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title: "Walmart wants AI agents to do your shopping : you set the spending limits, and the agent handles the shopping while you approve purchases."
description: "Walmart says it will allow AI agents to shop on its website on behalf of customers next month."
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published_at: "2026-10-22"
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topics: ["agent-protocols","mcp"]
entities: ["Walmart","Sam's Club","Agent Gateway","Model Context Protocol","Amazon"]
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# Walmart wants AI agents to do your shopping : you set the spending limits, and the agent handles the shopping while you approve purchases.

## Retrieval answer

Walmart says it will allow AI agents to shop on its website on behalf of customers next month.

Walmart says it will allow AI agents to shop on its website on behalf of customers next month. The retailer will create separate Agent Profiles in customer accounts, where users can review agent purchases and disable an agent.

Purchases will require approval by default. Walmart also says customers will be able to authorize an agent to shop within a spending limit, giving an example of up to $100. Its rules say agents may not act beyond a shopper's intent, change a payment method, or access information beyond what is needed for a task; Walmart says it will block agents that do not comply.

The company has a beta Agent Gateway that connects agents through the Model Context Protocol. Walmart says the gateway can help agents find a customer's usual items without exposing the customer's broader shopping history. It also plans to support agent shopping at Sam's Club.

The report does not establish which agents will be supported first, an exact launch date, the scope of customer availability, or how reliably the approval and spending controls will operate at scale.

Editor: [Andrey Reshetnikov](https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.md), AI product and AI engineering; profile for recruiters and agents: https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.json

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