High Value Order Tagger

Purpose

Identify WooCommerce orders above a configurable total threshold and write a priority meta field to each, enabling downstream automation (priority pick queues, VIP customer alerts, or special packaging workflows). Can target new incoming orders or backfill existing orders. Includes dry-run preview.

Prerequisites

• WooCommerce store with REST API enabled
• Consumer Key with Read/Write scope
• Minimum WooCommerce version: 3.5.0

Parameters

Authentication

WooCommerce uses OAuth 1.0a for HTTP and Basic Auth over HTTPS.

For HTTPS stores (recommended):

Authorization: Basic base64(consumer_key:consumer_secret)

For HTTP stores (development only): Use OAuth 1.0a — include oauth_consumer_key, oauth_nonce, oauth_signature, oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1, oauth_timestamp, oauth_version=1.0

Never log or output consumer_key or consumer_secret values.

See docs/AUTHENTICATION.md for full setup instructions.

Safety

Step 3 writes meta_data to orders. Always run with dry_run: true first (the default). This operation is additive and does not change order status or amounts.

Workflow Steps

Step 1 — Fetch orders above threshold

GET /wp-json/wc/v3/orders
  ?status=<filter_status>&per_page=100&page=1
  [&after=<filter_date_after>]

Filter: keep orders where total >= threshold. If skip_already_tagged: true, also filter out orders where meta_data contains meta_key.

Step 2 — Preview or execute

If dry_run: true: list qualifying orders. Stop.

If dry_run: false and confirmed:

PUT /wp-json/wc/v3/orders/{id}
  Body: {
    "meta_data": [{ "key": "<meta_key>", "value": "<meta_value>" }]
  }

API Endpoints Used

GET  /wp-json/wc/v3/orders         — filtered order list
PUT  /wp-json/wc/v3/orders/{id}    — write priority meta field

Pagination Strategy

WooCommerce REST API uses page/per_page pagination (not cursor-based).

Standard pattern:

page = 1
while True:
  response = GET /endpoint?per_page=100&page=page
  process(response)
  if len(response) < 100: break
  page += 1

Maximum per_page is 100 for most endpoints. The X-WP-Total and X-WP-TotalPages response headers report totals. Always read X-WP-TotalPages on the first request to estimate job size.

Session Tracking

Claude MUST emit the following output at each stage. This is mandatory.

STARTUP:

╔══════════════════════════════════════════╗
║  SKILL: woo-high-value-order-tagger      ║
║  STORE: <store_url>                      ║
║  TIME:  <ISO-8601 UTC>                   ║
║  MODE:  <DRY RUN | LIVE>                 ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════╝

PER-OPERATION (emit after each API call batch):

[N/TOTAL] <METHOD> <endpoint> → <result_count> records | params: <key>=<val>

COMPLETION (human format):

╔══════════════════════════════════════════╗
║  COMPLETE: woo-high-value-order-tagger   ║
║  RECORDS PROCESSED: <n>                  ║
║  OUTPUT: stdout                          ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════╝

COMPLETION (json format):

{
  "skill": "woo-high-value-order-tagger",
  "store": "<store_url>",
  "completed_at": "<ISO-8601>",
  "records_processed": <n>,
  "output_file": null,
  "dry_run": <bool>
}

Output Format

Human format: table of order number, customer, total, and tag applied.

Error Handling

Best Practices

• Always run with dry_run: true first.
• Set threshold based on your store's average order value and margin targets (e.g., 2× AOV).
• Use skip_already_tagged: true to safely re-run on the same date without duplicating tags.
• Combine with a WooCommerce webhook to trigger real-time VIP alerts for new high-value orders.