Target's only marketplace APIs are invite-only and seller-side. A shopper's sanctioned doors are Shipt — Target's own same-day platform — and Instacart, and neither is an agent API. This Outpost publishes the verified door-state and registers the demand that hits the wall.
Status · Collecting demand · Registry opened November 1, 2026
Five intents, checked against Target's public sources on November 1, 2026.
| Intent | State | The open route | Source | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menu / browse | AGGREGATOR ONLY | Shipt (Target-owned) and Instacart — Target's own page confirms Shipt as its same-day partner marketplace for Target shopping. Target Plus APIs are invite-only and seller-side only, not consumer browse; no public consumer developer API was found. | Target — Shipt | 2026-11-01 |
| Prices | AGGREGATOR ONLY | Shipt — its Target storefront shows Target prices, and Shipt notes no markups for Circle 360 members on Shipt orders. No direct Target price API exists. | Shipt — Target partnership | 2026-11-01 |
| Inventory | AGGREGATOR ONLY | Availability is surfaced in the Shipt and Instacart storefronts and in Target.com's human channels. Seller-side Target Plus inventory APIs cover marketplace sellers' own listings only. | Target — Shipt | 2026-11-01 |
| Ordering | AGGREGATOR ONLY | Shipt — Circle 360 members can order same-day delivery from Target via Shipt web and app, or by choosing Delivery on Target.com and in the app. No programmatic consumer ordering API exists. | Shipt — Target partnership | 2026-11-01 |
| Tracking | AGGREGATOR ONLY | Shipt — delivery updates and substitutions are handled inside the Shipt experience, per Shipt's Target partnership page. No Target-native tracking API was found. | Shipt — Target partnership | 2026-11-01 |
Agent-native surfaces at Target: official MCP server — none found; llms.txt — not verified (the census fetch was rate-limited; no inference drawn); API catalog (RFC 9727) — not verified. Automated access: not assessed — the census could not retrieve target.com's robots.txt on 2026-11-01 (robots.txt).
If you came to do something at Target 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 Target, 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 Target with a task — an item to find, a price to check, a delivery to arrange — and found that the only sanctioned routes are a subsidiary's storefront and an aggregator. 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 Target'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.
Agent Outposts is not affiliated with Target. This Outpost is a demand registry operated by Agent Outposts; door-states are assessed from public sources, linked, and dated.