Protocol Commerce
The open infrastructure for agent-native commerce.
Protocol Commerce is an open initiative to create standardized, auditable, and interoperable protocols for AI agent-driven commerce. This repository contains the specification, SDKs, and technical manifesto.
Contents
| Directory | Description |
|---|---|
manifesto/ | Why open protocols matter for commerce — principles, landscape analysis, and rationale |
adcp-spec/ | AdCP v0.1.0 — Agentic Discovery Commerce Protocol specification, JSON schemas, and examples |
adcp-sdk-typescript/ | TypeScript SDK: types, validators, client, and scoring reference implementation |
Quick Start
npm install @protocol-commerce/adcp-sdk
import { AdcpClient } from '@protocol-commerce/adcp-sdk';
const client = new AdcpClient({
serverUrl: 'https://mcp.nexbid.dev',
apiKey: 'your-api-key',
});
const results = await client.search({
query: 'organic olive oil',
intent: 'purchase',
geo: 'CH',
});
The Problem
AI agents are becoming the primary interface for product discovery and purchase. The protocols powering this shift — OpenAI's ACP, Google's UCP — are proprietary and platform-controlled. Publishers have no representation. There is no open standard.
Protocol Commerce fills this gap.
Read the full Technical Manifesto →
Key Principles
- Open by Default — MIT-licensed, auditable, forkable
- Publisher Parity — Publishers are first-class protocol participants
- Privacy Native — Context signals, not user profiles
- Transparent Scoring — Public formula:
score = 0.4×bid + 0.4×relevance + 0.2×quality
Sponsors
| Sponsor | Role |
|---|---|
| Nexbid | Initiator, reference implementation, initial maintainer |
License
MIT