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Set up AI Admin

Install the module, activate your license and connect your store to ChatGPT. Follow the steps in your OpenCart admin and ChatGPT settings below.

Get the module
Checklist

Before you start

A quick list of what you need. Everything runs on ordinary shared hosting.

  • An OpenCart storeOpenCart 3.0.2–3.0.5 (including ocStore 3) or OpenCart 4.0.2–4.1.
  • Regular hostingPHP 7.1–8.4. No special extensions, no ionCube required.
  • Admin accessAn administrator account that can install extensions.
  • An AI with MCPClaude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any client that supports MCP connectors.
Step 1

Install the module

Choose the archive for your OpenCart version and install it through the store admin.

  1. 1

    Select the archive that matches your store version.

    mcp_server_oc3.ocmod.zip · OpenCart 3 / ocStore mcp_server_oc4.ocmod.zip · OpenCart 4
  2. 2

    Open Extensions → Installer and upload the archive. In OpenCart 4, also click Install after uploading.

    Extensions → Installer
  3. 3

    Open Extensions → Modifications and click Refresh. This step is required.

    Extensions → Modifications → Refresh
  4. 4

    Open Extensions → Modules, find “AI Admin (AI assistant connection)” and click “+ Activate”.

    Extensions → Modules → AI Admin → + Activate

After activation, click Edit to open the module’s license and settings.

Step 2

Activate your license and enable the module

Open the module editor, enter your license key and enable AI Admin.

  1. 1

    In the modules list, click Edit next to “AI Admin (AI assistant connection)” and paste your license key.

  2. 2

    On the Overview tab, enable the module and click Save.

Paid version

Use the license key received after your purchase.

Free version

Use this key to activate AI Admin Free:

Uploading the archive alone is not enough: enter the key, enable the module and save your settings before connecting ChatGPT.

Step 3

Connect your store to ChatGPT

Create a custom MCP plugin in ChatGPT and authorize access to your store.

  1. 1

    On the module’s Connection tab, click Connect or open the ChatGPT plugins page. Open ChatGPT plugins

  2. 2

    Click Add in the upper-right corner and choose Add your own MCP server.

  3. 3

    Enter a name in Latin characters, such as shop_name, in Name. Paste the full MCP server address from the module’s Overview or Connection tab into Connection.

    Name: shop_name Connection: https://domain.com/mcp-f1cd321b1cd8
  4. 4

    Check “I understand and want to continue” and click “Create as a plugin”.

  5. 5

    Click “Connect shop_name”, sign in with your store administrator account and click Allow access.

  6. 6

    Start a new chat in ChatGPT and check the connection. Replace shop_name with the name of the plugin you created.

    Check the connection @shop_name

Enter your administrator credentials in the store’s authorization window. In a new chat, mention the connection using @ followed by its name.

Maintenance

Update the module

Upload the new archive for your store version, then refresh the tools in ChatGPT.

  1. 1

    Choose mcp_server_oc3.ocmod.zip for OpenCart 3 / ocStore or mcp_server_oc4.ocmod.zip for OpenCart 4.

  2. 2

    Open Extensions → Installer and upload the archive. For OpenCart 4, also click Install.

  3. 3

    Open Extensions → Modifications and refresh the modifications.

  4. 4

    Open ChatGPT plugin settings and find your store connection, such as shop_name. Open plugin settings

  5. 5

    Click Refresh tools at the bottom of the connection page.

Maintenance

Uninstall the module

Remove the module using its own settings.

  1. 1

    In the store admin, open Extensions → Modules, find “AI Admin (AI assistant connection)” and click Edit.

  2. 2

    Open the Settings tab. Click Remove module at the bottom of the page and confirm the action in the popup.

Access levels

Choose what the AI can do

You decide what the assistant may see and change. The server enforces it.

  1. 1

    Open the Access tab and choose an access profile: Safe or Recommended.

  2. 2

    If needed, fine-tune permissions using the Details button.

Start with the Safe profile. Switch to Recommended when you are ready. Enable mandatory confirmation so any changes are applied only after your approval.

Try it

Your first commands

Just type in plain words. Slash commands and plain questions both work.

  • Show today’s sales and what’s running low
  • /seo_product 42
  • Cut prices on all sneakers by 10%
  • Weekly report
  • /new_orders today
  • Export products to CSV
Good to know

Safety & rollback

The guardrails that keep you in charge.

Confirmation before it counts

Enable mandatory confirmation so any changes are applied only after your approval.

Every change has a number

Every edit has its own unique number.

Secrets stay hidden

Password hashes, API keys and tokens are never read — not even on request.

Visitor text is data

Reviews and order notes are never treated as commands.

If something is off

Troubleshooting

The handful of things people hit most often.

Re-upload the .ocmod.zip in Extensions → Installer. On OpenCart 3, also run Extensions → Modifications → Refresh, then look again under Extensions → Modules.

Enter a license key in the module’s activation field and save. Free demo: . Paid: the key from your e-mail.

Turn on SEO URLs (friendly URLs) in OpenCart’s settings and save the module once. The full /index.php?route=… connector link always works as a fallback.

Make sure you finished the OAuth sign-in, the module is enabled, and the license is active. Reconnect the connector in your AI client.

Go to Extensions → Modifications, press Refresh, and clear the store cache (Dashboard → the refresh icon, or System → Maintenance).

We’re here

Still stuck? Write to us

Tell us your OpenCart version and what you see — we’ll help you get connected.

Telegram@ocaiadmin