Agentic Commerce Protocol is an open standard for programmatic commerce flows between buyers, AI agents, and businesses.
🔑 Key Features
📖 Open Source
- Open source under Apache 2.0 license
- Community-designed
- Enables businesses to transact with any AI agent or payment processor
🏢 Business-Friendly
- Businesses maintain customer relationships as the merchant of record
- Retain control over which products can be sold, how they're presented, and order fulfillment
🔄 Supports Complex Flows
- Supports various commerce types including physical/digital goods, subscriptions, and asynchronous purchases
- Flexible configuration options
🔌 Technology Compatibility
- Compatible with REST API and MCP (Model Context Protocol)
- Integrates with existing commerce backends and payment processors
- Works with any technology stack
🔒 Security and PCI Compliance
- Securely passes payment credentials from buyers to AI agents
- Maintains security without exposing underlying payment credentials
🎯 Benefits by Stakeholder
For Businesses
- Reach more customers through AI agents
- Sell to high-intent buyers using existing commerce infrastructure
For AI Agents
- Embed commerce functionality into applications
- Enable users to transact directly with businesses without being the merchant of record
For Payment Providers
- Increase transaction volume by processing agentic transactions through AI agents
💡 Real-World Application
Integrated with ChatGPT's Instant Checkout, enabling agentic payment processing through Stripe and other ACP-compatible payment service providers.
ACP aims to build a standardized protocol for AI-era commerce that benefits all participants in the ecosystem.
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