Living definition
What is Legal Context Protocol (LCP)?
Digital Payments & Real-Time RailsAgentic Commerce & Payments
- As of
- 2026-09-22
- Revision
- 2026-10-06.1
- Method
- v1.3.0
Definition
The term, in context
AI-assisted draft · approved dataset
The Legal Context Protocol (LCP) is a specification for attaching machine-readable legal context — terms, permissions, and obligations — to transactions and documents, so automated parties can evaluate them without parsing prose contracts.
Live readiness status
Status as of the current dateline
AI-assisted assembly · derived results
As of 2026-09-22, verified readiness is 27 (claimed 33, reported 31, gap 6) — Strong evidence strength; current signals suggest Track; not yet.
The readiness fact belongs to the canonical Readiness Verdict for Legal Context Protocol (LCP).
Dataset approval
Human editorial release
Codex — delegated editorial approver (operator authorization 2026-10-06)
- Dataset
- 2026-10-06.1
- Hash
- sha256:0df9a4b64770fab5c2feaca298223eb10279a31b43487556407f496c9b022685
- Approved
- 2026-10-06