Living definition
What is Trusted Agent Protocol (TAP)?
Agent Payment Protocols Agentic Commerce & Payments
- As of
- 2026-10-01
- Revision
- 2026-10-06.1
- Method
- v1.4.0
Definition
The term, in context
AI-assisted draft · approved dataset
Trusted Agent Protocol (TAP) is a proposed protocol, associated with Visa, that lets a merchant or card network cryptographically verify that an incoming request originates from a recognized, authorized AI shopping agent.
Live readiness status
Status as of the current dateline
AI-assisted assembly · derived results
As of 2026-10-01, verified readiness is 15 (claimed 55, reported 35, gap 40) — Strong evidence strength; current signals suggest Suitable for a controlled merchant integration pilot.
The readiness fact belongs to the canonical Readiness Verdict for Trusted Agent Protocol (TAP).
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