If you are still relying solely on XML Sitemaps to get noticed, you are optimizing for 2015. In the era of Agentic Commerce, AI bots don’t want to crawl complex HTML pages—they want raw, structured data.

Enter the AI Commerce Manifest.

What is it?

An AI Commerce Manifest is a standardized file (typically named ai-commerce.json) hosted in a specific “well-known” directory on your server. Think of it as an API specifically designed for shopping agents like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Claude.

Unlike a human visitor who needs images, layouts, and “Buy Now” buttons, an AI agent only cares about facts:

• Product Name & SKU

• Real-time Price

• Stock Status (In Stock vs. Out of Stock)

• AI-Optimized Description (No fluff, just specs)

Why HTML is Failing You

When a bot like GPTBot visits your standard WooCommerce product page, it has to “guess” where the price is. Is it the big number at the top? Or the crossed-out number at the bottom?

• The Risk: The bot hallucinates. It might tell a user your product costs €50 when it actually costs €149.

• The Fix: The Manifest provides a single source of truth.

How to Check If You Have One

The standard location for this file is: https://yourdomain.com/.well-known/ai-commerce.json

If you visit that link and get a 404 Error, your store is essentially “blind” to the new wave of AI shoppers.

How to Generate It

You cannot just write this file manually—it needs to update every time you change a price or sell out of inventory.

1. Custom Coding: You can write a PHP script that hooks into template_redirect, queries your database, and outputs JSON.

2. The Automated Solution: Use a dedicated plugin like Aigentic. It automatically generates the endpoint, handles the caching, and ensures that when you update a product in WooCommerce, the AI Manifest updates instantly.

[Download Aigentic Foundation here] to turn on your manifest today.