# Activity and connected AI apps URL: https://docs.sparklayer.io/help/ask-sparklayer/activity-and-connected-apps See what Ask Sparkie and other AI apps changed, track the 25-a-day limit, connect or disconnect Claude or ChatGPT, and switch between Live and Test. > **Ask Sparkie is in early access.** Request it for your store. [Request early access](mailto:support@sparklayer.io?subject=Early%20access%20to%20Ask%20Sparkie). > **Quick summary** > > - In **Ask SparkLayer** in the SparkLayer Dashboard, or **SparkLayer Wholesale > Ask SparkLayer** in the Shopify app, click the clock icon (**Activity and connections**) at the top right to open the **Activity** drawer. > - The drawer shows how many of today's 25 changes you've applied, and the AI apps connected to your store. It also logs every proposal and change, with who approved it and which app made it. > - Ask Sparkie and Shopify Sidekick come built in. You can also connect other AI apps, such as Claude and ChatGPT. You choose the stores they work on and whether they can apply changes. > - The store button at the top of the chat sets where Ask Sparkie works: **Live** (what buyers see) or **Test**. ## Open the Activity drawer 1. Go to **Ask SparkLayer** in the SparkLayer Dashboard, or **SparkLayer Wholesale > Ask SparkLayer** in the Shopify app. 2. Click the clock icon, **Activity and connections**, at the top right. The **Activity** drawer opens beside the chat. Click **Close** to hide it. On a phone it fills the screen. ## The daily limit The top of the drawer, **Today on** your store and environment, shows **Changes applied today**. It has a bar and a count, such as **3 of 25 changes applied**. You can apply up to 25 changes a day on each environment. Changes from Ask Sparkie and every connected AI app count together. The limit stops an AI app making changes in a loop. It resets at midnight, and asking questions is never limited. See [Limits](https://docs.sparklayer.io/help/ask-sparklayer/changes.md#limits). ## The activity log The **Activity log** lists your most recent proposals and changes, newest first. Each entry shows: | Part | Example | | --- | --- | | What happened | The change's title, with an icon for its status | | Who and how | **Applied by** Sam **via** Ask Sparkie, **Proposed by**…, or **Discarded by**… | | Where and when | **Live** or **Test**, and how long ago | | Reference | The tool that ran and the proposal's ID | Every proposal and applied change from any AI app is logged, with who approved it. Changes made in the dashboard are logged too, marked **via Dashboard**. That way, you see everything that changed your price lists and customer groups in one place. A change edited with **Open in form** before saving is marked **(edited in the form)**. Before anything has happened, the log says **No activity yet.** ## Connected AI apps The **Connected AI apps** section lists every app that can work on your store, what it can do and which environments it works on. | App | Works on | What it can do | Control | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **Ask Sparkie** | Live and Test | Read, propose and apply | **Built in** | | **Shopify Sidekick** | Live and Test | Answer questions only (read only) | **Included** | | **Claude** | The stores you tick | What you allow when you connect it | **Connect** or **Disconnect** | | **ChatGPT** | The stores you tick | What you allow when you connect it | **Connect** or **Disconnect** | Ask Sparkie and Sidekick can't be disconnected. Sidekick works inside Shopify admin. See [Shopify Sidekick](https://docs.sparklayer.io/help/platforms/shopify/shopify-sidekick.md). Claude, ChatGPT and other AI apps connect through the [SparkLayer MCP](https://docs.sparklayer.io/help/ask-sparklayer/mcp.md), which explains what they can do. Every app follows the same rules as Ask Sparkie: - Changes are prepared as proposals - Live changes need approval - The daily limit applies - Everything appears in the activity log ### Connect an AI app 1. In the **Activity** drawer, under **Connected AI apps**, click **Connect** next to the app. 2. Under **Stores**, tick where it can work: your live store ("Changes affect what buyers see"), your test store ("Safe to experiment") or both. Test is ticked to start with. 3. Under **What it can do**, choose: - **See your store setup, price lists and customer groups** - **Suggest changes for you to approve** - **Apply changes you approve**. Leave this off to keep every change for you to apply in SparkLayer. 4. Click **Allow**. The app then appears with what it can do and when you connected it, such as **Live · Read, propose and apply · since Sep 12**. You can disconnect it here at any time. **More detail** - You must tick at least one store, or you see **Tick at least one store**. - With **Apply changes you approve** off, the app can prepare proposals but not apply them. Open Ask Sparkie to check and apply them yourself. - Starting on test only is a safe way to try an app. ### Disconnect an AI app 1. In **Connected AI apps**, click **Disconnect** next to the app. 2. A window asks if you want to disconnect the app. Click **Disconnect**. The app loses access to your store straight away. Changes it already made stay in place and in your activity log. To reverse one, use **Undo this change** or edit it in the dashboard. ## Choose the store and environment The button at the top right of the chat shows the store Ask Sparkie works on, with a **Live** or **Test** badge. | Environment | What it means | | --- | --- | | **Live** | Your live store. Applied changes are what buyers see the next time a page loads, so applying asks you to confirm. | | **Test** | Your test store. Changes apply straight away and buyers on your live store don't see them. Use it to try a change first. | To switch, click the store button and choose **Live** or **Test**. The chat notes the switch, and new changes are proposed on the environment you chose. **More detail** - Proposals you already have stay on the environment they were made for. A live proposal still applies to live after you switch to test. - The daily limit of 25 applied changes counts separately on live and on test. - The rest of the SparkLayer app always works on your live store. Live and Test only apply in Ask Sparkie and to connected AI apps. For more about test stores, see [Test mode](https://docs.sparklayer.io/help/dashboard/test-mode.md). ## FAQs **Does disconnecting an app undo its changes?** No. Its changes stay in place and in your activity log. To reverse them, undo them from the chat or change them in the dashboard. **Why can't I disconnect Shopify Sidekick?** **Shopify only:** There's nothing to switch off. Sidekick is included with SparkLayer on Shopify and can only answer questions. It can't make changes.