Start building for customer accounts

Get started building customer account UI extensions by setting up your development environment. You'll use Shopify CLI to generate starter code for building your extension and automating common development tasks.

Anchor to General requirementsGeneral requirements

• You're a user with app development permissions and have created a dev store.

• You're using the latest version of Shopify CLI.
• You're using the latest version of Chrome or Firefox.

• The dev store should be pre-populated with test data, including an order that's associated with the email address you'll use to log in to the customer account experience.

Anchor to Step 1: (Optional) Set up the Shopify AI ToolkitStep 1: (Optional) Set up the Shopify AI Toolkit

Install the Shopify AI Toolkit to connect your AI coding assistant to Shopify's docs, APIs, and CLI. Your assistant gets the Shopify context it needs to answer questions, write code, and run commands more reliably.

Anchor to Step 2: Set up your development environmentStep 2: Set up your development environment

1. Run the following command to scaffold an app:

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   shopify app init

2. Select Build an extension-only app.

3. Navigate to your app directory:

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   cd <directory>

4. Run the following command to create a new extension:

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   shopify app generate extension --name my-extension

5. Choose Customer account UI.

6. Start your development server to build your app and preview your extension:

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   shopify app dev

Anchor to Next stepsNext steps

• Build an inline extension that displays loyalty points and enables customers to leave a review.
• Build an order action menu extension that enables customers to report problems with their orders.
• Build a full-page extension for customers to add and edit products on a wishlist.
• Explore the customer account UI extensions reference for available targets, target APIs, and web components.