{
  "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 Lowe's. 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 Lowe's.",
  "outpost": "lowes",
  "brand": "Lowe's",
  "category": "Retail & e-commerce",
  "status": "collecting_demand",
  "headline": "Partner-gated B2B catalog feed (details, pricing, inventory via subscription/SFTP, API 'coming soon'); consumer ordering and tracking remain human-only.",
  "wall_summary": "Lowe's does have a catalog door, but it sits behind a partner gate: the Developer Hub Product Catalog gives partners product details, pricing and inventory by subscription, delivered as files via SFTP, with a REST API described as coming soon. It offers no consumer ordering, and ordering and tracking remain human-only through Lowes.com web/app checkout and order status.",
  "door_state_version": "census-2026-11-01",
  "door_state": {
    "inventory": {
      "state": "partner_gated",
      "via": "Lowe's Developer Hub - Product Catalog (partner subscription)",
      "evidence_url": "https://developer.lowes.com/portal/business-components/Product%20Catalog/",
      "checked_at": "2026-11-01",
      "note": "Same official Product Catalog component explicitly includes inventory information for partners; no open consumer inventory API found."
    },
    "menu_browse": {
      "state": "partner_gated",
      "via": "Lowe's Developer Hub - Product Catalog (partner subscription)",
      "evidence_url": "https://developer.lowes.com/portal/business-components/Product%20Catalog/",
      "checked_at": "2026-11-01",
      "note": "Official Developer Hub search-indexed page: Product Catalog provides up-to-date product details, pricing and inventory for third-party integration; partners subscribe, files delivered via SFTP in CSV, REST API described as 'coming soon' - partner/B2B gate, not self-serve consumer API."
    },
    "ordering": {
      "state": "human_only",
      "via": "Lowes.com web/app checkout",
      "evidence_url": "https://developer.lowes.com/portal/business-components/Product%20Catalog/",
      "checked_at": "2026-11-01",
      "note": "Developer Hub catalog component checked offers no consumer ordering/checkout; ordering is human web/app only. No sanctioned ordering API found."
    },
    "prices": {
      "state": "partner_gated",
      "via": "Lowe's Developer Hub - Product Catalog (partner subscription)",
      "evidence_url": "https://developer.lowes.com/portal/business-components/Product%20Catalog/",
      "checked_at": "2026-11-01",
      "note": "Same official Product Catalog component explicitly includes pricing; partner subscription/SFTP delivery, API coming soon."
    },
    "tracking": {
      "state": "human_only",
      "via": "Lowes.com web/app order status",
      "evidence_url": "https://developer.lowes.com/portal/business-components/Product%20Catalog/",
      "checked_at": "2026-11-01",
      "note": "No tracking API in Developer Hub components checked; order tracking is human web/app channel only."
    }
  },
  "official_channels": [
    {
      "name": "Lowe's Developer Hub - Product Catalog",
      "kind": "partner_program",
      "covers": [
        "menu_browse",
        "prices",
        "inventory"
      ],
      "gate": "Partner subscription only: partners subscribe and files are delivered via SFTP in CSV, with a REST API described as 'coming soon' — not a self-serve consumer API.",
      "evidence_url": "https://developer.lowes.com/portal/business-components/Product%20Catalog/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lowes.com web / app",
      "kind": "human_channel",
      "covers": [
        "ordering",
        "tracking"
      ],
      "gate": "Human-operated web and app channels only; no sanctioned ordering or tracking API was found in the Developer Hub components checked.",
      "evidence_url": "https://developer.lowes.com/portal/business-components/Product%20Catalog/"
    }
  ],
  "agent_native": {
    "mcp_server": false,
    "llms_txt": "unverified",
    "api_catalog": "unverified"
  },
  "bot_posture": {
    "summary": "Restrictive/gated: llms.txt and api-catalog fetches returned 403 (bot-blocked), developer portal is a partner hub with no public bot allowance found",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.lowes.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/lowes/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"
  }
}