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UCP Specification

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The official Universal Commerce Protocol specification repository maintained by the UCP organization.

This is an open-source developer tool for building UCP integrations. View on GitHub

The main UCP specification repository contains the protocol definition, service schemas, and documentation for the Universal Commerce Protocol. This is the canonical source of truth for how UCP works.

Why This Matters for UCP

The UCP specification is the foundation of the entire ecosystem, defining how merchants, agents, and payment handlers interoperate.

UCP Capabilities

checkoutidentity linkingorder managementpayment token exchange

UCP Endpoint

Ecosystem — Endpoint not yet publicly available

Integration Example

// The UCP spec defines the /.well-known/ucp manifest format:
// {
//   "ucp": {
//     "version": "2026-01-23",
//     "services": { "dev.ucp.shopping": [...] },
//     "capabilities": { "dev.ucp.shopping.checkout": [...] },
//     "payment_handlers": { "com.google.pay": [...] }
//   }
// }

UCP Status

Ecosystem

Tags

specificationprotocolofficialopen-source

Pricing

free

Added 2026-01-15
Verified2026-03-04
Open Source

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★★★★★4.5 (4 reviews)

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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.

MF

M. Fischer

DevTools Engineer · Mar 8, 2026

★★★★★

Integrated in an afternoon. The discovery endpoint just worked. The CLI flags are well-designed — composable, no magic defaults.

YO

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.

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