{
  "platform": "Shopify-hosted stores (storefront level)",
  "url": "https://www.shopify.com",
  "checked": "2026-10-27",
  "verification_note": "Buyer-side rules are set by each merchant's own terms; no platform-wide Shopify rule for buying agents was read. Entry records observed storefront signals only.",
  "domains": [],
  "browser_agent": {
    "status": "unclear",
    "reason": "Merchant-specific. Default robots.txt disallows cart and checkout paths for all user agents (observed)."
  },
  "policies": [
    {
      "topic": "agents_buying",
      "status": "unclear",
      "conditions": "Per-merchant terms govern purchases; check the store's own terms page.",
      "quote": "No platform-wide buyer-agent rule verified (2026-10-27).",
      "source": "https://www.shopify.com/legal",
      "source_updated": null
    }
  ],
  "observed": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-27",
      "note": "robots.txt on four large Shopify stores (allbirds.com, gymshark.com, and others) contains 'User-agent: *' with 'Disallow: /cart', '/checkout' and '/checkouts': automated clients are told not to use cart and checkout paths. robots.txt is advisory, but it states the site's intent."
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-27",
      "note": "A reported Shopify-wide robots.txt comment addressed to AI agents was not present in the four stores checked; not recorded as fact."
    }
  ]
}