Can an AI agent buy from ikea.com?
Not for an outside agent today: the store refuses anonymous agents: Google agents (Gemini, AI Mode) via Google Pay, inferred from the manifest; anonymous agents refused; pass `agent` (e.g. gemini, chatgpt, claude) to check whether your agent is one of them.
- Last checked: 2026-11-14T10:30:34.811778+00:00
- Result: Partner or approved agents only
- Protocol: ucp-mcp
- Agent can pay alone: unknown
- Payment options at checkout: none seen
- Buyer must provide: nothing reported
- Ships to (tested): none of the tested countries
- No delivery to (tested): -
- Agent shopping endpoint: https://ucp.checkout.ingka.com/api/us/mcp/messages
How an agent buys here
- This endpoint refused an anonymous agent. Only Google agents (Gemini, AI Mode) via Google Pay, inferred from the manifest; anonymous agents refused can buy here; others cannot reach checkout.
- Connect: Universal Commerce Protocol over MCP (ucp-mcp) at store.endpoint_url.
- Identify your agent: send the header UCP-Agent: profile="<https URL of your UCP agent profile>" (and the same profile in the tool call meta "ucp-agent").
- Find the product: call search_catalog with your query and context {"address_country": "US", "currency": "USD"}.
- Create a checkout: create_checkout with the variant id and quantity and the same context. The response shows the total, delivery options and any messages.
- Pay only with the buyer's authorisation, under the store's terms. ONAA is not a party to the purchase, holds no funds and cannot pay for you.
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