payment_mandate
Payment mandate (AP2)
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AP2 spend mandates. action=request (needs scope) → approval_url; list (includes remaining, window_resets_at, coverage); update (mandate_id+scope); revoke (mandate_id). update NEVER approves. Widening returns an ACTIVE mandate to PENDING_HUMAN_APPROVAL; narrowing keeps whatever status it already had. monthly_cap is a rolling 30-day window from create. Same category set as a live mandate replaces it at approval and keeps this period's spend. No covering mandate at checkout is handoff, not an error.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| action | string | yes | request = create mandate (needs scope); list = enumerate; update = change scope (needs mandate_id+scope); revoke = revoke (needs mandate_id) |
| agent_id | string | yes | Owning agent id |
| session_token | string | no | Session token from agent_authenticate — required whenever agent_id is passed |
| mandate_id | string | no | Mandate id required for update/revoke |
| scope | object | no | Spend limits — required for action=request and action=update |
| expires | string | no | Optional ISO-8601 expiry, e.g. 2026-12-31T00:00:00Z |
Raw JSON schema
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"action": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"request",
"list",
"update",
"revoke"
],
"description": "request = create mandate (needs scope); list = enumerate; update = change scope (needs mandate_id+scope); revoke = revoke (needs mandate_id)"
},
"agent_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Owning agent id"
},
"session_token": {
"description": "Session token from agent_authenticate — required whenever agent_id is passed",
"type": "string"
},
"mandate_id": {
"description": "Mandate id required for update/revoke",
"type": "string"
},
"scope": {
"description": "Spend limits — required for action=request and action=update",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"max_per_order": {
"description": "Max USD (or order currency) per single order, e.g. 50",
"type": "number"
},
"monthly_cap": {
"description": "Max spend in a rolling 30-day window from when the mandate was created, e.g. 500",
"type": "number"
},
"categories": {
"description": "Optional category allowlist, Google Product Taxonomy level 1. Omit or pass [] for a General mandate (catch-all for unmatched and unclassified offers). Accepts the slug, the label, or the GPT numeric id. Slugs: electronics, office-supplies, business-and-industrial, hardware, furniture, home-and-garden, cameras-and-optics, software, media, apparel-and-accessories, luggage-and-bags, health-and-beauty, food-beverages-and-tobacco, sporting-goods, toys-and-games, baby-and-toddler, animals-and-pet-supplies, vehicles-and-parts, arts-and-entertainment, religious-and-ceremonial, mature. Most specific covering mandate wins; unknown category uses General; no covering mandate is handoff.",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
},
"expires": {
"description": "Optional ISO-8601 expiry, e.g. 2026-12-31T00:00:00Z",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"action",
"agent_id"
]
}