🌧️ 🌞 April showers bring... smarter automations! Welcome to the April edition of MESA Field Notes. With spring in full swing, we’ve been nurturing new apps, simplifying everyday tasks, and expanding our library of time-saving templates. It’s all about giving you a stronger starting point—so you can go further, faster.

Here’s what we’ve been working on this month:

## 🪄 New built-in app: Model Context Protocol (MCP)

[MCP](/content/mcp/index.html) gives you secure, no-code access to 4,000+ actions across your stack with a single snippet. Fetch data, automate tasks, and manage sensitive workflows with approvals, granular permissions, and full visibility—no servers or extra steps required.

Try these MCP workflow templates:

## 🪨 New app: Mantle

Meet [Mantle](/content/apps/mantle/integrate/index.html), our latest app integration designed to help Shopify developers write less code. From subscription management to affiliate programs and analytics, connecting events in Mantle into your backend systems or Shopify apps directly just got a whole lot easier.

Try these Mantle workflow templates:

## ✨ 3 new workflow templates

Browse more workflows in the [template library](/content/templates/index.html).

## 📰 Hot off the press

Curious about using AI to power your workflows? Our latest blog tutorials break it down with clear, step-by-step guides to get you started fast—no guesswork. You’ll be building smarter automations in no time.

## 🎵 Playlist: Spill the wine 🍷

Our April playlist is overflowing with wine-soaked jams perfect for any springtime adventure. Whether you're Team Red or Team Rosé, we’ve got your vibe covered.

01. 1

### Spill The Wine

#### Eric Burdon, War

04:54

02. 2

### Cherry Wine

#### ENas, Amy Winehouse

05:56

03. 3

### Summer Wine

#### Nancy Sinatra, Lee Hazlewood

03:44

04. 4

### Champagne Coast

#### Blood Orange

04:52

05. 5

### Red Wine Supernova

#### EChappell Roan

03:12

06. 6

### Red Red Wine

#### UB40

03:03

07. 7

### Bubblin

#### EAnderson .Paak

03:29

08. 8

### Juicy - 2005 Remaster

#### EThe Notorious B.I.G.

05:02

09. 9

### Hooked On A Feeling

#### Blue Swede, Björn Skifs

02:52

10. 10

### Sweet Cherry Wine

#### Tommy James & The Shondells

04:31

11. 11

### Melva's Wine

#### Johnny Cash

02:50

12. 12

### Lilac Wine

#### Nina Simone

04:13

What to do next…

The fastest way to automate anything is to start with a single task.

1. [Chat with MESA's AI assistant](/content/ai/index.html): The fastest way to build any workflow
2. [Contact our experts](/content/support/index.html): our customer success team can answer any question
3. [Submit your feedback](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmn2HRa-_TOFPHzvbRhB4Xp7bdKrxA2BKOpLs4HxmKZZJxwA/viewform): 2-minute survey that guides new features

Written by

[Jen Sparks](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenodonnell/)

Has been building Shopify apps and ecommerce products since 2012. Self-proclaimed, corgi queen and a vegetarian master chef.