Instacart

Instacart (Maplebear Inc.) is a North American grocery technology company that operates the Instacart Marketplace and sells its underlying commerce, fulfillment, catalog, advertising and storefront technology to retailers and brands. Its published API surface splits cleanly in two. The Instacart Developer Platform API is open to app and website developers, costs nothing, and exposes two shoppable-page operations plus a nearby-retailers lookup at connect.instacart.com/idp/v1 -- and, unusually, Instacart pays the developer, commissioning attributed orders through an Impact affiliate programme. Instacart Connect is the enterprise half: OAuth 2.0, partner-gated Fulfillment, Post-checkout, Transaction and Sandbox APIs, the Catalog API, Carrot Ads and Shopping Widgets, all bundled into a retailer or brand partner agreement. Instacart also runs a first-party remote Model Context Protocol server at https://mcp.instacart.com/mcp whose tools/list is served anonymously, making it one of the few grocery-sector providers with a directly reachable agent surface.

Instacart publishes 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Authentication API, Chat API, Delivery API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Grocery, E-Commerce, Marketplace, Retail, and Logistics.

The Instacart catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification, 1 JSON-LD context, and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Instacart’s developer surface includes authentication, sandbox, changelog, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, and 48 more developer resources.

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70.5/100 exemplar ▬ flat Agent 33/100 agent ready saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

5 APIs 1 MCP Servers

Grocery E-Commerce Marketplace Retail Logistics Last Mile Delivery Fulfillment Catalog Advertising Agents MCP

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 70.5/100 · exemplar

Contract Quality 16.4 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 11.9 / 18

Access Clarity 13.3 / 18

Operational Transparency 9.5 / 12

Contract Governance 3.6 / 11

Discoverability 7.3 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 2.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 33/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

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APIs 12

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Instacart Shopping Widgets

Instacart Shopping Widgets are front-end web components that retailers can embed into their websites to add e-commerce functionalities powered by Instacart without interacting w...

instacart Authentication API

Endpoints for obtaining and managing OAuth 2.0 access tokens used to authenticate API requests.

instacart Chat API

Endpoints for shopper-customer communication including sending and retrieving chat messages.

instacart Delivery API

Endpoints for finding delivery stores, previewing time slots, reserving time slots, and creating delivery orders.

instacart Items API

Endpoints for updating item-level attributes such as pricing and availability at specific store locations. Items contain information that can vary from one store to another.

instacart Last Mile Delivery API

Endpoints for last mile delivery where items are pre-packed and only require delivery from the store to the customer.

instacart Orders API

Endpoints for retrieving order status, handling details, and item information after checkout.

instacart Pickup API

Endpoints for finding pickup stores, previewing time slots, reserving time slots, and creating pickup orders.

instacart Products API

Endpoints for creating and updating products in the retailer's catalog on Instacart. Products are the same across all of a retailer's stores.

instacart Replacements API

Endpoints for managing item replacements suggested by shoppers during order fulfillment.

Instacart Developer Platform MCP Server

Instacart's first-party remote Model Context Protocol server. Production endpoint https://mcp.instacart.com/mcp over Streamable HTTP, authenticated with a Developer Platform API...

instacart Rest API

The Rest API from instacart — 1 operation(s) for rest.

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Instacart Catalog Authentication Replacements API

OPEN COLLECTION

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Instacart Developer Platform MCP Server

Instacart publishes a first-party, remote Model Context Protocol server that exposes the Instacart Developer Platform's two shoppable-page operations as MCP tools. The productio...

MCP SERVER

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Instacart GraphQL Schema

This conceptual GraphQL schema models the Instacart grocery delivery and retail platform. Instacart provides APIs for retailers, brands, and developers to integrate grocery shop...

GRAPHQL

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Instacart Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Instacart Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Instacart Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Instacart Connect Event Callbacks

Instacart Connect notifies retailers of order status changes and fulfillment events through webhook callbacks. Retailers configure callback endpoints to receive real-time notifi...

ASYNCAPI

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Instacart Context

0 classes · 8 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Instacart API Rules

8 rules · 1 errors 7 warnings

SPECTRAL

Instacart API Rules

6 rules · 5 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Instacart Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Instacart Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · DMARC

SECURITY

Instacart Vulnerability Disclosure

Hackerone · security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Instacart Scopes

OAuth 2.0 · no documented scopes

0 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Instacart Agentic Access

23 operations · 19 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 5

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Sandbox

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

Signup

Portal

Documentation 5

Reference material describing how the API behaves

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

AsyncAPI

Documentation

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

WellKnown

MCPServer

LLMsTxt

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 13

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

Conformance

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conventions

Components

DataModel

Vocabulary

JSONStructure

Webhooks

Spectral

Spectral

ErrorCodes

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Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

ToolCrosswalk

ToolCrosswalk

Packages

Packages

Access & Security 7

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

Authentication

SecurityTxt

OAuthScopes

Security

Authentication

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Operate 7

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ChangeLog

RateLimits

StatusPage

Deprecation

ChangeLog

Support

FAQ

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Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

FinOps

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

DeveloperTerms

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

name: Instacart
aid: instacart
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - scopes
  - rate-limits
  - security
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/instacart.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/instacart/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
modified: '2026-08-27'
apis:
- aid: instacart:shopping-widgets
  name: Instacart Shopping Widgets
  tags:
  - Embedding
  - Retail
  - Shopping
  - Web Components
  - Widgets
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://dboktu48tbzl9.cloudfront.net/{retailer-name}/evergreen
  humanURL: https://docs.instacart.com/widgets/
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.instacart.com/widgets/
    type: Documentation
  - type: Components
    url: components/instacart-components.yml
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/widgets/changelog
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/widgets/guide/tutorials/get_started_with_prebuilt_widgets
  description: Instacart Shopping Widgets are front-end web components that retailers can embed into their websites to add
    e-commerce functionalities powered by Instacart without interacting with any API directly. The widgets enable features
    such as product search results, cart management, product collections, and user authentication.
  x-base-url-note: 'Shopping Widgets are front-end web components, not an API: Instacart''s own documentation says they add
    e-commerce capability ''without having to interact with any API directly''. The only host a retailer actually calls is
    the CloudFront path that serves the per-retailer UMD bundle (ic-widgets-v1.umd.js), which is templated on the retailer
    name and issued at sign-up. Recorded here in place of the api.example.com placeholder that was previously carried. Custom
    widgets, by contrast, call the Developer Platform Partner API documented on the partner-gated host partner-docs.instacart.com.'
- aid: instacart:instacart-authentication-api
  name: instacart Authentication API
  description: Endpoints for obtaining and managing OAuth 2.0 access tokens used to authenticate API requests.
  humanURL: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/
  baseURL: https://connect.instacart.com
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instacart-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/connect/fulfillment/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/instacart-connect-events-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/connect/post-checkout/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/catalog/catalog_api/overview/
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/instacart-authentication-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/instacart-connect-events-asyncapi.yml
- aid: instacart:instacart-chat-api
  name: instacart Chat API
  description: Endpoints for shopper-customer communication including sending and retrieving chat messages.
  humanURL: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/
  baseURL: https://connect.instacart.com
  tags:
  - Chat
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instacart-chat-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/connect/fulfillment/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/instacart-connect-events-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/connect/post-checkout/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/catalog/catalog_api/overview/
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/instacart-chat-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/instacart-connect-events-asyncapi.yml
- aid: instacart:instacart-delivery-api
  name: instacart Delivery API
  description: Endpoints for finding delivery stores, previewing time slots, reserving time slots, and creating delivery orders.
  humanURL: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/
  baseURL: https://connect.instacart.com
  tags:
  - Delivery
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instacart-delivery-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/connect/fulfillment/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/instacart-connect-events-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/connect/post-checkout/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/catalog/catalog_api/overview/
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/instacart-delivery-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/instacart-connect-events-asyncapi.yml
- aid: instacart:instacart-items-api
  name: instacart Items API
  description: Endpoints for updating item-level attributes such as pricing and availability at specific store locations.
    Items contain information that can vary from one store to another.
  humanURL: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/
  baseURL: https://connect.instacart.com
  tags:
  - Item
  tags_raw:
  - Items
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instacart-items-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/connect/fulfillment/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/instacart-connect-events-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/connect/post-checkout/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/catalog/catalog_api/overview/
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/instacart-items-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/instacart-connect-events-asyncapi.yml
- aid: instacart:instacart-last-mile-delivery-api
  name: instacart Last Mile Delivery API
  description: Endpoints for last mile delivery where items are pre-packed and only require delivery from the store to the
    customer.
  humanURL: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/
  baseURL: https://connect.instacart.com
  tags:
  - Last Mile Delivery
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instacart-last-mile-delivery-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/connect/fulfillment/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/instacart-connect-events-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/connect/post-checkout/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/catalog/catalog_api/overview/
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/instacart-last-mile-delivery-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/instacart-connect-events-asyncapi.yml
- aid: instacart:instacart-orders-api
  name: instacart Orders API
  description: Endpoints for retrieving order status, handling details, and item information after checkout.
  humanURL: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/
  baseURL: https://connect.instacart.com
  tags:
  - Order
  tags_raw:
  - Orders
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instacart-orders-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/connect/fulfillment/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/instacart-connect-events-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/connect/post-checkout/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/catalog/catalog_api/overview/
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/instacart-orders-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/instacart-connect-events-asyncapi.yml
- aid: instacart:instacart-pickup-api
  name: instacart Pickup API
  description: Endpoints for finding pickup stores, previewing time slots, reserving time slots, and creating pickup orders.
  humanURL: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/
  baseURL: https://connect.instacart.com
  tags:
  - Pickup
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instacart-pickup-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/connect/fulfillment/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/instacart-connect-events-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/connect/post-checkout/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/catalog/catalog_api/overview/
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/instacart-pickup-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/instacart-connect-events-asyncapi.yml
- aid: instacart:instacart-products-api
  name: instacart Products API
  description: Endpoints for creating and updating products in the retailer's catalog on Instacart. Products are the same
    across all of a retailer's stores.
  humanURL: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/
  baseURL: https://connect.instacart.com
  tags:
  - Product
  tags_raw:
  - Products
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instacart-products-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/connect/fulfillment/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/instacart-connect-events-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/connect/post-checkout/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/catalog/catalog_api/overview/
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/instacart-products-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/instacart-connect-events-asyncapi.yml
- aid: instacart:instacart-replacements-api
  name: instacart Replacements API
  description: Endpoints for managing item replacements suggested by shoppers during order fulfillment.
  humanURL: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/
  baseURL: https://connect.instacart.com
  tags:
  - Replacements
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instacart-replacements-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/connect/fulfillment/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/instacart-connect-events-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/connect/post-checkout/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/catalog/catalog_api/overview/
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/instacart-replacements-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/instacart-connect-events-asyncapi.yml
- aid: instacart:instacart-mcp-server
  name: Instacart Developer Platform MCP Server
  description: Instacart's first-party remote Model Context Protocol server. Production endpoint https://mcp.instacart.com/mcp
    over Streamable HTTP, authenticated with a Developer Platform API key as an Authorization Bearer header; a development
    endpoint runs at https://mcp.dev.instacart.tools/mcp. Both answered an anonymous tools/list with HTTP 200 on 2026-08-27,
    returning the create-recipe and create-shopping-list tools with full JSON Schema inputs. A separate, endpoint-undisclosed
    Enterprise MCP server covering store availability, ingredient lookup and order assembly is documented but gated behind
    an Instacart representative.
  humanURL: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/guide/tutorials/mcp
  baseURL: https://mcp.instacart.com/mcp
  tags:
  - Agents
  - MCP
  - Recipes
  - Shopping Lists
  properties:
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/instacart-mcp.yml
  - type: ToolCrosswalk
    url: mcp/instacart-tool-crosswalk.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/mcp_servers
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/mcp_servers/changelog
- aid: instacart:instacart-rest-api
  name: instacart Rest API
  description: The Rest API from instacart — 1 operation(s) for rest.
  humanURL: https://docs.instacart.com/widgets/
  baseURL: https://dboktu48tbzl9.cloudfront.net/{retailer-name}/evergreen
  tags:
  - REST
  tags_raw:
  - Rest
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instacart-rest-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.instacart.com/
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/instacart-capability-edges.yml
  name: instacart Business Capability Map
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/instacart-llm-integration-overlay.yaml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/instacart-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/instacart-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/instacart-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/instacart-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/instacart
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/instacart
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/instacart-context.jsonld
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/instacart-order-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/instacart-product-schema.json
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/instacart-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/instacart-security.txt
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/instacart-mcp.yml
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/instacart-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/instacart-llms.txt
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/instacart-conformance.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/instacart-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/instacart-lifecycle.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/instacart-scopes.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/instacart-conventions.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/instacart-sandbox.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/instacart-changelog.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/instacart-components.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/instacart-data-model.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/instacart-packages.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/instacart-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/instacart-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/instacart-finops.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/instacart-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/instacart-structure.json
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/instacart-connect-events-asyncapi.yml
- type: AsyncAPI
  url: asyncapi/instacart-connect-events-asyncapi.yml
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/instacart-asyncapi-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/instacart-jsonschema-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://hackerone.com/instacart
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://enterprise-status.instacart.com/
- type: Deprecation
  url: https://docs.instacart.com/connect/api/fulfillment/deprecated
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.instacart.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.instacart.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/api/overview
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/get_started/overview
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/api/changelog
- type: ErrorCodes
  url: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/api/error_and_status_codes
- type: Authentication
  url: https://docs.instacart.com/connect/api/authentication
- type: Support
  url: https://instacart.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/1
- type: FAQ
  url: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/faq
- type: Blog
  url: https://tech.instacart.com/
- type: Signup
  url: https://dashboard.instacart.com/
- type: Portal
  url: https://dashboard.instacart.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.instacart.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.instacart.com/privacy
- type: DeveloperTerms
  url: https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/guide/terms_and_policies/developer_terms
description: 'Instacart (Maplebear Inc.) is a North American grocery technology company that operates the Instacart Marketplace
  and sells its underlying commerce, fulfillment, catalog, advertising and storefront technology to retailers and brands.
  Its published API surface splits cleanly in two. The Instacart Developer Platform API is open to app and website developers,
  costs nothing, and exposes two shoppable-page operations plus a nearby-retailers lookup at connect.instacart.com/idp/v1
  -- and, unusually, Instacart pays the developer, commissioning attributed orders through an Impact affiliate programme.
  Instacart Connect is the enterprise half: OAuth 2.0, partner-gated Fulfillment, Post-checkout, Transaction and Sandbox APIs,
  the Catalog API, Carrot Ads and Shopping Widgets, all bundled into a retailer or brand partner agreement. Instacart also
  runs a first-party remote Model Context Protocol server at https://mcp.instacart.com/mcp whose tools/list is served anonymously,
  making it one of the few grocery-sector providers with a directly reachable agent surface.'
created: '2026-05-04'
tags:
- Grocery
- E-Commerce
- Marketplace
- Retail
- Logistics
- Last Mile Delivery
- Fulfillment
- Catalog
- Advertising
- Agents
- MCP
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-pointer-notes:
- removed: GraphQL
  reason: Instacart publishes no GraphQL surface. https://connect.instacart.com/graphql returns 404 (probed 2026-08-27) and
    'graphql' appears zero times in the 174KB llms.txt that indexes the whole documentation site. graphql/instacart-schema.graphql
    and graphql/instacart-graphql.md are API Evangelist modelling artifacts that label themselves 'conceptual schema'; they
    are kept in the repo as analysis but are no longer wired as a contract pointer, because a GraphQL pointer asserts on Instacart's
    behalf that they serve one.
  checked: '2026-08-27'
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-27'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 34
  pass: local-v1

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