{
  "id": "ap2.mandates.issue",
  "protocol": "ap2",
  "layer": "payment",
  "role": "agent-developer",
  "status": "recommended",
  "title": "Issue mandates from the agent",
  "description": "The shopping agent assembles closed mandates the user approves, or signs them under open mandates in autonomous flows.",
  "goal": "Merchants and networks can only trust agent purchases they can verify.",
  "note": "",
  "how_to_implement": {
    "steps": [
      "Use the AP2 SDK and samples to create and sign mandates."
    ]
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "label": "AP2 specification",
      "url": "https://github.com/google-agentic-commerce/AP2/blob/main/docs/ap2/specification.md",
      "type": "spec",
      "publisher": "AP2 (Google)"
    },
    {
      "label": "AP2 on GitHub",
      "url": "https://github.com/google-agentic-commerce/AP2",
      "type": "spec",
      "publisher": "AP2 (Google)"
    }
  ],
  "audit": {
    "method": "code_review",
    "automatable": false,
    "human": "Generate mandates with the AP2 samples and verify them."
  },
  "how_to_verify": "Generate mandates with the AP2 samples and verify them.",
  "artifacts": [
    "mandate signing"
  ],
  "depends_on": [],
  "status_note": "",
  "verified": true,
  "slug": "ap2-mandates-issue",
  "category": "payment",
  "url": "https://vreeman.ai/commerce/checklist#ap2.mandates.issue",
  "updated": "2026-10-12",
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "AP2 specification",
      "url": "https://github.com/google-agentic-commerce/AP2/blob/main/docs/ap2/specification.md",
      "type": "spec",
      "publisher": "AP2 (Google)"
    },
    {
      "label": "AP2 on GitHub",
      "url": "https://github.com/google-agentic-commerce/AP2",
      "type": "spec",
      "publisher": "AP2 (Google)"
    }
  ],
  "related_slugs": []
}