Migrate a Shopify Theme Template Safely

The opportunity

A Shopify template is more than one JSON file. Sections can depend on theme-specific settings, assets, snippets, app blocks, metafields, metaobjects, product references, and media. Copying the template directly can create broken references or silently change the live storefront.

BizSidekick builds a dependency graph, maps compatible targets, previews new and conflicting records, and requires confirmation before a migration that remains unpublished and unassigned.

How it works

1. Confirm source and target themes — Verify theme IDs, roles, versions, target template handle, and the rule that the result must remain unpublished.
2. Read the complete dependency graph — Traverse template sections, blocks, settings, snippets, assets, app blocks, metafields, metaobjects, products, and media.
3. Compare target compatibility — Identify existing definitions, missing sections, schema differences, name conflicts, app dependencies, and unsupported settings.
4. Prepare reference mappings — Match products and variants by stable identifiers, map media and metaobjects, and generate target-safe handles.
5. Preview the exact migration — Show files and records to create, references to rewrite, conflicts to skip, and everything left unchanged.
6. Confirm, apply, and verify — Require approval, create only the selected target records, read them back, render the template preview, and confirm that no resource is published or assigned.

Safety boundary

The migration never edits the source theme, publishes the target theme, assigns the template to a product, or overwrites a conflict without explicit approval. Missing app blocks and ambiguous references remain unresolved.

@BizSidekick Migrate this Shopify product template from the source theme into the target theme. Map sections, blocks, assets, metafields, metaobjects, and media references, preview every change, and wait for confirmation. Keep the result unpublished and unassigned.