Universal-Commerce-Protocol/ucp
Specification and documentation for the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP)
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Where it stands
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1 release in the last 90 days, the latest 72 days ago, with 68 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Defines an open standard protocol enabling seamless interoperability between commerce platforms, businesses, and service providers.
- Provides a modular, transport-agnostic architecture that supports secure, agentic commerce with standardized capabilities and extensions.
- Use for integrating AI agents to autonomously discover products, manage carts, and complete purchases securely across platforms.
- Use for enabling businesses to declare supported commerce capabilities for dynamic discovery and easy platform integration.
- Use for Payment Service Providers and Credential Providers to securely exchange payment tokens and credentials using standardized protocols.
Should you depend on it?
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License
Apache 2.0
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
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From the README
An open standard enabling interoperability between various commerce entities to facilitate seamless commerce integrations.
The Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) addresses a fragmented commerce landscape by providing a standardized common language and functional primitives. It enables platforms (like AI agents and apps), businesses, Payment Service Providers (PSPs), and Credential Providers (CPs) to communicate effectively, ensuring secure and consistent commerce experiences across the web.
Daily snapshots
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+199 stars over 90 days across 8 snapshot days; best day +4 on Aug 9.
Forks
491+56
Open issues
262+91
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| Universal-Commerce-Protocol/ucp | 3.5K | — | 61 | 72 days ago |
| Category median | 56.0K | +2.3K | 29 | — |
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