What is UCP?
The Universal Commerce Protocol is an open standard that enables AI shopping agents to interact with e-commerce platforms, including loyalty and rewards programs.
Open Standard
UCP is an open protocol that any AI agent can implement, ensuring broad compatibility.
Secure by Design
Built-in authentication and authorization ensures only legitimate agents can access customer data.
Future-Proof
As new AI agents emerge, UCP ensures your loyalty program remains accessible.
The future of commerce is agentic
AI shopping agents are coming. They'll browse, compare, and buy on behalf of consumers. Your loyalty program needs to be ready.
What AI agents can do via UCP
AI agents can perform these actions on behalf of your customers through the Universal Commerce Protocol.
Check Points Balance
AI agents can query a customer's current points balance and tier status.
"How many points does this customer have?"Apply Loyalty Discounts
Agents can apply point redemptions and loyalty discounts to orders.
"Apply 500 points to this order."Personalized Offers
Get personalized reward recommendations based on customer history.
"What rewards should I suggest to this VIP customer?"Referral Tracking
Generate and validate referral codes on behalf of customers.
"Create a referral code for this customer."Built on open standards
We support the protocols that matter, with more coming.
Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP)
The open standard for AI shopping agent interactions with commerce platforms.
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Anthropic's standard for AI agent tool use. Native support.
Shopify Sidekick
Direct integration with Shopify's AI assistant.
For developers
Integrate Agent Gateway into your own AI agents or applications. Full API documentation and SDKs available.
- RESTful API with comprehensive docs
- UCP/MCP tool definitions for AI assistants
- Webhooks for real-time events
- TypeScript and Python SDKs
{
"name": "lantern_check_points",
"protocol": "ucp",
"description": "Check loyalty points",
"parameters": {
"customer_id": "string"
}
}{
"points": 2450,
"tier": "Gold",
"available_rewards": 3
}