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Announcement Bar Copy

/announce  Writes three announcement-bar lines under 60 characters from your real offers and shipping policy, and updates the bar on approval.

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Add opens your Shopify admin with the skill prefilled; review it there and click Add. If nothing appears, use Copy and follow the steps below.

The skill

Suggested shortcut: /announce
Write announcement-bar copy for my store.

## Steps
1. Check active discounts, the free-shipping threshold in shipping settings or automatic discounts, and the delivery time promised in the shipping policy.
2. Write three options, each under 60 characters, based only on what is true right now: one about shipping, one about the current offer if any, one about the store's strongest reason to buy (returns window, made-to-order, local pickup). No exclamation marks, at most one emoji per line.
3. Show the options with character counts. After I pick one, update the announcement bar text in the theme editor settings if the theme exposes it. If it does not, tell me where to paste it.

## Output
Three lines with counts, then "Which one should I apply?"

Do not write about an offer that is not active. Do not change other theme settings.
How to add it to Sidekick
  1. Click Add to Sidekick above. Your Shopify admin opens with the skill ready to review. Click Add. Done.
  2. If the button does nothing in your store: click Copy skill, open Sidekick in your admin, type /, choose Create new skill, name the shortcut announce, paste the text as the instructions, and save.
  3. To run it, type /announce in Sidekick. Sidekick keeps up to 25 skills; manage yours from the skills menu.

What you get

Bar copy that matches what your store actually promises today, updated in place where the theme allows.

When to use it

Whenever an offer starts or ends, and after changing shipping rates.

Variations

  • “Rotate three lines” if your theme supports multiple announcements.

Limits

Some themes keep the bar in a section rather than a setting; then Sidekick gives you the text to paste.

Status: Written for Sidekick but not yet run on a live store. Results may need a second prompt. Time saved: about 10 min.

Author: MerchantSkill · License: CC0, no attribution needed · Updated: 19 Sept 2026 · Raw markdown

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