Add production preview store create command

.changeset/preview-store-create-production.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@shopify/cli': minor
+'@shopify/store': minor
+---
+
+Add `shopify store create preview` to create preview stores and persist their Admin API token in local store auth.

docs-shopify.dev/commands/interfaces/store-create-preview.interface.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// This is an autogenerated file. Don't edit this file manually.
+/**
+ * The following flags are available for the `store create preview` command:
+ * @publicDocs
+ */
+export interface storecreatepreview {
+  /**
+   * Two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the store, such as US, CA, or GB.
+   * @environment SHOPIFY_FLAG_PREVIEW_STORE_COUNTRY
+   */
+  '--country <value>'?: string
+
+  /**
+   * Output the result as JSON. Automatically disables color output.
+   * @environment SHOPIFY_FLAG_JSON
+   */
+  '-j, --json'?: ''
+
+  /**
+   * The name of the store.
+   * @environment SHOPIFY_FLAG_PREVIEW_STORE_NAME
+   */
+  '--name <value>'?: string
+
+  /**
+   * Disable color output.
+   * @environment SHOPIFY_FLAG_NO_COLOR
+   */
+  '--no-color'?: ''
+
+  /**
+   * Increase the verbosity of the output.
+   * @environment SHOPIFY_FLAG_VERBOSE
+   */
+  '--verbose'?: ''
+}

docs-shopify.dev/generated/generated_docs_data_v2.json

@@ -4184,6 +4184,62 @@
       "value": "export interface storeauth {\n  /**\n   * Output the result as JSON. Automatically disables color output.\n   * @environment SHOPIFY_FLAG_JSON\n   */\n  '-j, --json'?: ''\n\n  /**\n   * Disable color output.\n   * @environment SHOPIFY_FLAG_NO_COLOR\n   */\n  '--no-color'?: ''\n\n  /**\n   * Comma-separated Admin API scopes to request for the app.\n   * @environment SHOPIFY_FLAG_SCOPES\n   */\n  '--scopes <value>': string\n\n  /**\n   * The myshopify.com domain of the store to authenticate against.\n   * @environment SHOPIFY_FLAG_STORE\n   */\n  '-s, --store <value>': string\n\n  /**\n   * Increase the verbosity of the output.\n   * @environment SHOPIFY_FLAG_VERBOSE\n   */\n  '--verbose'?: ''\n}"
     }
   },
+  "storecreatepreview": {
+    "docs-shopify.dev/commands/interfaces/store-create-preview.interface.ts": {
+      "filePath": "docs-shopify.dev/commands/interfaces/store-create-preview.interface.ts",
+      "name": "storecreatepreview",
+      "description": "The following flags are available for the `store create preview` command:",
+      "isPublicDocs": true,
+      "members": [
+        {
+          "filePath": "docs-shopify.dev/commands/interfaces/store-create-preview.interface.ts",
+          "syntaxKind": "PropertySignature",
+          "name": "--country <value>",
+          "value": "string",
+          "description": "Two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the store, such as US, CA, or GB.",
+          "isOptional": true,
+          "environmentValue": "SHOPIFY_FLAG_PREVIEW_STORE_COUNTRY"
+        },
+        {
+          "filePath": "docs-shopify.dev/commands/interfaces/store-create-preview.interface.ts",
+          "syntaxKind": "PropertySignature",
+          "name": "--name <value>",
+          "value": "string",
+          "description": "The name of the store.",
+          "isOptional": true,
+          "environmentValue": "SHOPIFY_FLAG_PREVIEW_STORE_NAME"
+        },
+        {
+          "filePath": "docs-shopify.dev/commands/interfaces/store-create-preview.interface.ts",
+          "syntaxKind": "PropertySignature",
+          "name": "--no-color",
+          "value": "''",
+          "description": "Disable color output.",
+          "isOptional": true,
+          "environmentValue": "SHOPIFY_FLAG_NO_COLOR"
+        },
+        {
+          "filePath": "docs-shopify.dev/commands/interfaces/store-create-preview.interface.ts",
+          "syntaxKind": "PropertySignature",
+          "name": "--verbose",
+          "value": "''",
+          "description": "Increase the verbosity of the output.",
+          "isOptional": true,
+          "environmentValue": "SHOPIFY_FLAG_VERBOSE"
+        },
+        {
+          "filePath": "docs-shopify.dev/commands/interfaces/store-create-preview.interface.ts",
+          "syntaxKind": "PropertySignature",
+          "name": "-j, --json",
+          "value": "''",
+          "description": "Output the result as JSON. Automatically disables color output.",
+          "isOptional": true,
+          "environmentValue": "SHOPIFY_FLAG_JSON"
+        }
+      ],
+      "value": "export interface storecreatepreview {\n  /**\n   * Two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the store, such as US, CA, or GB.\n   * @environment SHOPIFY_FLAG_PREVIEW_STORE_COUNTRY\n   */\n  '--country <value>'?: string\n\n  /**\n   * Output the result as JSON. Automatically disables color output.\n   * @environment SHOPIFY_FLAG_JSON\n   */\n  '-j, --json'?: ''\n\n  /**\n   * The name of the store.\n   * @environment SHOPIFY_FLAG_PREVIEW_STORE_NAME\n   */\n  '--name <value>'?: string\n\n  /**\n   * Disable color output.\n   * @environment SHOPIFY_FLAG_NO_COLOR\n   */\n  '--no-color'?: ''\n\n  /**\n   * Increase the verbosity of the output.\n   * @environment SHOPIFY_FLAG_VERBOSE\n   */\n  '--verbose'?: ''\n}"
+    }
+  },
   "storeexecute": {
     "docs-shopify.dev/commands/interfaces/store-execute.interface.ts": {
       "filePath": "docs-shopify.dev/commands/interfaces/store-execute.interface.ts",

packages/cli/README.md

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 * [`shopify plugins update`](#shopify-plugins-update)
 * [`shopify search [query]`](#shopify-search-query)
 * [`shopify store auth`](#shopify-store-auth)
+* [`shopify store create preview`](#shopify-store-create-preview)
 * [`shopify store execute`](#shopify-store-execute)
 * [`shopify theme check`](#shopify-theme-check)
 * [`shopify theme console`](#shopify-theme-console)
@@ -2131,6 +2132,36 @@ EXAMPLES
   $ shopify store auth --store shop.myshopify.com --scopes read_products,write_products --json
 ```
 
+## `shopify store create preview`
+
+Create a preview Shopify store.
+
+```
+USAGE
+  $ shopify store create preview [--country <value>] [-j] [--name <value>] [--no-color] [--verbose]
+
+FLAGS
+  -j, --json             [env: SHOPIFY_FLAG_JSON] Output the result as JSON. Automatically disables color output.
+      --country=<value>  [env: SHOPIFY_FLAG_PREVIEW_STORE_COUNTRY] Two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the
+                         store, such as US, CA, or GB.
+      --name=<value>     [env: SHOPIFY_FLAG_PREVIEW_STORE_NAME] The name of the store.
+      --no-color         [env: SHOPIFY_FLAG_NO_COLOR] Disable color output.
+      --verbose          [env: SHOPIFY_FLAG_VERBOSE] Increase the verbosity of the output.
+
+DESCRIPTION
+  Create a preview Shopify store.
+
+  Creates a new preview Shopify store for a merchant who wants to try Shopify without needing to immediately create an
+  account.
+
+EXAMPLES
+  $ shopify store create preview --name "Lavender Candles"
+
+  $ shopify store create preview --name "Lavender Candles" --country US
+
+  $ shopify store create preview --name "Lavender Candles" --json
+```
+
 ## `shopify store execute`
 
 Execute GraphQL queries and mutations on a store.

packages/cli/oclif.manifest.json

@@ -5737,6 +5737,74 @@
       "strict": true,
       "summary": "Authenticate an app against a store for store commands."
     },
+    "store:create:preview": {
+      "aliases": [
+      ],
+      "args": {
+      },
+      "customPluginName": "@shopify/store",
+      "description": "Creates a new preview Shopify store for a merchant who wants to try Shopify without needing to immediately create an account.",
+      "descriptionWithMarkdown": "Creates a new preview Shopify store for a merchant who wants to try Shopify without needing to immediately create an account.",
+      "examples": [
+        "<%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> --name \"Lavender Candles\"",
+        "<%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> --name \"Lavender Candles\" --country US",
+        "<%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> --name \"Lavender Candles\" --json"
+      ],
+      "flags": {
+        "country": {
+          "description": "Two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the store, such as US, CA, or GB.",
+          "env": "SHOPIFY_FLAG_PREVIEW_STORE_COUNTRY",
+          "hasDynamicHelp": false,
+          "multiple": false,
+          "name": "country",
+          "required": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "json": {
+          "allowNo": false,
+          "char": "j",
+          "description": "Output the result as JSON. Automatically disables color output.",
+          "env": "SHOPIFY_FLAG_JSON",
+          "hidden": false,
+          "name": "json",
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "name": {
+          "description": "The name of the store.",
+          "env": "SHOPIFY_FLAG_PREVIEW_STORE_NAME",
+          "hasDynamicHelp": false,
+          "multiple": false,
+          "name": "name",
+          "required": false,
+          "type": "option"
+        },
+        "no-color": {
+          "allowNo": false,
+          "description": "Disable color output.",
+          "env": "SHOPIFY_FLAG_NO_COLOR",
+          "hidden": false,
+          "name": "no-color",
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "verbose": {
+          "allowNo": false,
+          "description": "Increase the verbosity of the output.",
+          "env": "SHOPIFY_FLAG_VERBOSE",
+          "hidden": false,
+          "name": "verbose",
+          "type": "boolean"
+        }
+      },
+      "hasDynamicHelp": false,
+      "hiddenAliases": [
+      ],
+      "id": "store:create:preview",
+      "pluginAlias": "@shopify/cli",
+      "pluginName": "@shopify/cli",
+      "pluginType": "core",
+      "strict": true,
+      "summary": "Create a preview Shopify store."
+    },
     "store:execute": {
       "aliases": [
       ],

packages/e2e/data/snapshots/commands.txt

@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@
 ├─ search
 ├─ store
 │  ├─ auth
+│  ├─ create
+│  │  └─ preview
 │  └─ execute
 ├─ theme
 │  ├─ check

packages/store/src/cli/commands/store/create/preview.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import StoreCreatePreview from './preview.js'
+import {createPreviewStoreCommand} from '../../../services/store/create/preview/index.js'
+import {writeCreatePreviewStoreResult} from '../../../services/store/create/preview/result.js'
+import {renderSingleTask} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/ui'
+import {describe, expect, test, vi} from 'vitest'
+
+vi.mock('../../../services/store/create/preview/index.js')
+vi.mock('../../../services/store/create/preview/result.js')
+vi.mock('@shopify/cli-kit/node/ui', async () => {
+  const actual = await vi.importActual<typeof import('@shopify/cli-kit/node/ui')>('@shopify/cli-kit/node/ui')
+  return {...actual, renderSingleTask: vi.fn(async ({task}) => task())}
+})
+
+describe('store create preview command', () => {
+  test('passes parsed flags through to the service', async () => {
+    const result = {
+      status: 'success' as const,
+      message: 'Your preview store is ready.',
+      store: {id: '123', name: 'Lavender Candles', subdomain: 'x.myshopify.com', requestedCountry: 'US'},
+      nextSteps: [],
+    }
+    vi.mocked(createPreviewStoreCommand).mockResolvedValueOnce(result)
+
+    await StoreCreatePreview.run(['--name', 'Lavender Candles', '--country', 'us', '--json'])
+
+    expect(renderSingleTask).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      title: expect.objectContaining({value: 'Creating store…'}),
+      task: expect.any(Function),
+    })
+    expect(createPreviewStoreCommand).toHaveBeenCalledWith({name: 'Lavender Candles', country: 'US'})
+    expect(writeCreatePreviewStoreResult).toHaveBeenCalledWith(result, 'json')
+  })
+
+  test('rejects invalid country codes before calling the service', async () => {
+    await expect(StoreCreatePreview.run(['--country', 'USA'])).rejects.toThrow('process.exit unexpectedly called')
+
+    expect(createPreviewStoreCommand).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+})

packages/store/src/cli/commands/store/create/preview.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import {type CreatePreviewStoreResult, createPreviewStoreCommand} from '../../../services/store/create/preview/index.js'
+import {writeCreatePreviewStoreResult} from '../../../services/store/create/preview/result.js'
+import StoreCommand from '../../../utilities/store-command.js'
+import {globalFlags, jsonFlag} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/cli'
+import {outputContent} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/output'
+import {renderSingleTask} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/ui'
+import {Flags} from '@oclif/core'
+
+export default class StoreCreatePreview extends StoreCommand {
+  static summary = 'Create a preview Shopify store.'
+
+  static descriptionWithMarkdown = `Creates a new preview Shopify store for a merchant who wants to try Shopify without needing to immediately create an account.`
+
+  static description = this.descriptionWithoutMarkdown()
+
+  static examples = [
+    '<%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> --name "Lavender Candles"',
+    '<%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> --name "Lavender Candles" --country US',
+    '<%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> --name "Lavender Candles" --json',
+  ]
+
+  static flags = {
+    ...globalFlags,
+    ...jsonFlag,
+    name: Flags.string({
+      description: 'The name of the store.',
+      env: 'SHOPIFY_FLAG_PREVIEW_STORE_NAME',
+      required: false,
+    }),
+    country: Flags.string({
+      description: 'Two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the store, such as US, CA, or GB.',
+      env: 'SHOPIFY_FLAG_PREVIEW_STORE_COUNTRY',
+      required: false,
+      parse: async (value) => value.trim().toUpperCase(),
+    }),
+  }
+
+  public async run(): Promise<void> {
+    const {flags} = await this.parse(StoreCreatePreview)
+
+    if (flags.country !== undefined && !isCountryCode(flags.country)) {
+      this.error('Country must be a two-letter ISO country code, for example: US.')
+    }
+
+    const result = await renderSingleTask<CreatePreviewStoreResult>({
+      title: outputContent`Creating store…`,
+      task: async () => createPreviewStoreCommand({name: flags.name, country: flags.country}),
+    })
+
+    writeCreatePreviewStoreResult(result, flags.json ? 'json' : 'text')
+  }
+}
+
+function isCountryCode(value: string): boolean {
+  return /^[A-Z]{2}$/.test(value)
+}

packages/store/src/cli/services/store/auth/session-store.test.ts

@@ -144,6 +144,42 @@ describe('store session storage', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  test('round-trips preview store session metadata', () => {
+    const storage = inMemoryStorage()
+    const previewSession = buildSession({
+      userId: 'preview:placeholder-uuid',
+      scopes: [],
+      kind: 'preview',
+      preview: {
+        placeholderAccountUuid: 'placeholder-uuid',
+        shopId: '123',
+        name: 'Lavender Candles',
+        country: 'US',
+        createdAt: '2026-06-08T12:00:00.000Z',
+      },
+    })
+
+    setStoredStoreAppSession(previewSession, storage as any)
+
+    expect(getCurrentStoredStoreAppSession('shop.myshopify.com', storage as any)).toEqual(previewSession)
+  })
+
+  test('rejects preview store sessions with malformed metadata', () => {
+    const storage = inMemoryStorage()
+    storage.set(storeAuthSessionKey('shop.myshopify.com'), {
+      currentUserId: 'preview:placeholder-uuid',
+      sessionsByUserId: {
+        'preview:placeholder-uuid': {
+          ...buildSession({userId: 'preview:placeholder-uuid', kind: 'preview'}),
+          preview: {placeholderAccountUuid: 'placeholder-uuid'},
+        },
+      },
+    })
+
+    expect(getCurrentStoredStoreAppSession('shop.myshopify.com', storage as any)).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(storage.get(storeAuthSessionKey('shop.myshopify.com'))).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
   test('overwrites a malformed bucket when writing a new session', () => {
     const storage = inMemoryStorage()
     storage.set(storeAuthSessionKey('shop.myshopify.com'), {