What does setShopRules do?

Set a shop's house rules. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.

How do I use setShopRules from Claude or ChatGPT?

Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "make every cake seven days", and it calls setShopRules.

Is setShopRules safe to let an AI call?

setShopRules changes your workspace. What an AI creates is Private until you share it.

Commerce

`setShopRules`

Set Shop Rules

Set a shop's house rules.

write

Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "make every cake seven days", and it calls setShopRules.

Example call

The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.

{
  "arguments": {},
  "name": "setShopRules"
}

Arguments

defaultModifierGroupIdsstring[]optionalNo description is declared in the tool schema.
leadTimeobjectoptionalNo description is declared in the tool schema.
leadTimeRulesobject[]optionalNo description is declared in the tool schema.
lowStockThresholdintegeroptionalNo description is declared in the tool schema.
modestringoptionalAllowed values: in_stock, made_to_order, hybrid.
outboundIdentitystringoptionalWho staff messages to customers come from by default: 'shop' (the shop's verified address and Cloud Number) or 'user' (the sending teammate's own verified address). The sender can still override per send.
reapplyToProductsbooleanoptionalAlso write these rules onto the products this shop ALREADY sells, not just the ones it mints next. Use it whenever an owner changes a rule and means their existing catalog.
rushobject | nulloptionalThe rush window this shop sells under its lead time: how little notice it will take, what that costs, and which products sell it. Pass null to stop selling the window.
spacestringoptionalSpace id or slug for a Space-owned shop. Omit for your personal shop.
spaceIdstringoptionalSame as `space`: the Space id (see listPageSpaces) of a Space-owned shop. Pass either one. Omit both for your personal shop.
timeZonestring | nulloptionalIANA time zone for every order, inquiry, receipt and slot this shop shows, such as America/New_York. Pass null to fall back to locations.
zeroInventoryBehaviorstringoptionalAllowed values: sold_out, lead_time.

Returns

The registry does not declare a return shape.

Declared limits

defaultModifierGroupIds: maximum items 5
leadTimeRules: maximum items 25
lowStockThreshold: minimum 0
lowStockThreshold: maximum 9007199254740991

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

make every cake seven days
can we do the 25% surcharge on 30 hours
apply that to the cakes we already have
keep selling when stock is zero
attach Packaging to new products
send our texts as the bakery not as me

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

Questions

What does setShopRules do?
Set a shop's house rules. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.
How do I use setShopRules from Claude or ChatGPT?
Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "make every cake seven days", and it calls setShopRules.
Is setShopRules safe to let an AI call?
setShopRules changes your workspace. What an AI creates is Private until you share it.

Connect

One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.