Living definition
What is Agent Payments Protocol (AP2)?
FinTech, Stablecoins & Digital Assets Agentic Commerce & Payments
- As of
- 2026-08-20
- Revision
- 2026-08-17.1
- Method
- v1.3.0
Definition
The term, in context
AI-assisted draft · approved dataset
Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) is an open protocol from Google that defines cryptographically signed mandates letting an AI agent carry out a payment on a user’s behalf within limits the user has authorized.
Live readiness status
Status as of the current dateline
AI-assisted assembly · derived results
As of 2026-08-20, verified readiness is 56 (claimed 70, reported 64, gap 14) — Critical evidence strength; current signals suggest Proceed with caution.
The readiness fact belongs to the canonical Readiness Verdict for Agent Payments Protocol (AP2).
Dataset approval
Human editorial release
pragma.vision editorial — standing authorization (operator dev@soft.house, 2026-07-17)
- Dataset
- 2026-08-17.1
- Hash
- sha256:0c37108a182f510fc8cf4d1dfc3a30339f2b59e62654201edea2f530a268707e
- Approved
- 2026-08-17