For AI Agent Developers

The commission layer
for agentic commerce

When AI agents recommend products, someone earns a commission. Syndicate Links is the infrastructure that attributes the referral, calculates the payout, and settles it on-chain.

The attribution gap

AI commerce is here.
Attribution infrastructure is not.

Cookies are dead in agentic commerce

When an AI agent recommends a product, there is no browser, no cookie, no click. Traditional affiliate tracking breaks completely.

Merchants cannot see which agents drive revenue

Shopify, Amazon, and Stripe all track merchant-side AI usage. None of them track which external AI agent referred the customer.

Publishers cannot get paid for agent referrals

Agent-driven commerce is happening, but there is no standardized infrastructure to attribute conversions back to the agent or settle commissions to the publisher running it.

How it works

Three API calls. That is it.

01

Generate an attribution token

Your agent calls our API to mint a signed token before recommending a product. Token carries: agent ID, merchant program, session context.

POST /v1/attribution/token
{
  "merchant_id": "m_abc123",
  "agent_key": "aff_agent_xyz",
  "context": { "session": "chat_9f3a" }
}
02

Attach to the conversion event

When the user purchases, fire a conversion event with the token. Works with any checkout — Stripe, Shopify webhook, custom flow.

POST /v1/events/agent_conversion
{
  "attribution_token": "sl_tok_...",
  "order_id": "order_456",
  "amount": 9900,
  "currency": "usd"
}
03

Commission resolves automatically

Syndicate Links validates the token, calculates the commission, and settles the payout. Stripe, Lightning, or USDC on Base / Solana.

GET /v1/commissions/cm_789
→ { "status": "settled",
    "amount": 198,
    "payout_method": "usdc_base",
    "tx_hash": "0xabc..." }

Built for the agent economy

Everything you need to turn AI recommendations into tracked, attributed, settled commissions.

Agent-native attribution

Built for AI-to-commerce, not retrofitted from click tracking. Two-layer auth (agent key + attribution token) maps every recommendation to a payout.

MCP server included

Install syndicate-links-mcp and your agent gets tools for attribution, commission tracking, and program discovery — no custom integration needed.

Four payout rails

Stripe, Lightning Network, USDC on Base, USDC on Solana. Publishers choose. Settlements are automatic.

FTC-ready audit trail

Every AI endorsement logged with agent identity, merchant, order, and timestamp. GET /v1/reports/ai-endorsements gives merchants a compliance export.

REST API + SDK

Full REST API with Python, Node.js, and cURL examples. 60 req/min free tier. Scale to 250K+ events/month.

ACP compatible

Implements the commission settlement layer the Agentic Commerce Protocol affiliate attribution RFC scoped as a non-goal.

MCP Server

One install. Your agent gets commerce tools.

The Syndicate Links MCP server gives any Claude, GPT, or custom agent access to attribution, commission tracking, and program discovery.

terminal
# Install from npm
npm install -g syndicate-links-mcp

# Or add to Claude Desktop config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "syndicate-links": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["syndicate-links-mcp"],
      "env": { "SL_API_KEY": "your_key" }
    }
  }
}
Protocol-agnostic

Protocols we work alongside

The agentic commerce stack is splitting into discovery, orchestration, and settlement layers. Syndicate Links sits across all of them — attribution survives the protocol shift, so the right Publisher still gets paid no matter how the purchase was initiated.

MCP

Model Context Protocol

Our MCP server ships on npm today. Drop it into Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP-aware agent and the attribution, commission, and program-discovery tools are wired in — no custom integration.

x402

HTTP-native micropayments

Our 402-protected links endpoint is registered with x402scan and resolves the 402 challenge for USDC-on-Base settlement. Agents paying via x402 settle directly; attribution still routes to the Publisher.

UCP

Universal Commerce Protocol

Google and Shopify's open standard for agent-driven discovery and checkout, now live in Google AI Mode and the Gemini app. Syndicate Links works alongside UCP — our attribution is compatible with UCP checkout sessions, so commissions still flow when an agent completes purchase inside a UCP-native surface.

AP2

Agent Payments Protocol

Google's signed payment-mandate spec — the payment layer underneath UCP. Where AP2 moves the money, Syndicate Links still tracks who earned the sale and routes the commission to the originating Publisher.

Reference implementation

10 minutes, cold start to live program

A single Python script. Takes a business name, description, and URL. Registers a merchant, creates a program, adds products, generates tracking links, wires a webhook, fires a demo conversion. ~10 API calls, under ten minutes. Agents can run it verbatim on behalf of a merchant — no dashboard, no human.

setup_agent.py
pip install syndicate-links

python setup_agent.py \
    --business-name "Tilos Scuba" \
    --description "Premium freediving fins and gear" \
    --url "https://tilosscuba.com" \
    --email "ops@tilosscuba.com"

# [1/7] Registering merchant: Tilos Scuba
#     ✓ merchant_id = m_9f3a...
#     ✓ api_key = mk_live_abcd... (store securely)
# [2/7] Creating affiliate program
#     ✓ program_id = p_8c72... commission = 10%
# [3/7] Adding 1 product(s) to the program
# [4/7] Generating tracking links (test mode) for each product
# [5/7] Configuring webhook (optional)
# [6/7] Firing a demo conversion to prove the pipeline
#     ✓ conversion cv_441... — $100.00, commission $10.00
# [7/7] Done in 8.3s

The agentic commerce stack is forming

Google UCPProduct discovery
ShopifyMerchant AI channels
Stripe ACPCheckout protocol
Syndicate LinksAttribution + settlement

Start attributing agent referrals today

Starter plan is free forever — 5% platform fee on commissions. No credit card required.