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Auth0Karim Tantawy4 min readintermediate

Securing Agentic Commerce Using Auth0 and the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP)

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Summary

Auth0 introduces "Auth for UCP" to secure agentic commerce, allowing AI agents to make purchases on behalf of shoppers using the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). This solution provides identity verification, scoped access, and audit trails for transactions initiated by AI agents, addressing security and personalization challenges for retailers.

  • Agentic commerce allows AI agents to discover, compare, and purchase products directly for shoppers.
  • The Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) is an open standard for agents to interact with merchant catalogs, carts, and checkout.
  • Auth for UCP provides identity and trust for agentic commerce, ensuring authorized users and secure transactions.
  • It enables account linking, temporary scoped access tokens, and audit trails for agent-initiated purchases.

Retailers and security professionals should care as agentic commerce is a new sales channel requiring robust identity and authorization mechanisms to prevent fraud and enable personalized experiences.

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