Agent Commerce protocol glossary

Payments initiated or approved by software agents in a way that can be independently checked after the fact.

A machine-readable proof record for an AI-initiated payment.

Part of: verifiable-agent-transactions

The decision process that determines whether an AI agent is allowed to spend money.

Part of: verifiable-agent-transactions

The process of checking that an Agent Commerce receipt is authentic, intact, and consistent.

Part of: verifiable-agent-transactions

The rules, controls, logs, and approvals used to manage how AI agents spend money.

Part of: verifiable-agent-transactions

A deterministic rules engine that evaluates whether a payment request is allowed, blocked, or escalated.

Part of: spend-governance

An index of published payment proofs, receipts, and verification records for autonomous transactions.

Part of: payment-verification

A public log of authorization decisions, receipt issuances, and verification checks for AI agent payments.

Part of: spend-governance

A verification surface for checking receipt integrity, signature validity, and linked transaction state.

Part of: payment-verification

Pricing for the Agent Commerce trust layer, based on verified payment receipts, governance controls, and auditability.

Part of: verifiable-agent-transactions

The canonical event type system for Agent Commerce logs, proof surfaces, and transparency streams.

The canonical schema reference surface for Agent Commerce proof objects and log entry formats.

The canonical reference for stable Agent Commerce status values and their meanings.