# Platform - [Policies](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/policies.md): Mechanic's operational policies — data retention, subscription plans, pricing, and privacy practices. - [Data](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/policies/data.md) - [Plans](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/policies/plans.md) - [Pricing](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/policies/pricing.md) - [Privacy](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/policies/privacy.md) - [Cache](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/cache.md): Store and retrieve data between Mechanic task runs using the key-value cache — with configurable expiration up to 60 days. - [Cache endpoints](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/cache/endpoints.md) - [Email](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/email.md): Send automated emails from Mechanic — templates, custom domains, DMARC, and receiving inbound email. - [Receiving email](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/email/receiving-email.md) - [Custom email addresses](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/email/custom-email-domain.md) - [DMARC](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/email/dmarc.md) - [Email templates](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/email/templates.md): Configure reusable Mechanic email templates for transactional email actions, including shared layouts and custom Liquid variables. - [Error handling](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/error-handling.md): Get actionable visibility into event, task, and action errors - [Events](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/events.md): Mechanic event sources, topics, and filters — Shopify webhooks, scheduled events, custom triggers, and more. - [Event topic list](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/events/topics.md): A complete index - [Event filters](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/events/filters.md) - [GraphQL](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/graphql.md): Use Shopify's GraphQL Admin API in Mechanic Shopify automation tasks to read and write store data — orders, products, customers, metafields, and more. - [Basics](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/graphql/basics.md): GraphQL fundamentals for Mechanic — queries, mutations, pagination, and the Shopify Admin API. - [Shopify Admin API GraphiQL explorer](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/graphql/basics/shopify-admin-api-graphiql-explorer.md) - [Queries](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/graphql/basics/queries.md) - [Mutations](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/graphql/basics/mutations.md) - [Pagination](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/graphql/basics/pagination.md) - [Bulk operations](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/graphql/bulk-operations.md) - [Integrations](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/integrations.md): Connect Mechanic to third-party services like Google Sheets, Airtable, Slack, and more. - [Airtable](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/integrations/airtable.md) - [Appstle Subscriptions](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/integrations/appstle-subscriptions.md) - [Google](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/integrations/google.md) - [Google Drive and Google Sheets](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/integrations/google-drive-and-google-sheets.md) - [Judge.me](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/integrations/judge.me.md) - [Locksmith](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/integrations/locksmith.md): Access control, for anything in your online store :) - [Report Toaster](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/integrations/report-toaster.md) - [Shopify Flow](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/integrations/shopify-flow.md): Connect Mechanic with Shopify Flow — send triggers to Flow workflows and receive Flow events in Mechanic tasks. - [Slack](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/integrations/slack.md) - [Run links](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/integrations/run-links.md): Mechanic run links give your users a useful point of entry. - [Connecting third-party apps](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/integrations/connecting-third-party-apps.md): Learn how to connect Mechanic to any third-party app using HTTP APIs and webhooks. - [Liquid](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid.md): Write Shopify automations in Liquid with Mechanic's custom tags, filters, and objects — including inline GraphQL queries and action definitions. - [Basics](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/basics.md): Learn the fundamentals of Liquid in Mechanic — syntax, data types, variables, filters, operators, and control flow. - [Syntax](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/basics/syntax.md) - [Data types](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/basics/types.md) - [Variables](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/basics/variables.md) - [Comments](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/basics/comments.md) - [Filters](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/basics/filters.md) - [Operators](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/basics/operators.md) - [Control flow](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/basics/control-flow.md): Control flow in Liquid — conditionals and iteration for directing task logic in Mechanic. - [Condition](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/basics/control-flow/condition.md) - [Iteration](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/basics/control-flow/iteration.md) - [Whitespace](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/basics/whitespace.md) - [Mechanic filters](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/filters.md): Complete reference of Liquid filters available in Mechanic — shopify, parse\_json, csv, hmac\_sha256, and more. - [Deprecated filters](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/filters/deprecated.md) - [Mechanic keyword literals](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/keyword-literals.md): Mechanic's keyword literals for Liquid — array, hash, and newline for working with data structures and formatting. - [array](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/keyword-literals/array.md) - [hash](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/keyword-literals/hash.md) - [newline](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/keyword-literals/newline.md) - [Mechanic objects](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects.md): Mechanic's Liquid objects — event, task, options, cache, action, and Shopify resource objects available in your task code. - [Action object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/action.md) - [Cache object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/cache.md) - [Event object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/event.md) - [Options object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/options.md) - [Task object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/task.md) - [Shopify REST Admin API](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify.md) - [Article object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/article.md) - [Blog object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/blog.md) - [Collection object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/collection.md) - [Customer object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/customer-object.md) - [Discount code object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/discount-code.md) - [Dispute object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/dispute.md) - [Draft order object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/draft-order.md) - [Fulfillment object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/fulfillment.md) - [Fulfillment order object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/fulfillment-order.md) - [Fulfillment event object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/fulfillment-event.md) - [Gift card object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/gift-card.md) - [Inventory item object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/inventory-item.md) - [Inventory level object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/inventory-level.md) - [Line item object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/line-item.md) - [Location object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/location.md) - [Metafields](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/metafields.md) - [Metafield object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/metafields/metafield-object.md) - [Metafield representation object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/metafields/metafield-representation-object.md) - [Metafield collection object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/metafields/metafield-collection.md) - [Order object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/order.md) - [Order risk object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/order-risk.md) - [Price rule object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/price-rule.md) - [Product object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/product.md) - [Product image object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/product-image.md) - [Refund object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/refund.md) - [Shipping zone object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/shipping-zone.md) - [Shop object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/shop.md) - [Theme object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/theme.md) - [Theme asset object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/theme-asset.md) - [Transaction object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/transaction.md) - [Variant object](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/objects/shopify/variant.md) - [Mechanic tags](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/tags.md): Custom Liquid tags in Mechanic — action, log, error, permissions, and more for producing task output. - [liquid](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/tags/liquid.md) - [action](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/tags/action.md) - [assign](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/tags/assign.md) - [error](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/tags/error.md) - [log](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/tags/log.md) - [permissions](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/tags/permissions.md) - [Mechanic code snippets](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/liquid/mechanic-code-snippets.md): A list of convenience snippets provided in the Mechanic code editor. - [Shopify](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/shopify.md) - [Custom authentication](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/shopify/custom-authentication.md) - ["Read all orders"](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/shopify/read-all-orders.md) - [Custom Shopify webhooks](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/shopify/custom-webhooks.md): Filter Shopify webhooks in Mechanic, customize Shopify webhook payloads, include metafields, and receive metaobject webhook events. - [Mechanic webhooks](https://learn.mechanic.dev/platform/webhooks.md): Receive data from external services and trigger Mechanic tasks via webhooks. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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