Top Product Performance
Rank products by revenue, units sold, and refund rate over a date range by aggregating order line items.
shopify-admin-top-product-performance
Purpose
Ranks products by revenue, units sold, and refund rate for a given date range by aggregating order line items and refund line items across all orders in the period. Useful for identifying top performers and products with high refund rates. Read-only — no mutations are executed.
Prerequisites
shopify auth login --store read_ordersParameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| store | string | yes | — | Store domain (e.g., mystore.myshopify.com) |
| format | string | no | human | Output format: human or json |
| dry_run | bool | no | false | Preview operations without executing mutations |
| date_range_start | string | yes | — | Start date in ISO 8601 (e.g., 2025-01-01) |
| date_range_end | string | yes | — | End date in ISO 8601 (e.g., 2025-01-31) |
| top_n | integer | no | 20 | Number of top products to show in the ranked output |
| sort_by | string | no | revenue | Ranking metric: revenue, units, or refund_rate |
Workflow Steps
orders — query Inputs: first: 250, query: "created_at:>=', pagination cursor
Expected output: All orders in range with line items (title, quantity, originalTotalSet, refundableQuantity) and refund line items; paginate until hasNextPage: false; aggregate in-memory per product: sum originalTotalSet for gross revenue, sum refund amounts for net revenue, sum quantities for units sold, compute refund rate
GraphQL Operations
# orders:query (for product revenue) — validated against api_version 2025-01
query OrdersForProductPerformance($first: Int!, $after: String, $query: String) {
orders(first: $first, after: $after, query: $query) {
edges {
node {
id
createdAt
lineItems(first: 50) {
edges {
node {
title
quantity
variant {
id
sku
product {
id
title
}
}
originalTotalSet {
shopMoney { amount currencyCode }
}
refundableQuantity
}
}
}
refunds {
refundLineItems(first: 50) {
edges {
node {
quantity
lineItem {
variant {
id
product { id title }
}
}
subtotalSet {
shopMoney { amount currencyCode }
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
pageInfo {
hasNextPage
endCursor
}
}
}
Session Tracking
Claude MUST emit the following output at each stage. This is mandatory.
On start, emit:
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ SKILL: top-product-performance ║
║ 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>
On completion, emit:
For format: human (default):
══════════════════════════════════════════════
OUTCOME SUMMARY
Orders processed: <n>
Products ranked: <n>
Date range: <start> to <end>
Sort by: <revenue|units|refund_rate>
Errors: 0
Output: none
══════════════════════════════════════════════
For format: json, emit:
{
"skill": "top-product-performance",
"store": "<domain>",
"started_at": "<ISO8601>",
"completed_at": "<ISO8601>",
"dry_run": false,
"steps": [
{ "step": 1, "operation": "OrdersForProductPerformance", "type": "query", "params_summary": "<date_range_start> to <date_range_end>", "result_summary": "<n> orders processed", "skipped": false }
],
"outcome": {
"orders_processed": 0,
"products_ranked": 0,
"date_range_start": "<date_range_start>",
"date_range_end": "<date_range_end>",
"sort_by": "revenue",
"results": [],
"errors": 0,
"output_file": null
}
}
Output Format
Ranked table displayed inline (no CSV), truncated to top_n entries:
| Rank | Product | Units Sold | Gross Revenue | Refunded Amount | Net Revenue | Refund Rate % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
For format: json, results is an array of objects with keys: rank, product_id, product_title, units_sold, gross_revenue, refunded_amount, net_revenue, refund_rate_pct.
Error Handling
| Error | Cause | Recovery |
|---|---|---|
| No orders returned | No orders in date range | Widen date range |
variant is null on a line item | Product or variant was deleted | Still aggregated by title; product_id will be null |
| Rate limit (429) | Too many paginated requests | Narrow date range |
Best Practices
sort_by: refund_rate highlights products with quality or expectation issues — a refund rate above 10% is worth investigating.product_id: null and their title from the order line item.discount-ab-analysis to see which discount codes drove the most revenue for your top products.