Instacart · Agentic Access

Instacart Agentic Access

x-agentic-access generated

Instacart exposes 23 API operations that an AI agent could call, of which 19 are state-changing ‘acting’ operations. This is a recommended x-agentic-access execution contract — the scope, audience, consequence tier, short-lived token constraints, and escalation each action should carry before it is handed to an autonomous agent.

By consequence: 4 read, 5 write, and 14 physical.

Contracts are classified heuristically from the provider’s OpenAPI and refresh on every APIs.io network build; audience is bound per deployment. The model follows Curity’s Access Intelligence (apidays Munich 2026). Browse every provider’s agent contracts at agentic-access.apis.io.

GroceryE-CommerceMarketplaceRetailLogisticsLast Mile DeliveryFulfillmentCatalogAdvertisingAgentsMCP
Operations: 23 Acting: 19 Human-in-the-loop: 0 Method: generated

By consequence

read 4 write 5 physical 14

Highest-consequence actions

The physical and safety-critical operations an agent could invoke — the ones that most warrant scoped tokens, tight TTLs, and escalation. Full per-operation contracts are in the source below.

MethodPathConsequenceHuman-in-loop
POST /v2/fulfillment/lastmile/orders/{order_id}/staged physical conditional
POST /v2/fulfillment/lastmile/users/{user_id}/orders physical conditional
POST /v2/fulfillment/lastmile/users/{user_id}/service_options physical conditional
POST /v2/fulfillment/stores/delivery physical conditional
POST /v2/fulfillment/stores/last_mile physical conditional
POST /v2/fulfillment/stores/pickup physical conditional
POST /v2/fulfillment/users/{user_id}/orders/delivery physical conditional
POST /v2/fulfillment/users/{user_id}/orders/pickup physical conditional
POST /v2/fulfillment/users/{user_id}/orders/{order_id}/cancel physical conditional
POST /v2/fulfillment/users/{user_id}/service_options/delivery physical conditional
POST /v2/fulfillment/users/{user_id}/service_options/delivery/hold physical conditional
POST /v2/fulfillment/users/{user_id}/service_options/pickup physical conditional
POST /v2/post_checkout/chat/{order_id}/messages physical conditional
PUT /v2/post_checkout/orders/{order_id}/items/{order_item_id}/replacement physical conditional

Source

Agentic Access

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-15'
method: generated
source: openapi/instacart-catalog-api-openapi.yml, openapi/instacart-connect-fulfillment-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/instacart-connect-post-checkout-api-openapi.yml, openapi/instacart-developer-platform-api-openapi.yml
description: Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts, classified heuristically from
  the OpenAPI. A governance starting point for exposing this API to AI agents — review and bind
  audience per deployment. See research/curity/agentic-governance/.
summary:
  operations: 23
  by_action_class:
    acting: 19
    connected: 4
  by_consequence:
    write: 5
    physical: 14
    read: 4
  human_in_the_loop_required: 0
operations:
- path: /v2/data_ingestion/catalog/product/submission
  method: post
  operationId: submitProducts
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /v2/data_ingestion/catalog/item/submission
  method: post
  operationId: submitItems
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /v2/oauth/token
  method: post
  operationId: generateAccessToken
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /v2/fulfillment/stores/delivery
  method: post
  operationId: findDeliveryStores
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: physical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 300
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /v2/fulfillment/users/{user_id}/service_options/delivery
  method: post
  operationId: previewDeliveryTimeSlots
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: physical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 300
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /v2/fulfillment/users/{user_id}/service_options/delivery/hold
  method: post
  operationId: reserveDeliveryTimeSlot
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: physical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 300
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /v2/fulfillment/users/{user_id}/orders/delivery
  method: post
  operationId: createDeliveryOrder
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: physical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 300
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /v2/fulfillment/users/{user_id}/orders/{order_id}
  method: get
  operationId: getOrder
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /v2/fulfillment/users/{user_id}/orders/{order_id}/cancel
  method: post
  operationId: cancelOrder
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: physical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 300
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /v2/fulfillment/stores/pickup
  method: post
  operationId: findPickupStores
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: physical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 300
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /v2/fulfillment/users/{user_id}/service_options/pickup
  method: post
  operationId: previewPickupTimeSlots
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: physical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 300
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /v2/fulfillment/users/{user_id}/orders/pickup
  method: post
  operationId: createPickupOrder
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: physical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 300
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /v2/fulfillment/stores/last_mile
  method: post
  operationId: findLastMileStores
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: physical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 300
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /v2/fulfillment/lastmile/users/{user_id}/service_options
  method: post
  operationId: previewLastMileServiceOptions
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: physical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 300
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /v2/fulfillment/lastmile/users/{user_id}/orders
  method: post
  operationId: createLastMileOrder
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: physical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 300
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /v2/fulfillment/lastmile/orders/{order_id}/staged
  method: post
  operationId: stageLastMileOrder
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: physical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 300
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /v2/post_checkout/orders/{order_id}/handling
  method: get
  operationId: getOrderHandling
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /v2/post_checkout/orders/{order_id}/items
  method: get
  operationId: getOrderItems
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /v2/post_checkout/orders/{order_id}/items/{order_item_id}/replacement
  method: put
  operationId: updateItemReplacement
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: physical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 300
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /v2/post_checkout/chat/{order_id}/messages
  method: get
  operationId: getChatMessages
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /v2/post_checkout/chat/{order_id}/messages
  method: post
  operationId: sendChatMessage
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: physical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 300
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /idp/v1/products/products_link
  method: post
  operationId: createShoppingListPage
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /idp/v1/products/recipe
  method: post
  operationId: createRecipePage
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required

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