{
  "id": "mastercard.agent-pay.platform",
  "protocol": "mastercard-agent-pay",
  "layer": "payment",
  "role": "agent-developer",
  "status": "optional",
  "title": "Get the agent certified and use agentic tokens",
  "description": "Only registered agents transact; each passes a security review and is added to a trusted agent registry. Agents cannot use cards on file; they need an agentic token.",
  "goal": "Network recognition and liability rules depend on certification and agentic tokens.",
  "note": "Resolved: Mastercard Developers Level 1 guide and the Agent Pay Acceptance Framework (Web Bot Auth, built on RFC 9421, verified at the CDN). No public self-service agent registration.",
  "how_to_implement": {
    "steps": [
      "Apply for agent certification with the network.",
      "Sign requests with Web Bot Auth.",
      "Use agentic tokens, never stored cards on file."
    ]
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "label": "Mastercard Developers: Level 1 agentic commerce",
      "url": "https://developer.mastercard.com/merchant-cloud/documentation/tutorials-and-guides/agentic-commerce-guide/21/",
      "type": "docs",
      "publisher": "Mastercard"
    },
    {
      "label": "Mastercard Developers: the rails for agentic commerce",
      "url": "https://developer.mastercard.com/merchant-cloud/documentation/tutorials-and-guides/ai-revolution/14/",
      "type": "docs",
      "publisher": "Mastercard"
    },
    {
      "label": "Mastercard Agent Pay docs",
      "url": "https://developer.mastercard.com/agent-pay/documentation/",
      "type": "docs",
      "publisher": "Mastercard"
    },
    {
      "label": "Mastercard Agent Pay Acceptance Framework",
      "url": "https://www.mastercard.com/ge/en/news-and-trends/stories/2025/agentic-commerce-framework.html",
      "type": "announcement",
      "publisher": "Mastercard"
    }
  ],
  "audit": {
    "method": "vendor_confirmation",
    "automatable": false,
    "human": "Agent appears in the network's trusted agent registry."
  },
  "how_to_verify": "Agent appears in the network's trusted agent registry.",
  "artifacts": [],
  "depends_on": [
    "web-bot-auth.verify"
  ],
  "status_note": "Resolved: Mastercard Developers Level 1 guide and the Agent Pay Acceptance Framework (Web Bot Auth, built on RFC 9421, verified at the CDN). No public self-service agent registration.",
  "verified": true,
  "slug": "mastercard-agent-pay-platform",
  "category": "payment",
  "url": "https://vreeman.ai/commerce/checklist#mastercard.agent-pay.platform",
  "updated": "2026-10-12",
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Mastercard Developers: Level 1 agentic commerce",
      "url": "https://developer.mastercard.com/merchant-cloud/documentation/tutorials-and-guides/agentic-commerce-guide/21/",
      "type": "docs",
      "publisher": "Mastercard"
    },
    {
      "label": "Mastercard Developers: the rails for agentic commerce",
      "url": "https://developer.mastercard.com/merchant-cloud/documentation/tutorials-and-guides/ai-revolution/14/",
      "type": "docs",
      "publisher": "Mastercard"
    },
    {
      "label": "Mastercard Agent Pay docs",
      "url": "https://developer.mastercard.com/agent-pay/documentation/",
      "type": "docs",
      "publisher": "Mastercard"
    },
    {
      "label": "Mastercard Agent Pay Acceptance Framework",
      "url": "https://www.mastercard.com/ge/en/news-and-trends/stories/2025/agentic-commerce-framework.html",
      "type": "announcement",
      "publisher": "Mastercard"
    }
  ],
  "related_slugs": [
    "web-bot-auth-verify"
  ]
}