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Prefer interfaces in the order structured plugin, then official API or CLI, then cloud browser, then local computer.

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NotesDirectly validated by the Shopify incident, where vendor staff prescribed the Admin API after the browser login was blocked. Brock Mesarich gives the cost version: route heavy scraping through purpose-built research connectors instead of raw browsing.

structured plugin -> official API or CLI -> cloud browser -> local computer

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