Shopify has unveiled Canvas, a new site-building tool that lets merchants create online stores simply by chatting with the company’s AI agent, Sidekick. Moving beyond traditional no-code editors, users can now describe their desired updates in natural language and watch the actual underlying code and store files update in real time.
While the initial release comes with certain limitations, such as being desktop-only and lacking some advanced third-party integrations, it represents a significant step toward making e-commerce development accessible to anyone without coding skills or a development budget.
- Build online stores through AI conversation with Sidekick
- Real-time rendering of actual store code and files
- Manual editing options still available alongside AI prompts
- Early launch currently limited to desktop and core features
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