# Does Instacart allow AI agents?

- Domain: instacart.com
- Status: **open** (Open access)
- Evidence: official_docs
- Recommended action: use_official_route
- Last checked: 2026-11-03
- JSON: https://agentsallowed.io/api/v1/domains/instacart.com.json

Instacart was the first app to offer full Instant Checkout inside ChatGPT, built on the Agentic Commerce Protocol. Instacart's help center also explains how to build a cart in Meta's Muse, with checkout finished in the Instacart app (U.S. only).

## Advice for agents
Agents can use the site for the listed tasks. Prefer the listed official route(s) where there are any, rather than driving the website.

## Allowed actions
- browse: yes
- shop: yes
- book: not_applicable
- login: yes

## Official routes
- [acp] Instacart app in ChatGPT with Instant Checkout (live): https://company.instacart.com/pressreleases/instacart-app-launches-in-openai-chatgpt
- [partner_connector] Meta Muse connector (live) — U.S. only; cart is built in Muse, checkout finishes in the Instacart app: https://www.instacart.com/help/section/2893565984/349218736

## 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).

## Sources
- Instacart, 2025-12-08: [Instacart App Launches in OpenAI ChatGPT – First Company to Offer New Instant Checkout App Experience](https://company.instacart.com/pressreleases/instacart-app-launches-in-openai-chatgpt)
- Meta, 2026-09-23: [Everything We Announced at Meta Connect 2026](https://www.meta.com/blog/meta-connect-2026-everything-we-announced/)
- Instacart Help Center, 2026-11-03: [Shop with third-party AI apps](https://www.instacart.com/help/section/2893565984/349218736)