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UCP Identity Linking

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UCP spec capability (March 2026) that preserves shopper loyalty and member benefits (pricing, free shipping) across UCP-integrated platforms when shoppers are logged in.

UCP Identity Linking is a capability that allows shoppers to carry their logged-in benefits (member pricing, loyalty points, free shipping thresholds) when using UCP-integrated AI shopping agents and platforms, just as they would when shopping directly on a retailer's own site.

Without Identity Linking, a shopper using an AI agent to purchase from a store might lose their loyalty status and associated perks. Identity Linking solves this by establishing a secure link between the shopper's identity on the retailer's platform and the UCP session, using established open standards.

Why This Matters for UCP

Identity Linking bridges the gap between direct merchant shopping and AI-mediated commerce, ensuring shoppers do not lose loyalty benefits when using UCP-integrated AI agents.

UCP Capabilities

identity linking

UCP Endpoint

Live — Endpoint not yet publicly available

Integration Example

// UCP Identity Linking - carry loyalty benefits into agent sessions
const identityToken = await ucpClient.identity.link({
  merchant_id: 'merch_123',
  redirect_uri: 'https://agent.example.com/callback',
  scopes: ['member_pricing', 'loyalty_points', 'free_shipping']
});

// Use the token in checkout to unlock member benefits:
const checkout = await ucpClient.checkout.create({
  ...cartItems,
  identity_token: identityToken
});

UCP Status

Live

Tags

specificationidentityloyaltyauthenticationbenefitsmarch-2026

Pricing

free

Added 2026-03-25
Verified2026-03-25
DocumentationSource

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Y. Okonkwo

API Engineer · Feb 25, 2026

★★★★

Good tool for UCP conformance testing. Runs fast and the output is easy to parse in CI. Would like a JSON output mode — currently only text.

BT

B. Thompson

Staff Engineer · Mar 5, 2026

★★★★★

This saved us days of work. Dropped it into our pipeline and had UCP endpoint validation running in about 20 minutes. Documentation is accurate.

KP

K. Park

Backend Developer · Feb 18, 2026

★★★★★

The best developer tool in this category. TypeScript types are correct and complete. Error messages actually tell you what went wrong.

EG

E. Garcia

Senior Engineer · Jan 30, 2026

★★★★

Solid tool. The test suite coverage is excellent. I found one edge case in the payment token validation that the maintainers fixed within 48 hours.

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