--- title: "Every small storefront rule is becoming an Apex project in someone's backlog" source: https://storeconnect.com/articles/news/every-small-storefront-rule-is-becoming-an-apex-project-in-someones-backlog type: article format: markdown site: StoreConnect — Customer Commerce built natively on Salesforce site_index: https://storeconnect.com/llms.txt docs_index: https://support.storeconnect.com/llms.txt note: Append .md to any page or article URL on this site to get its Markdown form. --- # Every small storefront rule is becoming an Apex project in someone's backlog The storeconnect-controllers skill teaches AI agents how to run this kind of server-side logic in the storefront itself, using Liquid controllers, without Apex. [Get the skills plugin](https://storeconnect.com/ai#SC-ContentBlock-ai-providers) or [watch the full demo](https://storeconnect.com/ai#SC-ContentBlock-ai-full-demo). ## Custom code work is eating the time your IT team doesn't have IT teams are already stretched. MuleSoft's 2026 Connectivity Benchmark found IT teams spend an average of 36% of their time designing, building and testing custom integrations between systems[^1], and Salesforce's State of IT research found project requests surged 18% year over year[^2]. A request for a storefront redirect is unlikely to jump that queue. Liquid controllers are the storefront-side alternative to Apex for request-time logic. A controller is a theme template that runs around the platform's own handling of a request, before the action, when the response is about to be sent and as the final step[^3]. The skill teaches an agent to use them for access gating and redirects, capturing extra form fields, cart automation, injecting data for the page and calling an external service during a render. ## Server-side logic written from guesswork breaks quietly Controllers only run when their key matches a registered controller and action pair[^3]. An agent that doesn't know that rule writes a controller that never runs, and nobody notices until a business rule quietly fails to apply. Stack Overflow's 2025 survey found 45% of developers say debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming[^4]. The skill spells out the registered key rule, the action tags available and how to intercept form submissions, so the agent writes controllers that actually fire. ## Automated writes need safety rules, or they create bad data Server-side logic that updates records is powerful and risky. A controller that writes the wrong thing on every page view multiplies a mistake across every visitor. Gartner estimates poor data quality costs organizations an average of $12.9 million a year[^5]. The skill includes safety rules for controller-driven writes, so automation stays within safe limits. ## Ship the business rules that never made it out of the backlog Small rules shouldn't need big projects. [Get the skills plugin](https://storeconnect.com/ai#SC-ContentBlock-ai-providers). The controllers skill installs with the full StoreConnect catalog for your AI tool, for any storefront behavior that needs to run on the server without Apex. [Watch the full demo](https://storeconnect.com/ai#SC-ContentBlock-ai-full-demo). CEO Mikel Lindsaar shows how an agent builds on a real store, and how changes are reviewed before they go live. ## References [^1]: [MuleSoft, "Agentic transformation reaches new heights: 2026 Connectivity Benchmark Report insights."](https://blogs.mulesoft.com/agentic-perspectives/connectivity-benchmark-report/){:target="_blank"} [^2]: [Salesforce, "State of IT, 4th edition: AI and app development."](https://www.salesforce.com/en-ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/documents/PDF/salesforce-state-of-it-ai-and-app-development-report-2025-ca.pdf){:target="_blank"} [^3]: [StoreConnect, "StoreConnect AI" GitHub repository (README, skills and provider packages).](https://github.com/GetStoreConnect/ai){:target="_blank"} [^4]: [Stack Overflow, "2025 Developer Survey: AI."](https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/ai){:target="_blank"} [^5]: [Gartner, "Data quality: Why it matters and how to achieve it."](https://www.gartner.com/en/data-analytics/topics/data-quality){:target="_blank"} --- ## Follow StoreConnect - [Email Newsletter](https://storeconnect.com/c/lp-newsletter) - [LinkedIn Newsletter](https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7444956928444862464) - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngKdP2x8l1wcbAKW3tvU8g) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/storeconnect) - [X / Twitter](https://x.com/storeconnecthq) ## Popular Links - [Partners](https://storeconnect.com/partners) - [Become a Partner](https://storeconnect.com/become-a-partner) - [News](https://storeconnect.com/articles/news) - [Events](https://storeconnect.com/articles/events) - [Live Events](https://storeconnect.com/live-events) - [Feature Comparison](https://storeconnect.com/how-we-compare) - [Download a free trial](https://appexchange.salesforce.com/appxListingDetail?listingId=a0N3A00000FMkeKUAT) - [Book a Demo](https://storeconnect.com/contact) ## Documentation - [Help documentation](https://support.storeconnect.com/help-documentation) - [Videos & tutorials](https://support.storeconnect.com/videos-tutorials) - [Developer reference](https://support.storeconnect.com/developer-reference) - [Release notes](https://support.storeconnect.com/release-notes) - [Troubleshooting](https://support.storeconnect.com/troubleshooting) - [Trust Center](https://trust.getstoreconnect.com/) - [Status Page](https://status.storeconnect.com/) ## Contact - info@getstoreconnect.com - US +1 415 745 3230 - AUS +61 2 8365 2308 100 S Ashley Dr, Suite 600-2461 Tampa FL 33602-600 USA Level 22, Sydney Place 180 George Street Sydney, NSW, 2000, AUS ## Machine-readable - [Site index for agents](https://storeconnect.com/llms.txt): curated map of this site in llms.txt format - [Documentation index for agents](https://support.storeconnect.com/llms.txt): full technical and product documentation map Every page and article on this site has a Markdown rendering: append `.md` to its URL. 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