{
  "service": "Agent Outposts",
  "logging": "Intent registrations are logged in aggregate (brand, intent, result counts, hashed caller id) for demand statistics. No raw IP addresses are stored; free-text fields are stored only as provided.",
  "disclaimer": "Agent Outposts is not affiliated with Amazon. This Outpost is a demand registry operated by Agent Outposts; door-state data is compiled from public sources (evidence linked per claim) and is not provided, reviewed, or endorsed by Amazon.",
  "outpost": "amazon",
  "brand": "Amazon",
  "category": "Retail & e-commerce",
  "status": "collecting_demand",
  "headline": "Catalog, prices and offer availability are partner-gated behind Associates + 10 qualifying sales via the Creators API (PA-API 5.0 retired); ordering and consumer tracking remain human-only.",
  "wall_summary": "The catalog door exists but is toll-gated: the Creators API (successor to the retired PA-API 5.0) requires an Amazon Associates account with at least 10 qualifying sales in the trailing 30 days. There is no sanctioned door at all for ordering or for tracking a customer's orders — both are human-only, so an agent acting for a principal hits a full wall on the two transactional intents.",
  "door_state_version": "census-2026-11-01",
  "door_state": {
    "menu_browse": {
      "state": "partner_gated",
      "via": "Amazon Creators API (Amazon Associates)",
      "evidence_url": "https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/creatorsapi/docs/en-us/introduction",
      "checked_at": "2026-11-01",
      "note": "Official Creators API docs: SearchItems/GetItems/GetVariations/GetBrowseNodes for catalog discovery. Prerequisites: enrolled in Associates for target marketplace AND at least 10 qualifying sales in past 30 days, plus Associates Central registration. PA-API 5.0 successor/migration path stated on same page."
    },
    "prices": {
      "state": "partner_gated",
      "via": "Amazon Creators API (Amazon Associates)",
      "evidence_url": "https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/creatorsapi/docs/en-us/introduction",
      "checked_at": "2026-11-01",
      "note": "Creators API returns product catalog data including offers/pricing for affiliate use; same Associates + 10-sales gate as browse. No open self-serve price API found."
    },
    "inventory": {
      "state": "partner_gated",
      "via": "Amazon Creators API (Amazon Associates)",
      "evidence_url": "https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/creatorsapi/docs/en-us/introduction",
      "checked_at": "2026-11-01",
      "note": "Availability is surfaced only as offer/availability data via GetItems/SearchItems under same Associates gate; no standalone real-time warehouse/store inventory API for consumers. Ambiguity: seller-side SP-API inventory is for a seller's own listings, not consumer shopping."
    },
    "ordering": {
      "state": "human_only",
      "via": "Amazon.com web/app checkout",
      "evidence_url": "https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/creatorsapi/docs/en-us/introduction",
      "checked_at": "2026-11-01",
      "note": "Creators API operations list contains no checkout/order placement; it links audiences to Amazon. No sanctioned consumer ordering API found. Seller SP-API is not a buyer ordering door."
    },
    "tracking": {
      "state": "human_only",
      "via": "Amazon.com Your Orders (web/app)",
      "evidence_url": "https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/creatorsapi/docs/en-us/introduction",
      "checked_at": "2026-11-01",
      "note": "No consumer order-tracking operation in Creators API docs; tracking is via signed-in web/app. SP-API/Shipment tracking exists only for sellers/shippers on their own orders, not general consumers."
    }
  },
  "official_channels": [
    {
      "name": "Amazon Creators API (Amazon Associates)",
      "kind": "partner_program",
      "covers": [
        "menu_browse",
        "prices",
        "inventory"
      ],
      "gate": "Requires enrollment in Amazon Associates for the target marketplace plus at least 10 qualifying sales in the past 30 days, and registration in Associates Central. Successor to PA-API 5.0.",
      "evidence_url": "https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/creatorsapi/docs/en-us/introduction"
    },
    {
      "name": "Selling Partner API (SP-API)",
      "kind": "seller_program",
      "covers": [],
      "gate": "Seller-side only: scoped to a seller's own listings and orders. Not a consumer shopping door and not a channel for agents buying on a principal's behalf.",
      "evidence_url": "https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/creatorsapi/docs/en-us/introduction"
    }
  ],
  "agent_native": {
    "mcp_server": false,
    "llms_txt": false,
    "api_catalog": false
  },
  "bot_posture": {
    "summary": "Restrictive: robots.txt disallows cart/sign-in/availability paths; Conditions of Use prohibit data mining/robots and collection of listings/prices (corroborated in search of official terms)",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.amazon.com/robots.txt"
  },
  "alternatives": {
    "menu_browse": {
      "count": 3,
      "access": "register_intent"
    },
    "prices": {
      "count": 3,
      "access": "register_intent"
    },
    "inventory": {
      "count": 3,
      "access": "register_intent"
    },
    "ordering": {
      "count": 1,
      "access": "register_intent"
    },
    "tracking": {
      "count": 1,
      "access": "register_intent"
    }
  },
  "alternatives_policy": "Ranked by fit only. Placement is never sold.",
  "register_intent": {
    "method": "POST",
    "url": "https://api.agentoutposts.com/outposts/amazon/intent",
    "body": {
      "intent": "one of: menu_browse | prices | inventory | ordering | tracking",
      "detail": "optional context for the brand (max 500 chars), e.g. the task you were trying to complete. Never include personal data — no names, addresses, or order details.",
      "agent_label": "optional self-declared agent name (max 80 chars). Never put personal data in this field.",
      "est_frequency": "optional, e.g. '40/day'",
      "notify": "'poll' (default) or 'webhook'",
      "notify_url": "required when notify = 'webhook'"
    },
    "returns": "A receipt: ticket, queue position, live demand snapshot, alternatives for your intent, and (poll mode) a notify URL that reports door-state changes.",
    "limits": "100 intent registrations per caller per day"
  }
}