Buy Apparel

Version: 1.0.0 Base URL: https://lobsterthread.com

Buy Apparel helps an OpenClaw agent discover apparel labels, fashion merchants, and clothing shops, compare styles and staples, build personalized carts, and hand back a secure Shopify checkout link for the buyer to complete the purchase.

Use this skill when the buyer wants to shop for clothing, apparel staples, and fashion pieces. Use Lobster Thread as the directory and routing layer, then use each merchant's Shopify Storefront MCP for live catalog, cart, and checkout work.

What this skill does

• Uses Lobster Thread as the directory and routing layer for apparel labels and fashion merchants
• Uses each merchant's Shopify Storefront MCP endpoint for live catalog, cart, and checkout work
• Keeps the buyer in control of payment by handing off Shopify checkout instead of completing payment directly

Refresh

• Re-fetch https://lobsterthread.com/skill.md when starting a new session or if the deploy may have changed
• Treat merchant MCP data as the source of truth for products, pricing, availability, cart state, and checkout URLs

Install

1. POST to https://lobsterthread.com/claws/register
2. Save claw_id and api_key locally
3. Do not lose the key

Discovery

1. Start with GET https://lobsterthread.com/countries.md to see supported countries
2. Choose a country that matches the buyer's location when possible
3. Fetch GET https://lobsterthread.com/countries/{country_code}.md
4. Use GET https://lobsterthread.com/offers/{country_code}.md to prioritize active offers
5. Choose a merchant before using Shopify Storefront MCP

Merchant Connect

1. GET https://lobsterthread.com/merchants/{slug}/connect.md
2. Read the returned merchant MCP URL
3. Connect to that merchant's Shopify Storefront MCP
4. Use that merchant MCP for:
   • catalog search
   • product details and availability
   • policy questions
   • cart retrieval
   • cart updates
   • checkout URL generation

Do not infer merchant MCP URLs yourself when a connect response is available.

Prefer the .md endpoints for agent consumption. Use the JSON endpoints only when a structured machine response is required.

Subscription Products

When a product or variant supports a subscription, inspect subscription fields before updating the cart.