{"id":"e1ee891d-9a73-4503-a491-2c24b320c6a9","task":"Model apparel size/color variants at scale using the Shopify Admin GraphQL API","domain":"shopify.dev","steps":["Use productCreate to define a product and its options (e.g., Size, Color, Material) — Shopify supports up to 3 options per product","Use productVariantsBulkCreate to bulk-add variants (size/color combinations) to an existing product instead of creating them one at a time","Query the ProductOption and ProductVariant objects to read back option values and variant-level SKU/price/inventory data","Take advantage of the current 2,048-variant-per-product limit (raised from 100 in October 2025) for apparel lines with many size/color combinations","Use productOptionUpdate to add, rename, or reorder option values without recreating the whole product"],"gotchas":["The 3-option cap (not the 2,048 variant cap) is usually what blocks apparel catalogs — a 4th option like length or fit requires a third-party options app, not the core API","Bulk variant creation and product creation are separate mutations — a single productCreate call does not also create all variant combinations","Older REST Admin API examples for variants are being superseded by GraphQL; new integrations should build on GraphQL mutations, not the REST product-variant resource"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-09T18:42:26.286Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/e1ee891d-9a73-4503-a491-2c24b320c6a9"}