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The Universal Checkout Skill is an Agent Skill that enables AI agents to place and manage e-commerce orders through the Zinc API. Once installed, you can ask your AI agent to buy products from online retailers, check order statuses, and list recent orders — all through natural language.

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What is an Agent Skill?

An Agent Skill is a declarative specification (a SKILL.md file) that teaches AI agents how to interact with an API. There’s no executable code — the skill simply provides instructions, endpoint definitions, and safety guidelines that the agent follows. Agent Skills use progressive disclosure: at startup only the skill name and description are loaded. The full instructions are read into context only when the agent detects a matching task, keeping your agent fast and focused.

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What Can It Do?

The Universal Checkout Skill gives your agent three capabilities:
CapabilityDescription
Place ordersBuy products from supported retailers using a product URL
Check order statusLook up the current status and tracking info for an order
List ordersView recent orders placed through Zinc
Placing an order spends real money from your Zinc account. The agent will always confirm with you before submitting an order.

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Supported Platforms

The Universal Checkout Skill works with any agent platform that supports the Agent Skills standard, including:

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Prerequisites

Before you begin, you’ll need:
  1. A Zinc API key. Sign up at app.zinc.com to get one.
  2. Funds deposited in your Zinc account to place orders.
  3. A supported AI agent platform (see above).

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Next Steps

Setup

Install and configure the skill for your platform.

Usage Guide

Learn how to place orders and track them with your agent.