputs>
          → Result: <count or outcome>

If dry_run: true, prefix every mutation step with [DRY RUN] and do not execute it.

On completion, emit:

For format: human (default):

══════════════════════════════════════════════
OUTCOME SUMMARY
  Orders at source location:  <n>
  Orders moved:               <n>
  Errors:                     <n>
  Output:                     routing_log_<date>.csv
══════════════════════════════════════════════

For format: json, emit:

{
  "skill": "fulfillment-location-routing",
  "store": "<domain>",
  "started_at": "<ISO8601>",
  "completed_at": "<ISO8601>",
  "dry_run": true,
  "outcome": {
    "orders_at_source": 0,
    "orders_moved": 0,
    "errors": 0,
    "output_file": "routing_log_<date>.csv"
  }
}

Output Format

CSV file routing_log_<YYYY-MM-DD>.csv with columns: order_name, fulfillment_order_id, source_location, destination_location, status

Error Handling

Best Practices

• Always run with dry_run: true first — moving a fulfillment order does not move inventory; verify destination stock levels separately using the multi-location-inventory-audit skill.
• Use order_filter to move specific high-priority orders first rather than the entire queue.
• For location closures, run this skill before the location is deactivated in Shopify Admin.