# ACP feed and checkout readiness

> Whether a store targeting ChatGPT checkout ships the ACP feed with correct eligibility flags and the return fields checkout-eligible items require.

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- **Affects (funnel stage):** Choice
- **Evidence:** spec-fact
- **Confidence:** Very high
- **Impact:** 3/3
- **Status:** active
- **Last verified:** 2026-07-08

## Per-platform status

Undocumented platforms show "unknown" - honest unknowns, never invented.

| Platform | Status | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ChatGPT | supported | ACP is the rail ChatGPT's shopping surfaces read; is_eligible_search=true is a precondition for is_eligible_checkout, and return_policy is required when checkout-eligible. | [link](https://developers.openai.com/commerce/specs/file-upload/products) (verified 2026-07-08) |
| Gemini / Google AI Mode | unknown | Not documented by this platform. | - |
| Perplexity | unknown | Not documented by this platform. | - |
| Copilot | unknown | Not documented by this platform. | - |
| Claude | unknown | Not documented by this platform. | - |

## Evidence and sources

- [ACP product feed specification](https://developers.openai.com/commerce/specs/file-upload/products) (2026-07-08)

## How to act on this

If you target ChatGPT checkout, enroll in OpenAI's merchant program, set is_eligible_search on products to surface, and set is_eligible_checkout only on rows that also carry return_policy and the required return-window fields.

### Related checklist items
- [If targeting ChatGPT checkout, build the ACP product feed and checkout and set the eligibility flags.](https://agentmint.net/tools/agentic-readiness-checklist/#a-protocol-presence-02) (Readiness)
- [Populate the ACP feed's return fields for checkout-eligible products.](https://agentmint.net/tools/agentic-readiness-checklist/#a-checkout-ops-05) (Readiness)

### Handbook chapters
- [Serving Agent Traffic Without Breaking Your Origin](https://agentmint.net/handbook/serving-agent-traffic/)

### Related signals
- [UCP profile and order-management readiness](https://agentmint.net/signals/ucp-readiness/)
- [Validation hygiene (use existing validators)](https://agentmint.net/signals/validation-hygiene/)
- [Agent-payment rail readiness](https://agentmint.net/signals/payment-rail-readiness/)