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  | `checked_at` | Date (UTC) of the latest automated check. |
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  | `can_agents_find_products` | Could an AI agent search the store's products through a machine-readable agent connection and get a product back (the specific product, for the ~90 Index stores where ARC tests one)? yes / no / blocked (the store returned a block to ARC's automated HTTP check on checked_at; this is a response to ARC's checker, not a finding against the store) / not_tested (the check did not finish). "no" is about agent connections only: an agent may still click through the website like a person. |
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  | `can_agents_read_price_and_stock` | Does the product page ARC opened list price and stock in structured data agents can read (schema.org Product)? yes / no / not_tested (no product page could be opened). |
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- | `can_agents_get_checkout_link` | Did the agent connection hand back a checkout link for a product it returned? yes / no / not_tested. ARC stops there: it never pays or places an order, so "yes" means an agent can reach checkout, not that a purchase was completed. |
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  | `agent_catalog_type` | Which agent connection answered with a product search tool: Shopify UCP MCP, Shopify Storefront MCP, or none. |
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  | `ucp_profile_valid` | Does the store publish a valid Universal Commerce Protocol profile at /.well-known/ucp? yes / no / unknown (blocked or errored). A valid profile is stricter than `publishes_ucp_file`: it needs a dated version and a shopping service. |
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  | `publishes_ucp_file` | Does the store publish a UCP file at /.well-known/ucp? yes = HTTP 200 and JSON with a version plus services or capabilities. no = HTTP 404 or 410. unknown = HTTP 403, 429, 5xx, a timeout, or a response that was not JSON. Empty means this check is not recorded. Unknown and empty never count as no. This means the store publishes a UCP file. It does not mean an agent can reach checkout there. |
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  | `blocks_ai_crawlers` | Does robots.txt disallow at least one of the AI crawlers ARC tracks (answer, search or training bots) from the homepage or tested product? yes / no / unknown (robots.txt could not be read). A rule in a file, not an observed block. |
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  | `blocks_ai_answer_agents` | Same, but only for AI assistants fetching pages for a user (for example ChatGPT-User, Perplexity-User). yes / no / unknown. |
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  | `browser_cart_test` | Result of ARC's separate browser cart test, where it exists (about 90 stores): for example "2 of 5 added to cart". Empty means no browser test. |
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- | `verdict` | A plain answer to "can AI agents reach checkout at this store?", the same sentence as the store's ARC page. The strongest answer is "AI agents can reach checkout": ARC's agent got a checkout link. ARC always stops before paying, so it never claims a completed purchase. |
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  | `top_fix` | The most useful change for the store, in plain words, the same as the first fix on its ARC page. Empty when nothing is needed. |
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  | `checked_by` | How the answer was measured: "automated HTTP check" or "automated HTTP check + browser cart test". |
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  | `evidence_url` | The store's page on ARC with the full details. |
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  Hugging Face card (abab7575/arc-open `docs/dataset-card.md`, same paragraph): OpenStreetMap-derived directory rows are left out of this CC-BY-4.0 dataset because they are ODbL share-alike. Older snapshots in /data/history can include those hosts. Those hosts are © OpenStreetMap contributors under the Open Database License (ODbL), not CC-BY-4.0.
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- ## Licence, citation, corrections
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- [CC-BY-4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Attribution: **ARC, arcreport.ai**. Store owners can ask for a correction or removal at [arcreport.ai/contact](https://www.arcreport.ai/contact).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  ## Files and versioning
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  | catalog_tool, catalog_found | Catalog tool exposed and whether it returned the product |
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  | cart_status | `link`, `unavailable`, `not_offered`, `error` or `skipped` |
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  | ucp_profile | `/.well-known/ucp` validity: `valid`, `invalid`, `absent`, `blocked` or `error`. Stricter than `ucp_file`. |
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- | ucp_file | `/.well-known/ucp` file: `detected` (HTTP 200 JSON with a version plus services or capabilities), `not_found` (404 or 410), `unknown` (403, 429, 5xx, timeout or non-JSON), or empty when not recorded. Empty and unknown are not a no. This is a published file, not a completed purchase. |
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  | mcp_blocked | The store blocked the MCP request |
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  | checked_at | UTC time of the check |
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  | evidence | `measured` for a clean completed check; `inferred` when blocked, errored or failed |
 
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  | `checked_at` | Date (UTC) of the latest automated check. |
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  | `can_agents_find_products` | Could an AI agent search the store's products through a machine-readable agent connection and get a product back (the specific product, for the ~90 Index stores where ARC tests one)? yes / no / blocked (the store returned a block to ARC's automated HTTP check on checked_at; this is a response to ARC's checker, not a finding against the store) / not_tested (the check did not finish). "no" is about agent connections only: an agent may still click through the website like a person. |
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  | `can_agents_read_price_and_stock` | Does the product page ARC opened list price and stock in structured data agents can read (schema.org Product)? yes / no / not_tested (no product page could be opened). |
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+ | `can_agents_get_checkout_link` | Did the agent connection hand back a checkout link for a product it returned? yes / no / not_tested. ARC stops there: it never pays or places an order, so "yes" means an agent can reach checkout, not that an order was placed. |
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  | `agent_catalog_type` | Which agent connection answered with a product search tool: Shopify UCP MCP, Shopify Storefront MCP, or none. |
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  | `ucp_profile_valid` | Does the store publish a valid Universal Commerce Protocol profile at /.well-known/ucp? yes / no / unknown (blocked or errored). A valid profile is stricter than `publishes_ucp_file`: it needs a dated version and a shopping service. |
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  | `publishes_ucp_file` | Does the store publish a UCP file at /.well-known/ucp? yes = HTTP 200 and JSON with a version plus services or capabilities. no = HTTP 404 or 410. unknown = HTTP 403, 429, 5xx, a timeout, or a response that was not JSON. Empty means this check is not recorded. Unknown and empty never count as no. This means the store publishes a UCP file. It does not mean an agent can reach checkout there. |
 
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  | `blocks_ai_crawlers` | Does robots.txt disallow at least one of the AI crawlers ARC tracks (answer, search or training bots) from the homepage or tested product? yes / no / unknown (robots.txt could not be read). A rule in a file, not an observed block. |
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  | `blocks_ai_answer_agents` | Same, but only for AI assistants fetching pages for a user (for example ChatGPT-User, Perplexity-User). yes / no / unknown. |
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  | `browser_cart_test` | Result of ARC's separate browser cart test, where it exists (about 90 stores): for example "2 of 5 added to cart". Empty means no browser test. |
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+ | `verdict` | A plain answer to "can AI agents reach checkout at this store?", the same sentence as the store's ARC page. The strongest answer is "AI agents can reach checkout": ARC's agent got a checkout link. ARC always stops before paying, so it never claims more than reached checkout. |
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  | `top_fix` | The most useful change for the store, in plain words, the same as the first fix on its ARC page. Empty when nothing is needed. |
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  | `checked_by` | How the answer was measured: "automated HTTP check" or "automated HTTP check + browser cart test". |
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  | `evidence_url` | The store's page on ARC with the full details. |
 
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  Hugging Face card (abab7575/arc-open `docs/dataset-card.md`, same paragraph): OpenStreetMap-derived directory rows are left out of this CC-BY-4.0 dataset because they are ODbL share-alike. Older snapshots in /data/history can include those hosts. Those hosts are © OpenStreetMap contributors under the Open Database License (ODbL), not CC-BY-4.0.
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+ ## License & attribution
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+ The data ARC publishes is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License ([CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)).
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+ - Cite as: **ARC (arcreport.ai)**. Link: [https://www.arcreport.ai](https://www.arcreport.ai) (dataset: [https://www.arcreport.ai/data](https://www.arcreport.ai/data)).
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+ - Terms: [https://www.arcreport.ai/terms](https://www.arcreport.ai/terms).
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+ - Snapshot `2026-10-12.r2` includes 203 OpenStreetMap-derived rows under the [ODbL-1.0](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/). Attribution: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Later snapshots leave those rows out.
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+ - Third-party data is not relicensed. Tranco ranks and lists are not published and are not licensed by ARC.
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+ - Wikidata-derived fields are CC0.
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+ - Host names discovered via Common Crawl: source cited as Common Crawl (commoncrawl.org).
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+ - Unpublished discovery-source data is excluded. Hosts that opted out are excluded.
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+ - CC BY 4.0 covers only ARC's own measurements.
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+ - Results are advisory. ARC stops before payment.
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+ - Code is MIT (github.com/abab7575/arc-open).
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+ Contact: arcreport@mail.grokbot.com. Store owners can ask for a correction or removal at [arcreport.ai/contact](https://www.arcreport.ai/contact).
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  ## Files and versioning
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  | catalog_tool, catalog_found | Catalog tool exposed and whether it returned the product |
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  | cart_status | `link`, `unavailable`, `not_offered`, `error` or `skipped` |
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  | ucp_profile | `/.well-known/ucp` validity: `valid`, `invalid`, `absent`, `blocked` or `error`. Stricter than `ucp_file`. |
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+ | ucp_file | `/.well-known/ucp` file: `detected` (HTTP 200 JSON with a version plus services or capabilities), `not_found` (404 or 410), `unknown` (403, 429, 5xx, timeout or non-JSON), or empty when not recorded. Empty and unknown are not a no. This is a published file, not proof an agent can reach checkout. |
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  | mcp_blocked | The store blocked the MCP request |
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  | checked_at | UTC time of the check |
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  | evidence | `measured` for a clean completed check; `inferred` when blocked, errored or failed |