# Ilya Grigorik

> Ilya Grigorik is shopping Tech Council member at UCP (Shopify). Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ilya-grigorik/index.md (~700 tokens)
- Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ilya-grigorik/index.min.md (~480 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts)
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ilya-grigorik/index.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json)
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- MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (the whole catalogue as tools, no key)
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- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)
- Updated: 2026-11-06

Shopping Tech Council member, UCP (Shopify).

## What Ilya builds

- [Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ucp.md), graded BB, 72/100, in Agent checkout protocols. The Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) is an open specification, co-developed by Google, Shopify and other retailers and platforms, for agents to discover a business's capabilities and run catalogue, cart, checkout, identity linking and order flows over REST, MCP or A2A. Shopping Tech Council member, UCP (Shopify), researched 2026-11-06.

## Works with

- [Amit Handa](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/amit-handa/), Standing Governing Council member and Shopping and Food Tech Council member, UCP (Google)

## Questions

### Who is Ilya Grigorik?

Ilya Grigorik is shopping Tech Council member at UCP (Shopify).

### What does Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP Authors) make?

Anchor Terminal lists Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) from Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP Authors). The Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) is an open specification, co-developed by Google, Shopify and other retailers and platforms, for agents to discover a business's capabilities and run catalogue, cart, checkout, identity linking and order flows over REST, MCP or A2A.

### How are Ilya's tools graded?

Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) is graded BB, 72 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://github.com/Universal-Commerce-Protocol/.github/blob/main/MAINTAINERS.md
- https://github.com/Universal-Commerce-Protocol/.github/blob/main/GOVERNANCE.md
- https://ucp.dev/

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