# Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP)

> Published 2025-10-01, updated 2025-10-05 · https://www.promptzone.com/sienna_fb1754b25bd8dd7aaa/agentic-commerce-protocol-acp-2k51

**[Agentic Commerce Protocol](https://agentic-commerce-protocol.com/)** 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.

[Agentic Commerce Protocol Documentation](https://agentic-commerce-protocol.com/docs/)
[ACP Blog](https://sienna1999.pages10.com/agentic-commerce-protocol-acp-72995940)