Instacart is the platform door for the category, but the useful depth sits behind partner gates: the public Instacart Developer Platform (IDP) mainly creates shoppable pages that hand off to a human checkout on Instacart, and production keys require review and approval. Full catalog, availability, fulfillment ordering and tracking live in partner-gated Instacart Connect, not the public IDP key.
Status · Collecting demand · Registry opened November 1, 2026
Five intents, checked against Instacart's public sources on November 1, 2026.
| Intent | State | The open route | Source | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menu / browse | PARTNER-GATED | Instacart Developer Platform (IDP) + Instacart Connect Catalog API — IDP is described by Instacart as a publicly available API program giving access to its item catalog, but the public IDP surface is mainly creating shoppable recipe/shopping-list pages and nearby-retailer lookup; full catalog/search is in partner-gated Connect. Direct docs fetch was blocked by browser policy, corroborated via the official docs URL cited in multiple independent integrations. Production keys require review/approval. | Source — docs.instacart.com | 2026-11-01 |
| Prices | PARTNER-GATED | Instacart Developer Platform hosted shoppable pages / Connect — No standalone public price API in IDP - prices are rendered on Instacart-hosted shoppable pages the API creates; richer catalog/price access is Connect partner-gated. | Source — docs.instacart.com | 2026-11-01 |
| Inventory | PARTNER-GATED | Instacart Connect / IDP roadmap availability tools — Instacart's IDP launch said partners would get real-time product search, product availability and retailer location finder; independent IDP spikes note the current shopping-list API itself returns no prices, availability or ETA - so availability is partner/Connect-gated, not open. | Source — docs.instacart.com | 2026-11-01 |
| Ordering | PARTNER-GATED | IDP shoppable-page handoff (human checks out on Instacart) / Connect Fulfillment API for partners — IDP does not place orders: it returns a products_link_url where the shopper selects a retailer, reviews matches and continues to checkout on Instacart. End-to-end fulfillment ordering is in partner-gated Instacart Connect. | Source — docs.instacart.com | 2026-11-01 |
| Tracking | PARTNER-GATED | Instacart Connect Fulfillment / Post-checkout APIs; consumer tracking in Instacart app — IDP launch material promises delivery experience with real-time delivery updates for customers; programmatic post-checkout/tracking APIs are part of enterprise Connect, not the public IDP key. | Source — docs.instacart.com | 2026-11-01 |
Agent-native surfaces at Instacart: official MCP server — published; llms.txt — not verified; API catalog (RFC 9727) — not verified. Automated access: unverified - robots.txt fetch failed with browser service 429 rate limit on 2026-11-01; no inference drawn (evidence).
One page per task an agent might attempt at Instacart — the door-state for that task alone, and what fits instead.
| Task | State | The page |
|---|---|---|
| Menu / browse | PARTNER-GATED | Can an AI agent browse the Instacart catalog? |
| Prices | PARTNER-GATED | Can an AI agent check prices on Instacart? |
| Inventory | PARTNER-GATED | Can an AI agent check inventory on Instacart? |
| Ordering | PARTNER-GATED | Can an AI agent order through Instacart? |
| Tracking | PARTNER-GATED | Can an AI agent track an Instacart order? |
If you came to do something at Instacart and the door was closed, say so here — and take the receipt with you.
POST your intent — what you were trying to do, and for which of the five intents — to the intent endpoint. You receive: a receipt (a ticket id confirming the registration), your queue position for that intent at Instacart, the current door-state document, and any alternatives the Options Registry can offer — another business whose door is open for the same need. If nothing fits, the answer is demand logged: your intent joins the aggregate count. The receipt also carries a notify token: poll the notify endpoint and you will learn when this door-state changes — a new API, a changed gate, a converted Outpost.
This Outpost measures agent demand at your wall.
Every intent registered here is an agent that arrived at Instacart with a task — something to browse, a price to check, an order to place, a delivery to follow — and could not complete it through a sanctioned agent door. That demand is currently invisible to you: blocked attempts never become sessions. The registry counts it, categorizes it by intent, and timestamps it, so the size of the agent channel you are not serving is a number rather than a guess.
Converting this Outpost into Instacart's official agent gateway — a real door for agents, operated by Agent Outposts under your terms — is a conversation with Agent Outposts. Palo Alto, California.
This page is already public. Start with your demand report.
This Outpost counts declared agent demand at the Instacart wall — by intent, in aggregate, never resold as raw data. Your demand report pairs this door-state dossier with that demand shape as it accrues. How claiming works · Talk to us about your Outpost
Agent Outposts is not affiliated with Instacart. This Outpost is a demand registry operated by Agent Outposts; door-states are assessed from public sources, linked, and dated.