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Printing Press CLI/MCP for confirmed TikTok Shop Seller APIs. Safe v1 supports auth readiness, token exchange/refresh, read-only shops/orders/products/inventory/package/warehouse commands, and defers risky mutations.

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TikTok Shop - Printing Press Safe v1

Prerequisites: Install the CLI

This skill drives the tiktok-shop-pp-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first:

  1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin on Windows:
    npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install tiktok-shop --cli-only
    
  2. Verify: tiktok-shop-pp-cli --version
  3. Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill.

If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.5 or newer):

go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/commerce/tiktok-shop/cmd/tiktok-shop-pp-cli@latest

If --version reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.

Official Source Boundaries

Only use official TikTok Shop Partner Center docs for API, auth, signing, scope, endpoint, and rate-limit claims:

Rate limits remain unclear in accessible official docs and are not encoded as numeric claims.

Command Reference

Implemented:

  • tiktok-shop-pp-cli doctor - Check config, env, auth readiness, and official-doc basis without sending a live probe.
  • tiktok-shop-pp-cli auth status - Show whether app credentials, tokens, and shop selector are configured without revealing secrets.
  • tiktok-shop-pp-cli auth exchange --auth-code <code> - Exchange a Partner Center authorization code for tokens; output redacts tokens.
  • tiktok-shop-pp-cli auth refresh - Refresh an access token; output redacts tokens.
  • tiktok-shop-pp-cli shops info - List shops authorized for this app/token and retrieve shop cipher.
  • tiktok-shop-pp-cli orders list - Search orders; response contains buyer/order PII.
  • tiktok-shop-pp-cli orders get <order-id> - Get order detail; response contains buyer/order PII.
  • tiktok-shop-pp-cli products list - Search products/listings.
  • tiktok-shop-pp-cli products get <product-id> - Get product detail.
  • tiktok-shop-pp-cli inventory list --product-id <id> or --sku-id <id> - Search inventory.
  • tiktok-shop-pp-cli inventory get <sku-id> - Get inventory for one SKU.
  • tiktok-shop-pp-cli fulfillment list - Search fulfillment packages; response may contain fulfillment PII.
  • tiktok-shop-pp-cli fulfillment get <package-id> - Get package detail.
  • tiktok-shop-pp-cli fulfillment warehouses - List seller warehouses.
  • tiktok-shop-pp-cli which [query] - Resolve capabilities to commands.
  • tiktok-shop-pp-cli agent-context - Emit JSON context for agents.

Deferred:

  • tiktok-shop-pp-cli inventory update - Official endpoint is confirmed, but safe v1 defers execution until idempotency and no-retry mutation behavior are designed.

Auth Setup

Set values obtained through official TikTok Shop Partner Center flows. Never hardcode secrets.

export TIKTOK_SHOP_APP_KEY="<from Partner Center>"
export TIKTOK_SHOP_APP_SECRET="<from Partner Center>"
export TIKTOK_SHOP_ACCESS_TOKEN="<from official token exchange>"
export TIKTOK_SHOP_REFRESH_TOKEN="<from official token exchange>"
export TIKTOK_SHOP_SHOP_CIPHER="<from shops info>"

Optional overrides:

export TIKTOK_SHOP_CONFIG="$HOME/.config/tiktok-shop-pp-cli/config.toml"
export TIKTOK_SHOP_BASE_URL="https://open-api.tiktokglobalshop.com"
export TIKTOK_SHOP_AUTH_BASE_URL="https://auth.tiktok-shops.com"

Run:

tiktok-shop-pp-cli doctor --json

Token exchange/refresh do not print token values. Add --save only when you intentionally want the returned token bundle persisted to ~/.config/tiktok-shop-pp-cli/config.toml with 0600 permissions.

Agent Mode

Add --agent to any command. It expands to --json --compact --no-input --no-color --yes.

Agent-safe examples:

tiktok-shop-pp-cli doctor --agent
tiktok-shop-pp-cli shops info --agent --dry-run
tiktok-shop-pp-cli which --agent
tiktok-shop-pp-cli inventory update --agent

Safety Rules

  • Treat orders, fulfillment, returns, and buyer identifiers as PII.
  • Use shops info to obtain shop_cipher; do not invent or decrypt shop ciphers.
  • Use --dry-run before first live calls to inspect signed request shape without transmitting it.
  • Do not retry mutations. Safe v1 only executes read commands and auth token calls.
  • Do not use unofficial endpoints, SDK guesses, blog posts, or copied Postman collections for missing API behavior.

Exit Codes

CodeMeaning
0Success, including intentional deferred placeholder output
1Unclassified error
2Usage error
4Authentication/config material missing
5Upstream API error
7Rate limited
10Config error

Argument Parsing

Parse $ARGUMENTS:

  1. Empty, help, or --help means show tiktok-shop-pp-cli --help.
  2. Starts with install and ends with mcp means MCP installation; otherwise CLI installation.
  3. Anything else means direct use with --agent.

MCP Server Installation

go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/commerce/tiktok-shop/cmd/tiktok-shop-pp-mcp@latest
claude mcp add tiktok-shop-pp-mcp -- tiktok-shop-pp-mcp

The MCP server exposes the same safe v1 read surface and an inventory_update_status explainer instead of a stock mutation tool.