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  "found": true,
  "domain": "walmart.com",
  "aliases": [],
  "brand": "Walmart",
  "slug": "walmart",
  "category": "retail",
  "status": "partial",
  "status_label": "Partial access",
  "evidence": "brand_statement",
  "recommended_action": "use_official_route",
  "advice": "Some tasks may work. Prefer a listed official route; expect verification checks and hand back to the user if one appears.",
  "allowed_actions": {
    "browse": "yes",
    "shop": "limited",
    "book": "not_applicable",
    "login": "limited"
  },
  "official_routes": [
    {
      "type": "partner_connector",
      "type_label": "Partner connector",
      "name": "Meta Muse connector",
      "status": "announced",
      "url": "https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2026/10/Making-It-Possible-for-Agents-to-Shop-on-Behalf-of-Customers"
    },
    {
      "type": "partner_app",
      "type_label": "Partner app",
      "name": "Walmart (Sparky) app in ChatGPT",
      "status": "live",
      "url": "https://openai.com/index/powering-product-discovery-in-chatgpt/",
      "note": "OpenAI scaled back Instant Checkout; discovery stays in ChatGPT, then Walmart's Sparky app uses Walmart's own account linking, loyalty and checkout (web first; iOS and Android to follow)."
    },
    {
      "type": "ucp",
      "type_label": "UCP (Universal Commerce Protocol)",
      "name": "Universal Commerce Protocol (Google AI Mode / Gemini checkout)",
      "status": "live",
      "url": "https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/shopping/universal-cart-launch/",
      "note": "UCP co-developer. Named in Google's Universal Cart launch; Google describes Google Pay checkout or transfer to the merchant's cart, so end-to-end checkout on Google is not yet shown for Walmart."
    },
    {
      "type": "a2a",
      "type_label": "A2A / agent protocol",
      "name": "Personal Agent Protocol",
      "status": "planned",
      "url": "https://personalagentprotocol.org/docs/0.1/spec",
      "note": "Walmart is one of the industry partners developing it. Draft spec published Oct 9, 2026; Walmart hasn't launched support yet."
    }
  ],
  "agents_affected": [
    "Meta Muse"
  ],
  "summary": "Walmart supports agents and partners with Meta's Muse and OpenAI, but its 'press and hold' human check often stops agents at sign-in or checkout. Walmart says those interruptions aren't intentional.",
  "observed": [
    "Walmart told TechCrunch Muse checkout failures were unintentional; the human-verification button can fail when an agent interrupts it.",
    "OpenAI (March 24, 2026): Instant Checkout didn't offer enough merchant flexibility; Walmart's Sparky ChatGPT app hands users into a Walmart checkout environment.",
    "Google's Universal Cart launch (Oct 2026) names Walmart among merchants for Google Pay checkout or transfer to the merchant's cart."
  ],
  "last_checked": "2026-11-06",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Powering Product Discovery in ChatGPT",
      "publisher": "OpenAI",
      "date": "2026-03-24",
      "url": "https://openai.com/index/powering-product-discovery-in-chatgpt/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Websites are closing their doors to AI agents",
      "publisher": "The Verge",
      "date": "2026-10-17",
      "url": "https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1013195/ai-agents-blocked-web"
    },
    {
      "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": "OpenAI reveals updates to ChatGPT agentic commerce experience",
      "publisher": "Digital Commerce 360",
      "date": "2026-03-24",
      "url": "https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/2026/03/24/openai-agentic-commerce-updates-chatgpt-walmart/"
    },
    {
      "title": "New tech and tools for retailers to succeed in an agentic shopping era (UCP launch)",
      "publisher": "Google",
      "date": "2026-01-11",
      "url": "https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/agentic-commerce-ai-tools-protocol-retailers-platforms/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Introducing Personal Agent Protocol",
      "publisher": "Sierra",
      "date": "2026-10-06",
      "url": "https://sierra.ai/blog/introducing-personal-agent-protocol"
    },
    {
      "title": "Walmart Makes It Possible for Agents to Shop on Behalf of Customers, While Keeping Customers in Control",
      "publisher": "Walmart",
      "date": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2026/10/Making-It-Possible-for-Agents-to-Shop-on-Behalf-of-Customers"
    },
    {
      "title": "The next hurdle for AI agents: getting websites to let them in",
      "publisher": "TechCrunch",
      "date": "2026-10-06",
      "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/the-next-hurdle-for-ai-agents-getting-websites-to-let-them-in/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Sharing a draft of Personal Agent Protocol",
      "publisher": "Sierra",
      "date": "2026-10-09",
      "url": "https://sierra.ai/blog/poppy"
    },
    {
      "title": "Personal Agent Protocol specification, version 0.1",
      "publisher": "Personal Agent Protocol",
      "date": "2026-10-09",
      "url": "https://personalagentprotocol.org/docs/0.1/spec"
    },
    {
      "title": "Google's new Universal Cart launches today in the U.S.",
      "publisher": "Google",
      "date": "2026-10-15",
      "url": "https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/shopping/universal-cart-launch/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "date": "2026-10-22",
      "change": "added",
      "status": "partial",
      "note": "Initial record."
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-03",
      "change": "updated",
      "status": "partial",
      "note": "Muse route now points to Walmart's own Oct 21, 2026 post; ChatGPT app route now points to OpenAI's announcement."
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-04",
      "change": "updated",
      "status": "partial",
      "note": "Personal Agent Protocol route now points to the published draft spec (Oct 9, 2026); note and sources updated. Access status unchanged."
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-06",
      "change": "updated",
      "status": "partial",
      "note": "Clarified ChatGPT Sparky route (merchant checkout after Instant Checkout scale-back) and Google UCP note (Universal Cart names Walmart; native Google checkout not yet shown). Access status unchanged."
    }
  ],
  "page_url": "https://agentsallowed.io/brands/walmart/",
  "api_url": "https://agentsallowed.io/api/v1/domains/walmart.com.json",
  "disclaimer": "Informational only, not guaranteed and not legal advice. Not affiliated with Walmart. Always follow the site's own terms. See https://agentsallowed.io/disclaimer/"
}