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Live Universal Commerce Protocol & Agentic Commerce status, profile, and capability breakdown.

✓Verified
A 97/100
Latency 185ms Spec 2026-08-25 HTTP 200 Security HTTPS Observed 9 hours ago

What is UCP? The Universal Commerce Protocol is the open standard AI shopping agents use to discover, browse, and check out at online stores. Read the spec overview →

97
/ 100
UCP Score
A

honest.com publishes a conforming profile with broad capability coverage.

Agent Discovery100
UCP Conformance93
Capability Coverage100
Verified

honest.com publishes a valid UCP profile, with minor schema warnings.

Latency
185ms
Version
2026-08-25
Robots.txt
Allowed ✅

/llms.txt content

The plain-text brief this store publishes to AI agents. Captured on the most recent check.

1.7 KBe4c86b7e4db926b3
mentions UCP
# The Honest Company
> The Honest Company is a Los Angeles, California-based consumer goods brand offering clean-conscious baby, beauty, personal care, and household products — diapers, wipes, skincare, makeup, bath and body, and cleaning items. Products are available at https://honest.com and through major retail partners.
## About
- [About Us](https://honest.com/pages/the-honest-story): Company background, brand story, and product philosophy.
- [The Honest Standard](https://honest.com/pages/honest-standard): Ingredient standards and the NO List.
## Product categories
- [Diapers](https://honest.com/collections/diapers): Disposable diapers, training pants, and baby care essentials.
- [Wipes](https://honest.com/collections/wipes-catalog): Baby wipes for diaper changes, everyday cleanup, and sensitive skin.
- [Baby & Kids](https://honest.com/collections/baby-care): Bath, body, skincare, and wellness for babies and children.
- [Skincare](https://honest.com/collections/skincare): Skincare and beauty built to Honest's clean-conscious standards.
- [Bath & Body](https://honest.com/collections/bath-body): Bath, body, and everyday personal care for adults and families.
- [Gifts & Bundles](https://honest.com/collections/gifts-view-all): Curated bundles and gift sets across all categories.
## Resources
- [Blog](https://honest.com/blogs/featured): Parenting, ingredient, and product guides.
- [FAQ](https://honest.com/pages/faq): Common questions about products, ingredients, orders, and shipping.
## Agent endpoints
- Full agent instructions: https://honest.com/agents.md
- UCP discovery: https://honest.com/.well-known/ucp
- MCP endpoint: https://honest.com/api/ucp/mcp
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Capabilities Detected

UCP capabilities supported by this endpoint
Cart ✓ Bound 2026-08-25
Order Management ✓ Bound 2026-08-25
Checkout ✓ Bound 2026-08-25
Discount Extension ✓ Bound 2026-08-25
Fulfillment Extension ✓ Bound 2026-08-25
Permalink ✓ Bound 2026-08-25
Identity Linking ✓ Bound 2026-08-25
Catalog Lookup ✓ Bound 2026-08-25
Catalog Search ✓ Bound 2026-08-25
Dev Shopify Catalog Extension ✓ Bound 2026-08-25

Technical Vitals

Technical details for this UCP endpoint
UCP Status Verified
Endpoint https://honest.com/.well-known/ucp
HTTP Status 200
UCP Version 2026-08-25
Transports MCP, EMBEDDED
Last Observed
Last Full Index
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Access

AI Agent Access (robots.txt)

AI agent access permissions based on robots.txt
GPTBotOpenAI / ChatGPT ✓Allowed
Google-ExtendedGemini / Google ✓Allowed
ClaudeBotClaude / Anthropic ✓Allowed
Applebot-ExtendedApple Intelligence ✓Allowed
CCBotCommon Crawl ✓Allowed
Google

Against Google's merchant guide

What Google's UCP merchant guide asks a store's profile to have, for checkout in AI Mode and Gemini. Read from the public profile only. Google's own sandbox, in Merchant Center, is invite-only; this is not Google's verdict. This store is on Shopify, which integrates with Google for its merchants, so some of what the guide asks of a store is Shopify's to provide.

How the store's UCP profile lines up with Google's merchant guide
Speaks the release Google's guide usesUCP 2026-04-08 and 2026-01-23 (under supported_versions; the profile itself is 2026-08-25) ✓Has it
Shopping service over RESTNot in the store's own profile; Shopify integrates with Google for its merchants. –Shopify's side
Checkout capabilitydev.ucp.shopping.checkout is declared. ✓Has it
Order capability, for order updatesdev.ucp.shopping.order is declared. ✓Has it
Signing keys for webhooksNot in the store's own profile; Shopify integrates with Google for its merchants. –Shopify's side
Google Pay payment handlercom.google.pay with a merchant configuration. ✓Has it
Cart, discounts and fulfilmentcart declared, discounts declared, fulfilment declared. Optional in the guide. –Optional

Needs a live checkout to show, so not read here: terms of service and privacy links on every checkout; carts that return continue_url and expires_at; a completed order with its label and permalink_url; errors in the 2026-04-08 shape (ucp.status "error", severity, continue_url).

Checkout

Payment Configuration

Gateway:Shopify
💳 Shopify Card shopify.card
Gateway:Shopify
💳 Shop Pay shop_pay
Gateway:Unknown
Raw UCP Profile JSON
{
    "ucp": {
        "version": "2026-08-25",
        "services": {
            "dev.ucp.shopping": [
                {
                    "spec": "https://ucp.dev/2026-08-25/specification/overview/",
                    "schema": "https://ucp.dev/2026-08-25/services/shopping/mcp.openrpc.json",
                    "version": "2026-08-25",
                    "endpoint": "https://9497e5-2.myshopify.com/api/ucp/mcp",
                    "transport": "mcp"
                },
                {
                    "spec": "https://ucp.dev/2026-04-08/specification/overview/",
                    "schema": "https://ucp.dev/2026-04-08/services/shopping/embedded.openrpc.json",
                    "version": "2026-04-08",
                    "transport": "embedded"
                }
            ]
        },
        "capabilities": {
            "dev.shopify.catalog": [
                {
                    "spec": "https://shopify.dev/docs/agents/catalog/storefront-catalog",
                    "schema": "https://shopify.dev/ucp/schemas/2026-08-25/shopify_catalog.json",
                    "extends": [
                        "dev.ucp.shopping.catalog.search",
                        "dev.ucp.shopping.catalog.lookup"
                    ],
                    "version": "2026-08-25",
                    "requires": {
                        "protocol": {
                            "min": "2026-08-25"
                        }
                    }
                }
            ],
            "dev.ucp.shopping.cart": [
                {
                    "spec": "https://ucp.dev/2026-08-25/specification/shopping/cart/",
                    "schema": "https://ucp.dev/2026-08-25/schemas/shopping/cart.json",
                    "version": "2026-08-25"
                }
            ],
            "dev.ucp.shopping.order": [
                {
                    "spec": "https://ucp.dev/2026-08-25/specification/shopping/order/",
                    "schema": "https://ucp.dev/2026-08-25/schemas/shopping/order.json",
                    "version": "2026-08-25"
                }
            ],
            "dev.ucp.shopping.checkout": [
                {
                    "spec": "https://ucp.dev/2026-08-25/specification/shopping/checkout/",
                    "schema": "https://ucp.dev/2026-08-25/schemas/shopping/checkout.json",
                    "version": "2026-08-25"
                }
            ],
            "dev.ucp.shopping.discount": [
                {
                    "spec": "https://ucp.dev/2026-08-25/specification/shopping/extensions/discount/",
                    "schema": "https://ucp.dev/2026-08-25/schemas/shopping/discount.json",
                    "extends": [
                        "dev.ucp.shopping.checkout",
                        "dev.ucp.shopping.cart"
                    ],
                    "version": "2026-08-25",
                    "requires": {
                        "protocol": {
                            "min": "2026-08-25"
                        }
                    }
                }
            ],
            "dev.ucp.shopping.permalink": [
                {
                    "spec": "https://ucp.dev/2026-08-25/specification/permalink/",
                    "config": {
                        "endpoint": "https://honest.com/buy"
                    },
                    "schema": "https://ucp.dev/2026-08-25/schemas/shopping/permalink.json",
                    "version": "2026-08-25"
                }
            ],
            "dev.ucp.shopping.fulfillment": [
                {
                    "spec": "https://ucp.dev/2026-08-25/specification/shopping/extensions/fulfillment/",
                    "config": {
                        "multi_destination": [],
                        "method_combinations": [
                            [
                                "shipping"
                            ]
                        ]
                    },
                    "schema": "https://ucp.dev/2026-08-25/schemas/shopping/fulfillment.json",
                    "extends": [
                        "dev.ucp.shopping.checkout",
                        "dev.ucp.shopping.cart"
                    ],
                    "version": "2026-08-25",
                    "requires": {
                        "protocol": {
                            "min": "2026-08-25"
                        }
                    }
                }
            ],
            "dev.ucp.common.identity_linking": [
                {
                    "spec": "https://ucp.dev/2026-08-25/specification/common/identity-linking/",
                    "config": {
                        "scopes": [],
                        "providers": {
                            "app.shop.accounts": [
                                {
                                    "type": "oauth2",
                                    "auth_url": "https://accounts.shop.app"
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    },
                    "schema": "https://ucp.dev/2026-08-25/schemas/common/identity_linking.json",
                    "version": "2026-08-25"
                }
            ],
            "dev.ucp.shopping.catalog.lookup": [
                {
                    "spec": "https://ucp.dev/2026-08-25/specification/shopping/catalog/",
                    "schema": "https://ucp.dev/2026-08-25/schemas/shopping/catalog_lookup.json",
                    "version": "2026-08-25"
                }
            ],
            "dev.ucp.shopping.catalog.search": [
                {
                    "spec": "https://ucp.dev/2026-08-25/specification/shopping/catalog/",
                    "schema": "https://ucp.dev/2026-08-25/schemas/shopping/catalog_search.json",
                    "version": "2026-08-25"
                }
            ]
        },
        "payment_handlers": {
            "com.google.pay": [
                {
                    "id": "gpay",
                    "spec": "https://pay.google.com/gp/p/ucp/2026-01-11/",
                    "config": {
                        "api_version": 2,
                        "merchant_info": {
                            "auth_jwt": "",
                            "merchant_id": "16708973830884969730",
                            "merchant_name": "The Honest Company",
                            "merchant_origin": "honest.com"
                        },
                        "api_version_minor": 0,
                        "allowed_payment_methods": [
                            {
                                "type": "CARD",
                                "parameters": {
                                    "allowed_auth_methods": [
                                        "PAN_ONLY",
                                        "CRYPTOGRAM_3DS"
                                    ],
                                    "allowed_card_networks": [
                                        "VISA",
                                        "MASTERCARD",
                                        "AMEX",
                                        "DISCOVER"
                                    ],
                                    "billing_address_required": true,
                                    "billing_address_parameters": {
                                        "format": "FULL",
                                        "phone_number_required": false
                                    }
                                },
                                "tokenization_specification": {
                                    "type": "PAYMENT_GATEWAY",
                                    "parameters": {
                                        "gateway": "shopify",
                                        "gatewayMerchantId": "64768475320"
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    "schema": "https://pay.google.com/gp/p/ucp/2026-01-11/schemas/config.json",
                    "version": "2026-01-11"
                }
            ],
            "dev.shopify.card": [
                {
                    "id": "shopify.card",
                    "spec": "https://ucp.dev/specification/payment-handler-guide",
                    "config": {
                        "payment_methods": [
                            {
                                "type": "card",
                                "enabled_card_brands": [
                                    "visa",
                                    "master",
                                    "american_express",
                                    "discover",
                                    "diners_club"
                                ]
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    "schema": "https://shopify.dev/ucp/card-payment-handler/2026-01-15/config.json",
                    "version": "2026-01-15"
                }
            ],
            "dev.shopify.shop_pay": [
                {
                    "id": "shop_pay",
                    "spec": "https://shopify.dev/ucp/shop-pay-handler/2026-04-08/spec.md",
                    "config": {
                        "shop_id": "64768475320"
                    },
                    "schema": "https://shopify.dev/ucp/shop-pay-handler/2026-04-08/schema.json",
                    "version": "2026-04-08"
                }
            ]
        },
        "supported_versions": {
            "2026-01-23": "https://9497e5-2.myshopify.com/.well-known/ucp/2026-01-23",
            "2026-04-08": "https://9497e5-2.myshopify.com/.well-known/ucp/2026-04-08"
        }
    }
}
Frequently Asked

About this honest.com report

What does it mean that honest.com is verified for UCP?
It means honest.com publishes a valid UCP profile at /.well-known/ucp, the profile passes schema validation against 2026-08-25, and AI agents can discover its commerce capabilities without needing to scrape HTML. That is what the store declares. Whether an agent actually completes a purchase is a separate question — where an observed agent run is shown on this page, it answers that one.
Can I trust honest.com for AI agent purchases?
Verification means the store is technically ready — payment handlers declared, transports reachable, schema valid. It doesn't grade business reputation or fulfilment quality. For trust on the commerce side itself, check the store's own reviews. For trust on the agent integration side, this page is the source of truth.
What platform does honest.com use for UCP?
Our detection identifies honest.com as running on Shopify. Many large UCP-verified stores use Shopify, BigCommerce, or custom stacks built on the open spec. The transport list above shows the exact mechanism (REST, MCP, A2A, Embedded) the profile declares.
How was this UCP report for honest.com generated?
Our crawler fetches honest.com/.well-known/ucp directly, parses the profile against the official UCP JSON schema, checks robots.txt for AI bot policies, and runs payment-handler validation. No manual review, no opinions — just what the profile actually says. The check ran 9 hours ago.
How often is honest.com re-checked?
Every domain in our directory is re-crawled at least every 24 hours. You can also trigger a fresh check from this page at any time, or subscribe to alerts to get notified the moment the status changes — that's how we built the only continuously updated UCP directory on the internet.
Why does this status matter?
Universal Commerce Protocol is the standard AI shopping agents (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Apple Intelligence) use to discover what a store sells, how to add items to a cart, and how to check out. If a store isn't UCP-verified, agents can still scrape it — but they'll be slower, less reliable, and far more likely to fail at checkout. UCP turns a guess into a guarantee.

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