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Shopify opens checkout to browser-based AI agents

While some retailers, like Amazon (and Adidas , apparently!), areblockingAI agents from making purchases on users’ behalf on their respective platforms, e-commerce platform Shopify has moved in the other. . .
techcrunch.com
September 28, 2026
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Sarah Perez
Shopify opens checkout to browser-based AI agents
WHAT HAPPENED
On Monday, the companyannouncedthat browser-based AI agents can now complete purchases on Shopify merchants’ sites, extending their capabilities beyond just searching for products and adding items to carts. Shopify previously supported WebMCP for its storefronts and carts, allowing browser-based AI agents to comb through a Shopify retailer’s inventory, search for products, and add them to a cart. The addition of WebMCP support for checkout, including Shop Pay, means these agents can now read the checkout screen, update it, and submit the transaction with the buyer’s authorization, without relying on screenshots or scraping webpages, the company said. Image Credits:Shopify This update introduces three new tools — get_checkout, update_checkout, and complete_checkout — that allow agents to inspect a checkout, change things like the customer’s address or delivery option, and then place an order after the buyer authorizes it. The feature is rolling out to all eligible Shopify merchants, said Gil Greenberg , a staff product manager who works on agentic commerce at Shopify, in apost on X.
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