Install
npx skills add goshippo/ai --skill shippo-best-practices
Runs the open skills CLI and installs the skill for your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor …). Alternatively copy the skill folder into .claude/skills/ or upload it in Claude.ai under Settings → Skills.
As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
/plugin install shippo@shippo
This skill is part of the plugin “shippo”. In Claude Code the plugin installs it together with the plugin’s other skills, commands and hooks.
What does the shippo-best-practices skill do?
Description from the SKILL.md in the source repository.
Questions about shippo-best-practices
What does the shippo-best-practices skill do?
Guides Shippo integration decisions, choosing between Rates at Checkout vs. full Shipments+Transactions vs. Batch processing, address validation strategy (v1 vs v2 fields), domestic vs international workflows (customs declarations, incoterms), label format selection, and webhook setup. Use when planning, building, or reviewing any Shippo integration, including building checkout flows, bulk fulfillment pipelines, address validation, label generation, package tracking, customs handling, or webhook subscriptions.
How do I install shippo-best-practices?
In a terminal: npx skills add goshippo/ai --skill shippo-best-practices. The skills CLI asks which agents to install it for. In Claude.ai you can upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Settings → Skills.
Which agents can use shippo-best-practices?
Skills use the open SKILL.md format, which Claude Code, Claude.ai, the Claude API, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and other agents support.
Is shippo-best-practices safe to use?
Our automatic check found no risky patterns (piped shell scripts, hidden characters, secret access, prompt overrides). It is not a full audit – read the SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.
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Track packages across carriers, view tracking history, and set up tracking webhooks via the Shippo API
Guide for Shippo API version changes, webhook payload versioning, and how the hosted MCP server handles updates. Use when reasoning about backward compatibility, handling new fields in webhook payloads or API responses, troubleshooting OAuth/version-mismatch errors against the hosted MCP, or auditing an existing Shippo integration before a change.
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