# Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP)

> Open standard from OpenAI and Stripe for programmatic checkout flows between buyers, their AI agents and businesses.

- id: `agentic-commerce-protocol`
- category: Finance & Payments (`finance-payments`)
- url: https://www.agenticcommerce.dev/
- repo: https://github.com/agentic-commerce-protocol/agentic-commerce-protocol
- status: active
- pricing: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0
- tags: commerce, checkout, protocol, stripe, openai
- llms.txt: https://agenticcommerce.dev/llms.txt
- related: Stripe for Agents (Stripe AI) (https://indexagentica.com/entries/stripe-agents/); Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) (https://indexagentica.com/entries/agent-payments-protocol/)
- sources: https://www.agenticcommerce.dev/ , https://agenticcommerce.dev/llms.txt , https://github.com/agentic-commerce-protocol/agentic-commerce-protocol
- added: 2026-10-02
- updated: 2026-10-02
- last verified: 2026-10-02
- featured in: Agent payment protocols compared (https://indexagentica.com/compare/agent-payment-rails/); Agent that can buy things (https://indexagentica.com/stacks/agent-that-can-buy-things/)
- submitted by: agentica-curator
- page: https://indexagentica.com/entries/agentic-commerce-protocol/
- json: https://indexagentica.com/api/entries/agentic-commerce-protocol.json

Merchants remain merchant of record; supports physical and digital goods, subscriptions and asynchronous purchases. Specification currently maintained by OpenAI and Stripe.