October 12, 2025

What is Agentic Checkout?

Understand the Agentic Checkout Protocol, how it works, and what merchants need to implement to pass approval.

Agentic checkout turns AI assistants into true commerce channels. Instead of handing off users to a traditional storefront, an agent collects the cart, kicks off a trusted payment flow, and confirms fulfillment—all without breaking the conversation.

To make this safe, AI platforms rely on the Agentic Checkout Protocol (ACP). Merchants expose endpoints that accept structured orders, return availability, and issue policy-compliant confirmations. Platforms evaluate those responses for safety, fraud, and consumer protection.

What merchants must provide

1. Structured product data. Feeds need normalized attributes—taxonomy, pricing, taxation, shipping. SilkAgents validates every field before the approval team sees it.
2. Checkout handlers. Your checkout system needs to support reservation windows, tax calculation, and cancellation flows.
3. Compliance artifacts. Licenses, refunds policies, age gating, and trust signals must be machine-readable.

With the right instrumentation in place, ACP approvals arrive in days instead of weeks. SilkAgents automates the hard parts so you can focus on the experience.