{
  "id": "msmc.copilot-checkout",
  "protocol": "microsoft-merchant-center",
  "layer": "checkout",
  "role": "merchant",
  "status": "recommended",
  "title": "Prepare for Copilot Checkout",
  "description": "Onboarding paths: Microsoft Merchant Center (MMC account plus UCP-compliant feed); Microsoft also lists Shopify (merchants auto-enrolled), PayPal (Store Sync) and Stripe (Agentic Commerce Suite) as partners. English-language merchants selling to US buyers in USD only for now.",
  "goal": "Copilot Checkout eligibility.",
  "note": "Re-verified 2026-10-12: the current Microsoft agentic commerce page supersedes the January 2026 blog post, which said MMC was not required. UCP-ready feed attributes include native checkout eligibility, product warnings and Merchant Item ID.",
  "how_to_implement": {
    "steps": [
      "Add Merchant Item ID to your feed.",
      "Follow the Microsoft agentic commerce onboarding."
    ]
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "label": "Microsoft Advertising: agentic commerce",
      "url": "https://about.ads.microsoft.com/en/solutions/technology/agentic-commerce",
      "type": "announcement",
      "publisher": "Microsoft"
    }
  ],
  "audit": {
    "method": "feed_check",
    "automatable": false,
    "human": "Merchant Item ID present in the feed."
  },
  "how_to_verify": "Merchant Item ID present in the feed.",
  "artifacts": [
    "Merchant Item ID"
  ],
  "depends_on": [
    "msmc.feed"
  ],
  "status_note": "Re-verified 2026-10-12: the current Microsoft agentic commerce page supersedes the January 2026 blog post, which said MMC was not required. UCP-ready feed attributes include native checkout eligibility, product warnings and Merchant Item ID.",
  "verified": true,
  "slug": "msmc-copilot-checkout",
  "category": "checkout",
  "url": "https://vreeman.ai/commerce/checklist#msmc.copilot-checkout",
  "updated": "2026-10-19",
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Microsoft Advertising: agentic commerce",
      "url": "https://about.ads.microsoft.com/en/solutions/technology/agentic-commerce",
      "type": "announcement",
      "publisher": "Microsoft"
    }
  ],
  "related_slugs": [
    "msmc-feed"
  ]
}