# Can Mechanic read or manage customer subscriptions?

No. Shopify *does* have well-developed [APIs for customer subscription contracts](https://shopify.dev/api/admin-graphql/current/objects/SubscriptionContract), but they don't currently allow one app to read or manage subscriptions created by another app. (Shopify *does* have a `read_all_subscription_contracts` scope, but they haven't elected to approve this scope for any third-party apps just yet.)

If this affects your business, please let Shopify know! We'd love to have Mechanic be useful in this area too. :)

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