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Living definition

What is AP2 (Agent Payments Protocol)?

Agent Interoperability (MCP / A2A) AI & Agents

As of
2026-07-23
Revision
2026-07-26.1
Method
v1.3.0

Definition

The term, in context

AI-assisted draft · approved dataset

AP2 (Agent Payments Protocol) is an open protocol for authorizing payments that an autonomous agent initiates on a person's behalf, separating the human's signed mandate from the agent's execution so spending authority can be scoped, delegated, and audited independently of the agent runtime.

Live readiness status

Status as of the current dateline

AI-assisted assembly · derived results

As of 2026-07-23, verified readiness is 39 (claimed 55, reported 46, gap 16) — Strong evidence strength; current signals suggest Proceed with caution.

The readiness fact belongs to the canonical Readiness Verdict for AP2 (Agent Payments Protocol).

Dataset approval

Human editorial release

pragma.vision editorial — standing authorization (operator dev@soft.house, 2026-07-17)

Dataset
2026-07-26.1
Hash
sha256:a5b861157968f418e08e6a08da71c7cfd4c6b23c3955d9d77ad5bcf67b9e2482
Approved
2026-07-26

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