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# ESW Agentic Checkout

Enable secure, agent-led checkout through ESW.

ESW Agentic Checkout enables AI shopping agents to complete checkout through ESW. ESW manages the checkout service, payment integration, and shopper recovery flows.

ESW uses the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) to advertise supported commerce actions. ESW creates and hosts the required UCP profile for your domain.

### What you provide

Provide the account details ESW requests during onboarding. ESW manages the UCP manifest and payment-handler configuration.

{% hint style="danger" icon="display-slash" %}
Do not create or modify a separate UCP profile or payment handler.
{% endhint %}

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### How it works

{% stepper %}
{% step %}

#### ESW configures your UCP profile

During onboarding, ESW creates the UCP profile and connects it to the ESW checkout API. ESW also configures the Adyen payment handler.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}

#### The AI agent starts checkout

The AI agent uses the UCP checkout service to submit the shopper's order details. ESW validates the request and keeps the checkout session connected to the shopper conversation.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}

#### ESW processes payment

Payment handlers supply a secure payment token. ESW maps the token to the session, authorizes payment, and returns the checkout outcome.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}

#### ESW supports recovery

The AI agent prompts shoppers to correct recoverable details. ESW handles service, catalog, authentication, and infrastructure issues behind the scenes.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}

#### ESW manages the order lifecycle

After checkout, ESW sends the shopper an order-confirmation email. The order follows the standard ESW lifecycle. The shopper receives updates at each stage through delivery.
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}


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