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    "shop": "yes",
    "book": "not_applicable",
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      "name": "Instacart app in ChatGPT with Instant Checkout",
      "status": "live",
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  "observed": [
    "Instacart's ChatGPT app lets users build a cart and check out in chat (Dec 2025).",
    "Instacart's help center describes shopping with Muse: the cart is built in Muse and checkout is finished in the Instacart app (U.S. only)."
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    {
      "title": "Instacart App Launches in OpenAI ChatGPT – First Company to Offer New Instant Checkout App Experience",
      "publisher": "Instacart",
      "date": "2025-12-08",
      "url": "https://company.instacart.com/pressreleases/instacart-app-launches-in-openai-chatgpt"
    },
    {
      "title": "Everything We Announced at Meta Connect 2026",
      "publisher": "Meta",
      "date": "2026-09-23",
      "url": "https://www.meta.com/blog/meta-connect-2026-everything-we-announced/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Shop with third-party AI apps",
      "publisher": "Instacart Help Center",
      "date": "2026-11-03",
      "url": "https://www.instacart.com/help/section/2893565984/349218736"
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    {
      "date": "2026-11-03",
      "change": "updated",
      "status": "open",
      "note": "Muse connector updated from announced to live (U.S.), per Instacart's help center."
    }
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  "api_url": "https://agentsallowed.io/api/v1/domains/instacart.com.json",
  "disclaimer": "Informational only, not guaranteed and not legal advice. Not affiliated with Instacart. Always follow the site's own terms. See https://agentsallowed.io/disclaimer/"
}