Getting started with Sidekick

You can interact with Sidekick through a chat interface in the Shopify admin on desktop and mobile devices. You can access Sidekick from any page of the Shopify admin by clicking the icon in the top navigation bar and then chatting with Sidekick by asking a question or giving an instruction:

Using Sidekick

Sidekick is accessible from any page of your Shopify admin on both desktop and mobile devices. You can communicate with Sidekick as if you would chat with another human.

Sidekick saves your chat during a browser session, and stores your chat history when you close your browser. If you close your browser session, then your chat history with Sidekick resets. To access your chat history or continue a previous chat, click the conversation drop-down menu and select the desired chat topic.

At any time, you can click the icon to manually clear the existing chat history in Sidekick's chat interface and start a new chat.

To learn more about what Sidekick can do, refer to Sidekick capabilities.

Steps:

1. Log in to your Shopify admin or open the Shopify mobile app.
2. Click the icon to open Sidekick's chat interface.
3. Interact with Sidekick in any of the following ways:
   • Click any of the example prompts that display in the chat window.
   • In the Ask anything... field, type a command or question in plain language, and then click the icon to submit your command or question.
4. Depending on the type of response that you receive from Sidekick, you might need to click an additional button:
   • Click the icon to navigate to the indicated page or resource.
   • Click Apply to apply the generated content to your store.
5. Optional: Click the or icon below the response to deliver feedback about the quality of Sidekick's response.

To close the Sidekick window, click the icon or the icon.