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How Buyer Agents Shop Safely with OACP

What buyer agents can and cannot do with OACP artifacts, freshness labels, and prepared handoff boundaries.

4Safe outcomes: answer, refresh, prepare, refuse

Evidence First

Buyer agents use OACP artifacts carrying source refs, TTL, freshness, revocation posture, risk tier, and blocked capabilities before answering.

What The Agent Can Do

The agent can answer product questions, compare options, show source/freshness, and prepare a non-executing handoff when required evidence is fresh.

What The Agent Cannot Do

The agent cannot create orders, capture payment, create checkout, reserve stock, create mandates, or invent provider status from cached artifacts.

Frequently Asked Questions

What happens when artifacts are stale?

AgenticOrg refreshes through approved authority paths or refuses the request.

Can valid cache keep answering questions?

Yes, for non-binding Q&A while TTL, scope, and revocation posture remain valid.

Topics

OACP buyer safetyAI shopping safetybuyer agent commercesource freshness

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