A1 Yandex KIT Skills
Communication
Before producing any user-facing message, read and apply
references/merchant-communication.md
completely.
Yandex KIT (kit.yandex.ru, beta) is Yandex's e-commerce store builder — effectively a
Russian Shopify. Its REST API is a server-to-server layer for syncing catalog, stocks and
prices and for managing orders between a merchant's backend and the platform. The official
docs are in Russian; the full OpenAPI spec (160 operations) is bundled with this skill in
data/kit_v1.json.gz and searchable offline with the scripts below.
API essentials
- Base URL:
https://api.kit.yandex.net, every path is prefixed with/v1/. - Auth:
Authorization: Bearer <token>(plain HTTP Bearer, not OAuth). The token is generated in the merchant cabinet: Settings → API → Generate token — it is shown only once, store it securely and generate a new one if lost. - Rate limit: 3 requests per second per store, no quota headers. Exceeding it returns
code
LIMIT_EXCEEDEDwith HTTP 400 (not 429) — throttle client-side and detect the error by itscode, not by the status. - Error contract: every error is JSON
{"code", "message", "trace_id"}. Codes:AUTHENTICATION_ERROR(401),FORBIDDEN_ERROR(403),VALIDATION_ERROR(400),LIMIT_EXCEEDED(400),UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE(415),NOT_FOUND(404),CONFLICT(409),UNKNOWN_ERROR(500). Quotetrace_idwhen contacting support. - Datetimes: everything is UTC.
- No sandbox: production only — prefer read-only calls while exploring and double-check every write.
- Pagination: list endpoints take
page+per_page(max 100) query parameters. - Content types: request bodies are
application/json, except the 5 operations that use JSON Merge Patch (application/merge-patch+json):UpdateCategory,UpdateCharacteristic,UpdateVariant,UpdateVariantAttachment,UpdateWarehouse— send only the fields to change.nullclears a field only where the schema marks it nullable — of these, that is justparent_idandfile_idofUpdateCategory; elsewherenullfails validation (validate.mjsbelow will catch it).POST /v1/files(UploadFile) andPOST /v1/videos(UploadVideo) aremultipart/form-data. - Bulk writes:
BulkUpdatePricesandBulkUpdateStockstake up to 5000 items per request and are atomic — a single invalid item rejects the whole batch (400) and applies nothing. Prefer them over per-variant updates for catalog syncs.
Workflow
Run the bundled scripts from this skill's directory — they are self-contained
(Node.js >= 20, builtins + a vendored validator, no npm install, no network).
-
Search for the operation you need:
node scripts/search_docs.mjs "<query>" [--tag "<Тег>"] [--limit N]Matches operation ids, paths, tags and the Russian summaries/descriptions, e.g.
node scripts/search_docs.mjs "создать товар". -
Inspect the full contract of one operation — path/query parameters plus the fully dereferenced request/response schemas:
node scripts/search_docs.mjs --operation CreateProduct -
Validate a drafted request body offline before sending anything:
node scripts/validate.mjs --operation CreateProduct --body '<json>' # or: node scripts/validate.mjs --operation CreateProduct --body-file body.jsonPrints
VALID(exit 0) or the list of schema violations (exit 1). -
Execute the operation:
- prefer the bundled
mcp-yandex-kitMCP server: a curated tool when one exists (see the domain skills), otherwise the meta trio below; - any operation without a dedicated tool: the
kit_requestMCP tool — it validates the body against the same schema before sending; - or plain HTTP:
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $YANDEX_KIT_TOKEN" https://api.kit.yandex.net/v1/...(mind the 3 rps limit).
- prefer the bundled
Domain skills
Prefer the focused skill when the task clearly belongs to one domain — each bundles the same scripts and data, plus the endpoint tables of its tags:
a1-yandex-kit-catalog— products, variants (SKUs, prices, stocks, bulk price/stock sync), categories, characteristics (groups, colors), videos, collections, context collections, badges.a1-yandex-kit-orders— orders, customers, gift cards, additional services (addons).a1-yandex-kit-promotions— discounts, promo codes, promocode groups, gifts.a1-yandex-kit-store— store profile, warehouses, users, geo, files, redirects, blog/news, alerts.a1-yandex-kit-webhooks— webhooks: order events, HTTPS callbacks, signing secret.
Related MCP tools
The bundled mcp-yandex-kit MCP server exposes 70 tools. Curated tools
cover the everyday catalog/orders/promotions/store/webhooks workflows (they are listed
in the domain skills); the meta trio below reaches all 160 operations:
search_operations— Search the full catalog of all 160 Yandex KIT API operations by keyword.get_operation_schema— Get full metadata for one KIT API operation by operationId: HTTP method, path, path/query parameters, request content type, pagination info, and the fully dereferenced JSON schemas of the request body and response.kit_request— Escape hatch that executes ANY of the 160 Yandex KIT API operations by operationId, including operations without a dedicated tool.