Sidekick is the assistant built into the Shopify admin. Since October 2026, apps can plug their own data into it, and Shabbify is one of them. You don't need to open the Shabbify app to find out what it's doing: ask Sidekick.
What you can ask
Shabbify gives Sidekick six read-only tools. In practice that means these questions get real answers, from your store's own settings and schedule:
| You ask | Sidekick uses |
|---|---|
| "Is my store closed right now? When does it reopen?" | Your current status, the reason (Shabbat, a Yom Tov, or closed by hand) and the next closing and reopening times |
| "What closures are coming up this week?" | The closure windows and holidays for the next few days, in your store's time zone |
| "Why can customers still check out?" | A check of everything checkout blocking needs: Shabbify is on, the store is closed, the Shopify checkout rule is active, and blocking includes cart or checkout. Anything that's off comes back with a link to fix it |
| "What's left in my Shabbify setup?" | The setup checklist, including whether the Shabbify app embed is on in your live theme |
| "What did Shabbify do this week?" | The activity log: closes, reopenings, settings saved, holidays generated, any errors |
| "Open my Shabbify holiday list" | A link straight to that page in the app |
Times come back already formatted in your store's time zone, so "we close Friday at 4:12 PM" means exactly that.
What Sidekick can't do with Shabbify
Sidekick can read your Shabbify settings but not change them. That's a deliberate choice on both sides: Shopify asks app data tools to stay read-only, and we don't want a chat message closing a store by mistake. If you ask Sidekick to change something, it points you to the right Shabbify page and you make the change there.
Privacy
Each request carries the signed Shopify identity of the staff member asking, and the app answers only for that store. Nothing about your store is shared with other apps, and the answers never include your Klaviyo keys or other secrets.
Getting it
There's nothing to set up. If Sidekick is available on your store and Shabbify is installed, the tools are already there. Open Sidekick from the top bar of the Shopify admin and ask away.
If a question about Shabbify isn't answered well, email us at shabbify@strongerecommerce.com with what you asked. The tool descriptions are what Sidekick uses to decide when to call Shabbify, and real questions help us tune them.