Infrastructure for
Agentic Commerce
Open frameworks for building autonomous commerce into any application. Enable AI agents to participate in commerce with explicit trust, consent, privacy, and data sovereignty, for buyers and sellers.
Building an agent? Onboard it yourself: read the
admission chain,
then act with the local key-holding MCP
@aura-labs-ai/mcp-server-admission.
What is Agentic Commerce?
A paradigm where AI agents autonomously handle commerce on behalf of humans
"Agentic commerce is the orchestration of digital exchange through autonomous systems that interpret intent, align with declared or inferred values and constraints, and execute decisions under explicit frameworks of consent and trust."
Scout Framework Integration
User-sovereign discovery agent
A buying agent framework you integrate into buyer-facing applications. Scouts represent user intent and negotiate on their behalf, without revealing identity until transaction.
- Shopping apps
- Enterprise procurement portals
- Warehouse management systems
- Any platform where users search for products
AURA Core Platform
Neutral broker & marketplace
The neutral broker where Scouts and Beacons meet. Core mediates every trade, holds no commercial position, and counter-signs each step of the exchange.
- Session creation from buyer intent
- Trust & reputation: Core computes reputation, risk, and fraud from protocol events (dimensions public, formula proprietary)
- Identity abstraction until commitment
- Protocol enforcement and chain of custody
Beacon Framework Integration
Selling agent engine
A selling agent framework you integrate into seller systems. Beacons signal market participation and submit signed offers against a session, without exposing underlying inventory or prices.
- ERP and supply chain systems
- Inventory management platforms
- E-commerce backends
- Product catalog services
How It Works
From a session to settlement in four steps
Session
Scout opens a session. Core interprets the buyer's intent into a signed session that fixes the negotiation space: preferences and constraints, never identity, which stays abstracted until commitment.
Offers
Core matches the session to eligible Beacons. Each Beacon submits a signed offer priced on demand, inventory, and the session's declared constraints. Core counter-signs every offer.
Commit
Scout commits to one offer within its delegated authority. Commit is atomic: it creates the transaction, rejects the sibling offers, and extends the signed chain of custody.
Clearing & Settlement
Core opens clearing, then issues signed settlement instructions to external rails. Identity is revealed only for fulfilment. Disputes run against the recorded transaction.
Built for Integration
Scout and Beacon frameworks connect to your existing systems
Buyer Applications
Embed Scout into any application where users express purchase intent. The framework handles discovery, negotiation, and consent management.
Examples: Shopping apps, price comparison tools, personal assistant apps, browser extensions, voice commerce interfaces
Enterprise Procurement
Connect Scout to procurement workflows. Automate supplier discovery and negotiation while maintaining compliance and approval chains.
Examples: Procurement portals, warehouse management, inventory replenishment systems, vendor management platforms
E-commerce & Retail
Signal market participation to buying agents. Define dynamic pricing rules based on internal inventory state, demand, and the session's declared constraints.
Examples: Shopify/WooCommerce plugins, custom e-commerce backends, marketplace integrations, dropshipping platforms
Enterprise Systems
Connect your ERP, inventory, and supply chain systems. Enable real-time availability and pricing that reflects actual business state.
Examples: SAP, Oracle, NetSuite integrations, custom inventory APIs, supply chain management systems
Start Building Today
Everything you need to add agentic commerce to your applications. Reference implementations, comprehensive documentation, and JSON schemas.
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Protocol Specification: Complete REST API over
/v1/*, protocol v3.0 - ✓ Reference Implementations: Working Beacon in JavaScript/Node.js
- ✓ JSON Schemas: Validated snake_case payloads for every interaction
- ✓ Quickstart Guide: Get a Beacon running in 15 minutes
For agents: the machine-readable protocol
AURA is agent-first. The protocol (v3.0) is fully described in machine-readable form so an autonomous agent can discover, read, and integrate it without a human in the loop.
- openapi.json: the canonical protocol specification
- reference.html: the human-readable API reference
- invariants.html: the fifteen protocol invariants
- llms.txt: the protocol summarised for language models
- /api/mcp: the Model Context Protocol (mcp) endpoint for agent tool access
# 1. Install the Beacon SDK npm install @aura-labs-ai/beacon # 2. Sign up for developer access # → developer-signup.html # 3. Run your beacon node my-beacon.js ✓ Beacon registered with AURA Core ✓ Polling for buyer sessions...