30 things you can ask AI to do in your WooCommerce store

Connecting your store to an AI assistant is the easy part. The real value shows up when asking becomes a habit: when "let me check" turns into a sentence typed into ChatGPT or Claude instead of five clicks through the WooCommerce admin.

This is a list of prompts that work well with a store connected through AI Plugin Generator. They're grouped by job, and each one notes which kind of tool it uses: Read tools look things up, and Write tools make changes after you confirm a preview.

If your store isn't connected yet, start with how to connect WooCommerce to ChatGPT. It takes about five minutes.

Orders

1. The morning check. (Read)

"Give me a summary of yesterday: number of orders, revenue, average order value, and anything still pending payment."

2. What needs shipping. (Read)

"List orders with status 'processing', oldest first, with the customer's name, items and shipping method."

3. Find a specific order fast. (Read)

"Find the most recent order from jane@example.com and tell me what she bought and where it's being shipped."

4. Mark orders as shipped. (Write)

"Mark orders 1041, 1042 and 1045 as completed and add the note 'Shipped with DHL, tracking sent by email'."

You'll see a preview of each change before anything is saved.

5. Spot problems early. (Read)

"Are there any orders older than three days that are still 'on hold' or 'pending'? Group them by reason if you can tell."

6. Leave a note for the team. (Write)

"Add a private note to order 1050: 'Customer called, wants delivery after 5pm.'"

Products and stock

7. Low-stock alert. (Read)

"Which products have 5 or fewer in stock? Sort by how many sold in the last 30 days."

8. Restock after a delivery. (Write)

"Set stock to 40 for the 'Blue Mug' and 25 for the 'Green Mug'."

9. Price change. (Write)

"Increase the price of every product in the 'Candles' category by 5%, rounded to .99. Show me the before and after first."

Bulk changes come back as one preview with every product listed, so you can check them before confirming.

10. Variation check. (Read)

"Show me the variations of 'Classic T-Shirt' with their stock and prices. Which sizes are out of stock?"

11. Create a product quickly. (Write)

"Create a draft product called 'Gift Box Small', price $24, in the 'Gifts' category, with a two-sentence description in the style of my other gift products."

12. Clean up categories. (Read)

"List product categories with how many products each has. Flag any that are empty."

Customers

13. Who are your best customers? (Read)

"Who are my top 10 customers by total spend this year, and when did each last order?"

14. Lapsed customers. (Read)

"List customers who ordered at least twice but haven't ordered in the last 90 days."

15. Look someone up before a call. (Read)

"Tell me about the customer with email mark@example.com: order count, total spent, last order and anything in the order notes."

16. Fix a customer's details. (Write)

"Update the shipping address for customer mark@example.com to 12 High Street, Leeds, LS1 4AB."

Coupons and promotions

17. Create a campaign coupon. (Write)

"Create a coupon AUTUMN15 for 15% off, minimum spend $50, valid until November 30, one use per customer."

18. Did the last promo work? (Read)

"How many times was SUMMER10 used, and how much revenue came from orders that used it?"

19. Tidy old coupons. (Read, then Write)

"List coupons that have expired. Then delete the ones that were never used."

Deletions always come back as a preview first, listing exactly which coupons would go.

20. Win-back offer. (Write)

"Create a single-use 10% coupon for each customer on the lapsed list from earlier and give me the codes."

Reports and numbers

21. Week over week. (Read)

"Compare revenue and order count this week vs last week. What changed most?"

22. Best sellers. (Read)

"What are my top 10 products by revenue in the last 30 days? And the top 5 categories?"

23. Tax summary. (Read)

"Give me the tax totals for last quarter, broken down by rate."

24. Slow movers. (Read)

"Which products have stock but haven't sold in 60 days?"

Reviews, content and marketing

25. Review moderation. (Read, then Write)

"Show product reviews waiting for approval. Approve the genuine ones and hold anything that looks like spam."

26. Turn data into copy. (Read)

"Look at my three best-selling products and write a short email announcing a restock, in a friendly tone."

27. Marketing check-up. (Read)

"Which marketing channels and extensions are set up in WooCommerce, and what does WooCommerce recommend I add?"

28. A blog post from your catalogue. (Read, then Write)

"Draft a blog post titled 'How to choose the right mug size', mentioning our three mug sizes with their prices. Save it as a draft."

Settings and store health

29. Shipping sanity check. (Read)

"List my shipping zones and methods with their costs. Is anything inconsistent?"

30. System status. (Read)

"Check WooCommerce system status: versions, anything outdated, and any warnings I should fix."

How to get reliable results

Be specific about what you mean

"Last week" can mean the last seven days or Monday to Sunday. Say which. Order numbers, product names and email addresses beat descriptions.

Ask for a preview on anything big

Write tools already preview before changing things, but for bulk work, asking "show me first" up front gives you a list to check in plain language before the formal confirmation.

Read, then write

The most reliable pattern is a two-step conversation: find the items, look at them, then act on them. "List X. Now update the ones that Y."

Use the right tools for the job

If a prompt fails because a tool isn't available, that's the plugin doing its job: you didn't switch that tool on. Turn it on in your plugin's settings if you need it. Changes apply on the next rebuild, which takes about a minute.

Check the activity log

Every call your assistant makes is recorded in the Activity tab: which tool, which AI app, what it touched, and whether it succeeded. It's the fastest way to understand what happened during a long conversation.

Give the right prompts to the right people

If your team uses AI too, you don't have to give everyone every tool. A packer might only need "list processing orders" and "complete order". A marketer might only need coupons and reports. See how to give your team AI access without giving away admin.