Tools2025-07
Early access: Declarative Custom Data Definitions
Declarative custom data definitions offer a streamlined approach for managing and maintaining metafields and metaobjects. Key benefits include:
- Metafield and metaobject definitions are organized in TOML, and managed through the improved
app dev
command. - Shopify automatically distributes these definitions to multiple shops simultaneously, significantly speeding up migration processes.
- Updates are atomic, ensuring that all stores consistently maintain the same version of your definitions.
- All declarative definitions include app-scoped limits, which prevent resource competition among different apps.
For more information, see the declarative custom data documentation on shopify.dev.
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