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Implementing Agentic Commerce Protocol
Build agent-driven commerce flows through the Agentic Commerce Protocol, from checkout to fulfillment. ACP fundamentals cover the design principles, the three roles of buyer, agent, and seller, the...
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$2,000USD
Duration
2 days
Course Code
GAI-2112
Available Formats
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Overview
Course Description
Build agent-driven commerce flows through the Agentic Commerce Protocol, from checkout to fulfillment. ACP fundamentals cover the design principles, the three roles of buyer, agent, and seller, the agentic checkout and Delegate Payment flows, and how ACP differs from MCP and traditional e-commerce integrations. The checkout-session lifecycle covers trust boundaries and data flow, the API-Version request structure, session states and transition rules, fulfillment options, and the create/retrieve/update endpoints. Delegate Payment, security, and capability negotiation cover payment tokenization, vault tokens, allowance constraints, bearer-token authentication, transport security, HMAC verification, PCI compliance, capability declarations, intersection semantics, and the extensions framework with the Discount extension as a concrete case. Webhooks, order lifecycle, and ChatGPT integration cover webhook event types, payload structure, order statuses and transitions, retry, instant checkout, merchant onboarding and certification, product feeds, and pre-launch conformance testing. Hands-on labs produce an agent checkout client, a Delegate Payment implementation, the Discount extension, webhook handlers, and a ChatGPT-ready product feed. The course is designed for software developers, AI engineers, e-commerce platform engineers, and technical product managers.
Skills Gained
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Trace a checkout session end-to-end, from buyer intent to order confirmation
- Build the seller-side Checkout API the spec requires
- Tokenize payment credentials using Delegate Payment with allowance constraints
- Apply capability negotiation to match agent and seller features before checkout
- Process order lifecycle events through webhooks
- Prepare product feeds plus complete the ChatGPT merchant certification
Who Can Benefit
This course is designed for:
- Software Developers
- AI Engineers
- E-Commerce Platform Engineers
- Technical Product Managers
Prerequisites
Participants should enter this course with:
- Practical experience with Node and REST APIs
- Familiarity with JSON and HTTP
- Basic understanding of payment processing concepts
Organizational Objectives
This course assists organizations to:
- Reduce custom integration cost by adopting ACP as the agent-commerce standard
- Lower payment-fraud risk through allowance-constrained delegate-payment tokens
- Establish webhook-driven order observability for agent-initiated transactions
- Build a working knowledge of ACP across commerce-platform engineering teams
Software
All attendees must have a modern web browser and an Internet connection.
Course Details
Course Details
Module 1 - Introduction to Agentic Commerce
By the end of this module, you will be able to describe why browser automation falls short for AI agents, characterize the Agentic Commerce Protocol’s design principles, and recognize the buyer/agent/seller roles and the agentic checkout/delegate-payment flows.
- The Problem with Browser Automation for AI Agents
- What Is the Agentic Commerce Protocol, and how it differs from traditional e-commerce and MCP
- ACP Design Principles
- The Three Roles — Buyer, Agent, and Seller
- Agentic Checkout and Delegate Payment
- The ACP Ecosystem and Specification Lifecycle
- Hands-on Lab: Explore ACP through the interactive quickstart sandbox by tracing a pre-built purchase flow end-to-end.
Module 2 - Checkout Session Lifecycle
By the end of this module, you will be able to recognize ACP trust boundaries and data flow, build the API-Version request structure, model session states and transitions, and create, retrieve, and update checkout sessions through the spec.
- Trust Boundaries and Data Flow
- The API-Version Header and Request Structure
- Session States, Transition Rules, and Completing/Canceling Sessions
- Creating, Retrieving, and Updating Checkout Sessions
- Fulfillment Options and Delivery Methods
- Communicating Next Steps to Agents
- Hands-on Lab: Build an agent-side checkout client that handles fulfillment selection and price recalculation.
Module 3 - Delegate Payment and Security
By the end of this module, you will be able to implement the Delegate Payment flow, tokenize payment credentials, configure allowance constraints, apply transport security and HMAC verification, and reason about PCI compliance for ACP.
- e Delegate Payment Flow and the PSP Role in ACP
- Payment Tokenization and Vault Tokens
- Configuring Allowance Constraints
- Bearer Token Authentication Between Agents and Sellers
- Transport Security and HMAC Verification
- Risk Signals and PCI Compliance
- Hands-on Lab: Create a delegated payment token with allowance constraints and handle declines and expired tokens.
Module 4 - Capability Negotiation and Extensions
By the end of this module, you will be able to declare agent capabilities, apply intersection semantics on the seller side, design and secure protocol extensions, and implement the Discount extension on a checkout session.
- Why Capability Negotiation Matters
- How Agents Declare Their Capabilities
- Seller Response — Intersection Semantics and Compatibility Checks
- How the Extensions Framework Works
- Designing and Securing Extensions
- The Discount Extension in Practice
- Hands-on Lab: Negotiate 3DS and biometric interventions between agent and seller, then implement the Discount extension on a sample session.
Module 5 - Webhooks and Order Lifecycle
By the end of this module, you will be able to implement ACP webhook endpoints, model order statuses and transitions, secure and retry webhook delivery, and diagnose common integration failures.
- Webhook Event Types
- Webhook Endpoint Implementation and Payload Structure
- Order Statuses and Transitions
- Order Event Payload Structure
- Securing and Retrying Webhooks
- Error Response Structure and Troubleshooting
- Hands-on Lab: Add webhook support to a seller implementation and diagnose two common integration failures.
Module 6 - Integrating with ChatGPT
By the end of this module, you will be able to build the ChatGPT instant-checkout integration, complete merchant onboarding and certification, prepare ACP-compliant product feeds, and run pre-launch conformance testing.
- How ChatGPT Uses ACP for Instant Checkout
- Merchant Onboarding and Certification
- Product Feeds and Catalog Discovery
- Feed Schema and Delivery Requirements
- Production Readiness and Pre-Launch Checklist
- Going Live with Conformance Testing
- Hands-on Lab: Prepare a product feed for ChatGPT ingestion and run the pre-launch certification checklist end-to-end.
Schedule
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