A lightweight, schema-driven communication protocol that enables AI agents to understand and interact with commercetools through a unified interface.
Commerce MCP (Model Context Protocol) provides standardized contracts for consistent behavior, enabling agents to understand and interact with commercetools through a unified interface. Commerce MCP offers the following benefits:
- Composability: Pluggable, discoverable, and modular components.
- Interoperability: Complements other protocols, such as Agent-to-Agent (A2A).
- Security: Enforces scoped access with built-in safeguards for commerce operations.
Commerce MCP is available in two variants, each designed for different use cases:
| Variant | Description |
|---|---|
| Essentials MCP | Provides AI agents with direct access to commercetools operations such as carts, orders, and merchant tools. |
| Developer MCP | Makes developer documentation and APIs accessible to IDEs, automation tools, and AI assistants. |
Essentials MCP
Essentials MCP is an AI agent interface for commercetools functionality, including Merchant Center capabilities, PaymentHub, and order management.
- Extensive set of tools for commercetools operations.
- Deployable in desktop AI applications or autonomous agents.
- Uses commercetools API client credentials to act securely on behalf of users.
Essentials MCP enables SaaS applications that are prebuilt with commercetools capabilities, supporting AI-powered assistants and autonomous commerce agents.
Developer MCP
Developer MCP exposes developer documentation and API specifications to IDEs, AI agents, and automation tools.
- Public REST APIs for:
- Semantic documentation search
- GraphQL schema and OpenAPI Specification (OAS) access
- Development prompts and contextual help
- Direct integration with:
- Cursor
- GitHub Copilot
- Visual Studio Code
- JetBrains IDEs
- Windsurf
- Custom-built agents
Developer MCP reduces developer ramp-up time, accelerates delivery, and supports AI-assisted development workflows.