Question 1

What is UCP?

Accepted Answer

UCP (Universal Commerce Protocol) is an open standard — published by Google, Shopify and Walmart — that lets AI agents discover and query a store’s catalog. Fondouk implements the stable 2026-04-08 release and validates every response against its published JSON Schemas.

Question 2

Is it compatible with PrestaShop 1.7?

Accepted Answer

No — Fondouk targets PrestaShop 8.0 to 9.2. It uses the module front-controller mechanism common to both branches, so a single module works across PrestaShop 8 and 9.

Question 3

Is it really free?

Accepted Answer

Yes — making your store visible to agents is free forever, under the MIT license. A paid extension for selling through agents (cart, checkout) will come later: you pay when money flows, not to be seen.

Question 4

What data is exposed to AI agents?

Accepted Answer

Only what an anonymous visitor already sees on your storefront — public products, tax-inclusive prices and stock. Prices are computed in an anonymous-customer context, so customer data, B2B prices and orders are never exposed. The module is strictly read-only.

Question 5

How do I check it works?

Accepted Answer

Read the manifest with curl -s https://demo.fondouk.dev/.well-known/ucp. It advertises the endpoint and capabilities; you can then POST a search to the catalog endpoint and see live products and prices.

Question 6

Does it slow my store down?

Accepted Answer

No — Fondouk ships with response caching (invalidated by product hooks) and token-bucket rate limiting (60 req/min, burst 120), proven to keep the store responsive under agent crawl on both PrestaShop 8 and 9.

Question 7

Which AI assistants can read my store?

Accepted Answer

Any agent that speaks UCP or MCP — the open standards behind agentic commerce on Google, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude. Because Fondouk implements the published spec rather than a private API, new compliant agents work with no change on your side.

Question 8

Do I need to maintain a product feed?

Accepted Answer

No — there is no feed to export or keep in sync. Agents query your store live through the manifest, so prices and stock are always the ones on your storefront at that moment.

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