# Does Target allow AI agents?

- Domain: target.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/target.com.json

Target actively supports agents: it has a shopping app inside ChatGPT, shares its catalog through OpenAI's commerce protocol, and co-developed Google's Universal Commerce Protocol.

## 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
- [partner_app] Target app in ChatGPT (live) — U.S.: https://corporate.target.com/press/fact-sheet/2026/06/conversational-ai
- [acp] Agentic Commerce Protocol product feed (ChatGPT discovery; checkout on merchant site) (live): https://chatgpt.com/merchants/
- [ucp] Universal Commerce Protocol (Google AI Mode / Gemini checkout) (live) — UCP co-developer: https://developers.google.com/merchant/ucp

## Observed
- Target's ChatGPT app lets shoppers build a basket and buy with their Target account.
- Integrated with ACP for ChatGPT product discovery.
- Co-developed UCP with Google.

## Sources
- Target, 2026-06-18: [How Target is Shaping Shopping Experiences in Conversational AI](https://corporate.target.com/press/fact-sheet/2026/06/conversational-ai)
- OpenAI, 2025-11-19: [OpenAI and Target partner to bring new AI-powered experiences across retail](https://openai.com/index/target-partnership/)
- OpenAI Help Center, 2026-11-03: [Connected apps in ChatGPT](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/11487775-apps-in-chatgpt)
- OpenAI, 2026-03-24: [Powering Product Discovery in ChatGPT](https://openai.com/index/powering-product-discovery-in-chatgpt/)
- Google, 2026-01-11: [New tech and tools for retailers to succeed in an agentic shopping era (UCP launch)](https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/agentic-commerce-ai-tools-protocol-retailers-platforms/)
- TechCrunch, 2026-04-06: [How to use the new ChatGPT app integrations, including DoorDash, Spotify, Uber, and others](https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/06/how-to-use-chatgpt-apps-doordash-spotify-uber/)