Product / servicePublic referenceShopify Agentic Commerce
Catalog, cart, checkout and order tools
UCP-compatible tools and MCP servers let commerce agents discover products, build carts and follow orders.
THE QUESTION IT ADDRESSES
How can a shopping agent work with a merchant’s actual catalog?
A concise reading of published information. The explanatory grouping below is editorial, not an implementation test.
A simplified mechanism
- Authenticate and negotiate supported capabilities.
- Search products, build a cart and use the supported checkout flow.
What it does not establish
Checkout behavior and buyer handoff depend on merchant capabilities and the live schema.
Where it fits
An implementation of commerce workflows using UCP and MCP.
Sources & further reading
Sources reviewed on2026-10-30. Summaries are paraphrased; follow the current source for changes.