Is the doc bot docs, or not?
10 months ago
- #Documentation
- #LLM
- #Shopify
- Shopify's LLM-powered doc bot provided incorrect Liquid syntax for detecting Shopify Collective items in email notifications.
- The suggested code didn't work because the Shopify Collective tag isn't present when the confirmation email is generated.
- The author questions the reliability of a documentation bot that provides guesses rather than verified information.
- While sometimes helpful for basic queries, the doc bot's inaccuracies can cause significant problems in development workflows.
- The author shares a working solution that checks product tags rather than order tags for Shopify Collective items.
- There's concern that an unreliable doc bot undermines the quality of Shopify's official documentation efforts.