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Ilya Grigorik

Shopify
@igrigorik
Distinguished Engineer, @Shopify. On a mission to make commerce better for everyone.
Portland, OR
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    Ilya Grigorik
    Shopify
    @igrigorik
    May 19
    @tobi and I sat down to talk UCP and the art of protocol design. A couple of themes worth expanding on... The hard part of good protocol design isn't the spec. It's the deep understanding of the problem you're solving and the humility to approach it at the right level. Commerce
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    Ilya Grigorik
    Shopify
    @igrigorik
    Sep 4
    Agentic commerce comes batteries included on @Shopify, with frontier capabilities. Your move, agents.
    @gilgNYC
    Gil
    Shopify
    @gilgNYC
    Sep 4
    I'm happy to announce that all Shopify storefronts now support UCP 2026-08. The team worked hard to get this shipped quickly. 🎉 More to come! Make sure to update the Shopify ucp-cli to v0.8.0 which now defaults to 2026-08.
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    Ilya Grigorik
    Shopify
    @igrigorik
    Aug 26
    🎉 UCP 2026-08 release is out. MASSIVE upgrade. 👉🏻 shopify.com/ucp/2026-08/ Agents can prove their identity and negotiate identity providers for the buyer; read the terms that govern a purchase down to the individual line item; split a payment across instruments (e.g. gift
    Interactive tour of 2026-08 UCP release
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    Ilya Grigorik
    Shopify
    @igrigorik
    Aug 25
    @ChatGPT built-in browser speaks WebMCP and millions of @Shopify storefronts are live and ready! 🎉 That's a huge milestone and upgrade for your agent, which can now use site provided tools and efficiently explore merchant's catalog, build carts, and more. Pumped to support
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    @OpenAIDevs
    OpenAI Developers
    OpenAI
    @OpenAIDevs
    Aug 25
    Replying to @OpenAIDevs
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    We’re adding support for WebMCP in the ChatGPT desktop app’s built-in browser and ChatGPT Sites. When you visit a compatible website, ChatGPT or Codex can automatically use it to complete your task. Update to the latest version of the ChatGPT desktop app, then just ask Codex to
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    Ilya Grigorik
    Shopify
    @igrigorik
    Aug 7
    Shipped AgentBoard 0.9, huge upgrade. 👉 github.com/igrigorik/Agen… You can now mount a local workspace that will auto load your AGENTS.md, IDENTITY.md, etc. Better yet, it unlocks read+write support for MEMORY.md — the agent can save and retrieve context across threads, and
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