UNDER THE HOOD: UNIVERSAL COMMERCE PROTOCOL (UCP)

Summary from the TLDR AI newsletter

The Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) is an open-source standard that enables seamless commerce journeys between customer surfaces, businesses, and payment providers. It works with existing retail infrastructure and is compatible with the Agents Payments Protocol. The UCP provides businesses with flexible ways to integrate via APIs, Agent2Agent, and the Model Context Protocol. It was developed by Google in collaboration with industry leaders.