# Ilya Grigorik (slim)

> 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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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).

### 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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