# Side Cart Health Check

> Checks where your Modern Cart side cart shows, how it looks to shoppers and which sales features are off, then lists what to fix first.

- Job: [Store setup & admin](https://storeagent.ai/mcp-recipes/job/setup/)
- What it does: Asks first: changes your store, only after you say yes
- Time saved: ~15 min vs doing it by hand
- Requires: StoreAgent (free plugin, MCP on every plan) + Modern Cart
- Works in: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any MCP client connected to the store through StoreAgent MCP
- Web page: https://storeagent.ai/mcp-recipes/modern-cart-side-cart-health-check/

## The prompt

```text
Check my Modern Cart setup. Tell me the plugin version, if Pro is active and if setup is finished. Read my Modern Cart settings and tell me where the cart shows, if it is a slide-out or a popup, if AJAX add to cart is on, if the free shipping bar is on and how the coupon field shows. Tell me where the floating cart icon sits. Do not change anything. Then list the three changes most likely to get bigger orders, with the setting and value for each.
```

## What happens when you paste it

You: Check my Modern Cart setup…

Assistant: Modern Cart 1.1.1 is active, Pro is not installed and setup is finished. The slide-out cart shows on WooCommerce pages only. The free shipping bar is off and the coupon field is hidden. Calling: `moderncart/get-plugin-status`, `moderncart/get-settings`, `moderncart/get-available-options`.

Assistant: This will make changes in WooCommerce. Do you want me to go ahead?

Assistant: Fix these first: turn on the free shipping bar, set the coupon field to minimize so it stays tidy but usable, and show the cart on all pages so shoppers on your blog can open it.

## Abilities this recipe calls

- **Check Modern Cart status** (`moderncart/get-plugin-status`, asks first, from Modern Cart): Shows the Modern Cart version, whether Pro is active, and whether setup is finished.
- **Read side cart settings** (`moderncart/get-settings`, asks first, from Modern Cart): Reads every Modern Cart setting: where the cart shows, its style, coupon field, colors and button text.
- **List side cart style choices** (`moderncart/get-available-options`, asks first, from Modern Cart): Lists the valid choices for cart style, theme, coupon field, floating icon position and alignment.

## Variations

Add one of these to the end of the prompt. Swap anything in [brackets] for your own details.

- Only check how the cart looks on mobile.
- Write the fixes as a checklist for my developer.

## Related recipes

- [Add a Gift Message Option to My Products](https://storeagent.ai/mcp-recipes/ppom-gift-message-group.md): Describe the gift options you want in plain words and get a PPOM field group built, tested and saved after you approve it.
- [Can I Switch to the Block Checkout?](https://storeagent.ai/mcp-recipes/booster-block-checkout-ready.md): Find out which of your Booster modules work with the WooCommerce block checkout, and which still need the classic one.
- [Check Your Cart Recovery Setup](https://storeagent.ai/mcp-recipes/cart-recovery-settings-check.md): Reviews every cart recovery setting against your recent results and suggests changes, then makes only the ones you approve.

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Part of the StoreAgent WooCommerce MCP Recipes directory: https://storeagent.ai/mcp-recipes/ (index for LLMs: https://storeagent.ai/mcp-recipes/llms.txt). Get StoreAgent free: https://app.storeagent.ai/sign-up/