Your UCP manifest passes JSON.parse(). Your CI is green. Google AI Mode hits /.well-known/ucp and moves on. We just shipped a GitHub Action that catches this before merge: github.com/Nolpak14/ucp-vali…

Valid JSON is not valid UCP. Your manifest parses fine. Google AI Mode still skips your store. 10 checks that actually break AI agent discovery (with rule IDs and fixes):

Most articles about UCP's new Cart, Catalog, and Identity Linking capabilities have the spec details wrong. We verified against the actual UCP GitHub repo. Two things almost everyone gets wrong:

Google just added 3 capabilities to UCP. But 2 are draft specs and 1 is stable. If your validator treats them the same, you're doing it wrong. Here's why it matters:

70% of consumers use AI for shopping. AI bot traffic up 4x since Jan 2025. Is your store ready? Here's the 7-item checklist: 1. UCP Profile 2. ACP Listing 3. Clean Product Data 4. Schema Markup 5. AI Traffic Monitoring 6. Validated Checkout 7. Agent-Readable Policies

UCP vs ACP - which AI shopping protocol do you need? Both! UCP (Google + Shopify) = AI agents discover your store ACP (OpenAI + Stripe) = ChatGPT buys from your store Full breakdown in 8 minutes. Free readiness check at ucptools.dev #UCP #ACP #ecommerce

This week we launched the first agentic commerce analytics platform. 5-stage funnel. 6 new KPIs. Per-agent conversion tracking.

AI agents are starting to make purchases via API calls. GA4 can't see them. Mixpanel can't see them. Amplitude can't see them. We built a demo to show what this blind spot looks like - and the numbers are wild.

Which AI shopping agent converts best? We built an analytics dashboard that tracks per-agent performance. Here's what it looks like with sample data for a mid-size store: @GeminiApp , @ChatGPTapp , @claudeai , @perplexity_ai , @Copilot - all compared.

The AI shopping funnel looks nothing like a human one. 5 stages. Every drop-off measurable. Here's what each stage means: