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# Agent profile, defined | Agent Ready Checkout

> Agent profile: A JSON document an agent hosts at a well-known URL and references on each UCP request, used by Shopify to verify agents and set access.

Source: https://agentreadycheckout.com/glossary/agent-profile
Site: Agent Ready Checkout
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04

Glossary

# Agent profile

In short

Agent profile: A JSON document an agent hosts at a well-known URL and references on each UCP request, used by Shopify to verify agents and set access. Agent profile appears in 2 sourced facts on this site, the first in Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). Example: Shopify made agent profile registration self-serve on 17 Jun 2026.

## Definition

A JSON document an agent hosts at a well-known URL and references on each UCP request, used by Shopify to verify agents and set access.

## Example

Shopify made agent profile registration self-serve on 17 Jun 2026. [shopify.com](https://shopify.com/news/spring-26-edition-dev), read 4 Nov 2026.

## Where it appears in the sourced facts

-   Shopify made its UCP agent access self-serve in the Spring 26 Edition developer post on 17 Jun 2026: developers register an agent profile and call the public MCP endpoint without approval. [shopify.com](https://shopify.com/news/spring-26-edition-dev), read 4 Nov 2026. In [Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP)](https://agentreadycheckout.com/protocols/ucp).
-   Spring '26 Edition developer post: building on Shopify's agentic commerce layer no longer requires approval; developers register an agent profile in the Developer Dashboard and call the public MCP endpoint; Catalog access needs only an API key. [shopify.com](https://shopify.com/news/spring-26-edition-dev), read 4 Nov 2026. In [Shopify](https://agentreadycheckout.com/platforms/shopify).

## Nearby terms

-   [/.well-known/ucp](https://agentreadycheckout.com/glossary/well-known-ucp)
-   [Instant Checkout](https://agentreadycheckout.com/glossary/instant-checkout)
-   [Agentic Storefronts](https://agentreadycheckout.com/glossary/agentic-storefronts)
-   [All terms](https://agentreadycheckout.com/glossary)

## Sources

1.  [shopify.com/news/spring-26-edition-dev](https://shopify.com/news/spring-26-edition-dev), read 4 Nov 2026

Last reviewed 4 Nov 2026

## Edition

Matrix edition of 4 Nov 2026.

Reviewed 4 Nov 2026, [1 sources](#sources-h).

## Method

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